BGOL DC fam, need food recommendation

[DJ]

I had a meeting this in DC this morning and Im staying the night. My hotel is downtown and even though school is out for the summmer, traffic still sucks and 5 miles is 30 mins. I need a good spot to go for dinner and drinks with a former jumpoff, some casual shit, we aint fuckin so no steakhouse for her.
Seafood is always an option, want to go somewhere chill, live jazz is huge plus.

@doe moe @DC_Dude


Reccomendations ?

 

[CPT Callamity]

Where are you downtown? if you are in the Metro Center or Gallery Place (Metro stops) there are plenty of staples
Ike the Hamilton, Old Ebbitt Grille, Oceanaire Seafood. Those are along F street near the White House.

If you want to take a couple of subway hops, you can slide over to U Street.
You got Busboys and Poets which is chill for the bite to eat. Sometimes they have spoken word or live music. You'll find a few rooftop lounges along that corridor too.

 

[DC_Dude]

I had a meeting this in DC this morning and Im staying the night. My hotel is downtown and even though school is out for the summmer, traffic still sucks and 5 miles is 30 mins. I need a good spot to go for dinner and drinks with a former jumpoff, some casual shit, we aint fuckin so no steakhouse for her.
Seafood is always an option, want to go somewhere chill, live jazz is huge plus.

@doe moe @DC_Dude


Reccomendations ?

Aight you know it’s DC so it’s million of good food spots. If I can think of some more I’ll circle back
My favorites:

1. Georgia Brown


2. Founding Farmers - personal favorite (have to make reservations for the Penn Ave location)


3. Founding Farmers Distillery - located on Mass by the convention center. Sister restaurant

Founding Farmers & Distillers | Restaurant in DC

www.wearefoundingfarmers.com

4. Salt line - it’s in the navy yard and has decent seafood

 

[DC_Dude]

Where are you downtown? if you are in the Metro Center or Gallery Place (Metro stops) there are plenty of staples
Ike the Hamilton, Old Ebbitt Grille, Oceanaire Seafood. Those are along F street near the White House.

If you want to take a couple of subway hops, you can slide over to U Street.
You got Busboys and Poets which is chill for the bite to eat. Sometimes they have spoken word or live music. You'll find a few rooftop lounges along that corridor too.

100% agree with the Hamilton, old Ebbitt and Oceanaire esp. if you are downtown.
You can walk to those spots

Busboys and Poets is a solid spot too

 

[DJ]

Aight you know it’s DC so it’s million of good food spots. If I can think of some more I’ll circle back
My favorites:

1. Georgia Brown


2. Founding Farmers - personal favorite (have to make reservations for the Penn Ave location)


3. Founding Farmers Distillery - located on Mass by the convention center. Sister restaurant

Founding Farmers & Distillers | Restaurant in DC

www.wearefoundingfarmers.com

4. Salt line - it’s in the navy yard and has decent seafood

Bruh, I love Georgia Brown !!!!

 

[CPT Callamity]

Good thing is if your hotel is near the Metro you can get to the hot spots pretty easy without breaking the bank. Depending on where you are you can walk to multiple spots, so if one place isn't your thing, a few doors down there is something else.

 

[DJ]

Where are you downtown? if you are in the Metro Center or Gallery Place (Metro stops) there are plenty of staples
Ike the Hamilton, Old Ebbitt Grille, Oceanaire Seafood. Those are along F street near the White House.

If you want to take a couple of subway hops, you can slide over to U Street.
You got Busboys and Poets which is chill for the bite to eat. Sometimes they have spoken word or live music. You'll find a few rooftop lounges along that corridor too.

Hyatt on O street.

 

[DJ]

100% agree with the Hamilton, old Ebbitt and Oceanaire esp. if you are downtown.
You can walk to those spots

Busboys and Poets is a solid spot too

Good thing is if your hotel is near the Metro you can get to the hot spots pretty easy without breaking the bank. Depending on where you are you can walk to multiple spots, so if one place isn't your thing, a few doors down there is something else.

Any spot with live music ?

 

[DC_Dude]

Bruh, I love Georgia Brown !!!!

Good thing is if your hotel is near the Metro you can get to the hot spots pretty easy without breaking the bank. Depending on where you are you can walk to multiple spots, so if one place isn't your thing, a few doors down there is something else.

