The Washington Post Food Critic Dishes On the 40 Best Local Restaurants
What restaurants make Washington, D.C. the city it is? That’s the question the Washington Post’s food critic Elazar Sontag set out to answer with his guide to the 40 best restaurants in the D.C. area. We get into how he put it together, the can't-miss dishes and spots that made the cut, and what he’s learned about the city’s food culture in his first year on the job.
Read Elazar’s guide to the Top 40 local restaurants: https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/interactive/best-dc-restaurants/
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