ISO vegetarian friendly Italian restaurant for a celebration

[Anonymous]

Looking to organize a small celebration for a milestone anniversary for my in-laws. They're vegetarian and fairly picky so Indian and Italian are kind of the only cuisine options. Rasika doesn't allow kids under 8 at the moment and two of the grandkids in the party are 7, so that rules it out.

I've got Officina at the Wharf as a possibility. Any other suggestions for an upscale Italian restaurant that's also vegetarian friendly? We'll also have people joining from out of town, so bonus if it's in a pretty location in DC.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I'd lie about the 7 yr olds as long as they can behave themselves.

[Anonymous]

Any Italian restaurant should have plenty of vegetarian dishes unless they are the reddit type of vegetarian who worries about parmesan cheese. Various pizzas, pastas, risotto, panini, eggplant parm, soups, appetizers...

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily all upscale, but for Italian:
The Red Hen
Little Coco's
Centrolina
Filomena

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd lie about the 7 yr olds as long as they can behave themselves.

I thought if you get the private room, they will let you take a younger child. Given your party size, I would do that. It’s not that much more expensive than eating there.

Another veggie friendly option is Zaytinya. My Indian vegetarian family loves that and their website makes it seem like they value larger parties and can accommodate a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking to organize a small celebration for a milestone anniversary for my in-laws. They're vegetarian and fairly picky so Indian and Italian are kind of the only cuisine options. Rasika doesn't allow kids under 8 at the moment and two of the grandkids in the party are 7, so that rules it out.

I've got Officina at the Wharf as a possibility. Any other suggestions for an upscale Italian restaurant that's also vegetarian friendly? We'll also have people joining from out of town, so bonus if it's in a pretty location in DC.

Thanks!

Are they checking birth certificates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking to organize a small celebration for a milestone anniversary for my in-laws. They're vegetarian and fairly picky so Indian and Italian are kind of the only cuisine options. Rasika doesn't allow kids under 8 at the moment and two of the grandkids in the party are 7, so that rules it out.

I've got Officina at the Wharf as a possibility. Any other suggestions for an upscale Italian restaurant that's also vegetarian friendly? We'll also have people joining from out of town, so bonus if it's in a pretty location in DC.

Thanks!

Are they checking birth certificates?

They might ask the kids directly how old they are + you cannot ask the kids to lie.

[Anonymous]

Tosca

[Anonymous]

RPM

[Anonymous]

Thompson Italian in Falls Church is quite good.

[Anonymous]

Do they eat cheese with rennet? I wouldn't do an Italian place if not.

[Anonymous]

I find it funny when places ban kids under X age but are happy to let obnoxious drunk business men, wasted bachelorettes, or the boisterous Bro culture gang go unchecked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thompson Italian in Falls Church is quite good.

They can't really accommodate larger parties though.

[Anonymous]

What Italian place isn’t vegetarian friendly?