I forgot this one....STANS

Biggest wings and they don't hold back on the alcohol.....lol

 

[CPT Callamity]

Hyatt on O street.

Closest subway stop to you is Mt. Vernon Square on the Green Line. From there it's easy hops to Gallery Place where the Wizards play or transfer trains to Metro Center and the restaurants I mentioned are along that street. You can take the Green Line uptown also to U Street. You're in a good location to a lot of different options. Also, since you're close to the Convention Center, there will be a few cool spots along 9th street.

 

[DJ]

I forgot this one....STANS

Biggest wings and they don't hold back on the alcohol.....lol

You had me at "Alcohol"

 

[DC_Dude]

Any spot with live music ?

Probably Blues Ally...

 

[850credit]

I miss DC

 

[cocobeauty]

I was there for Juneteenth and Bus Boys was really good.

 

[DC_Dude]

You had me at "Alcohol"

I think they use the 80/20 rule when making mix drinks

80% alcohol
20% mixer

LOL

 

[lengthy]

I miss DC

me too... shit

Mr. Lengthy

 

[DJ]

I was there for Juneteenth and Bus Boys was really good.

Hey coco, when you gonna let me take you church coco, you know Zod is love !

 

[DJ]

Change of plans, gotta ride out twoard Rockville, and she wants oysters

 

[cocobeauty]

Hey coco, when you gonna let me take you church coco, you know Zod is love !

I prefer to stay home now, it’s enough of y’all at the church

 

[DJ]

I prefer to stay home now, it’s enough of y’all at the church

Grace can be had anywhere, church is where you make it.

 

[cocobeauty]

Grace can be had anywhere, church is where you make it.

You ain’t shit

 

[durham]

Are any of these recommended spots Black owned? I too will be there in a week or so.

 

[DJ]

You ain’t shit

Aww dont be that way.
You Im just trying to make a Zodly woman out of you.

 

[CPT Callamity]

Are any of these recommended spots Black owned? I too will be there in a week or so.

Most of the spots we named were downtown. If you want black owned you'll have to go Uptown or somewhere like H Street NE.
https://washington.org/visit-dc/black-chefs-restaurants

I personally like Spicy Water African Grill off U Street (#18 on the list). Brotha from Ivory Coast owns that place. African food but he has simple stuff like Kabobs, salads. If you like Fish the snapper is the rave there. The half chicken and fries is banging too.

Not on that list but Roaming Rooster has a good chicken sandwich!

 

[DJ]

I ended up at Clyde's in Rockvillle, was her choice. @CPT Callamity @DC_Dude I got yall spots on thd list, I gotta go back down in a couple weeks, Fl on monday, CA right after, TX for a few days, home and back to DC.

I liked Clydes, good atmosphere, food is excellent. Had the Octopus appatizer, parmesan trout, raw oyster platter. Its hard to find properly cooked octopus, they git that shit on lock tho ! Had 4 different types of oysters, all of them were deliscious !! 300 with drinks and tip, so they dont knock your pockets. I highly reccomend taking a stop in.

@doe moe i was driving home this morn tried to stop at Negril, was like 10 am, they dont open till 11, you know i was mad as fuck, i wasnt waiting another whole hour.

 

[CPT Callamity]

Oh man, good to hear you picked a good spot. Clyde's hamburgers are the best. I usually hit the one in Bethesda up.

 

[durham]

Appreciate the folks that chimed in.

-Ben's Chili hot link/hot dog was excellent , the hamburgers were just okay. It's been popping for 70 years so they know what the hell they are doing. I would just rate this spot as just okay though.

-Sankofa Bookstore and Coffee shop had some good latte's and an excellent collection of books.

-Ethiopic was pricey but the decor and food were 10/10

-Spicey Water - the fried fish and plantains were a 10/10

-Clyde's burgers were worth the drive and the food was excellent

I ran out of time so I didn't make it to The Park which is supposed to be one of the best Black owned spots in the area.

If you are a coffee fan hit up Maman. They are NOT Black owned and are pricey as fuck, but it was the best coffee we had in the city. There Nutty chocolate chip cookies are ridiculous.

Also watch out for multiple restaurants automatically adding 20 fucking percent to the bill as a "service fee". It's fine as I always tip a lot, but make sure you pay attention and don't DOUBLE tip.

Sneaky motherfuckers.

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