Where to take cosmopolitan foreign visitors for dinner in DC?

[Anonymous]

Zeds, not sees. Damn you autocorrect!

[Anonymous]

BLT Steak

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The Tabard Inn.

Second.

Also, Vidalia. Short on atmosphere, long on taste.

[Anonymous]

My first thought was The Palm on 19th Street. Right down the street from Dupont Circle.

[Anonymous]

When I think DC, I think Jose Andres or Michel Richard.

America Eats Tavern may be fun for non-Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I think DC, I think Jose Andres or Michel Richard.

America Eats Tavern may be fun for non-Americans.

That's a really good idea - but I doubt they'll get in a week from Saturday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My first thought was The Palm on 19th Street. Right down the street from Dupont Circle.

The Palm is about the 9th best steakhouse in a city where most steakhouses aren't that great.

[Anonymous]

CityZen?
restaurant at the Newseum?
Citronelle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CityZen?
restaurant at the Newseum?
Citronelle?

These are good suggestions, in particular City Zen. I've also heard good things about Corduroy. But those aren't on the red line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CityZen?
restaurant at the Newseum?
Citronelle?

These are good suggestions, in particular City Zen. I've also heard good things about Corduroy. But those aren't on the red line.

I puzzled me that guests who want to visit the best restaurants in the city, on an expense account, want to take Metro.

[Anonymous]

CityZen?
restaurant at the Newseum?
Citronelle?

These are good suggestions, in particular City Zen. I've also heard good things about Corduroy. But those aren't on the red line.

I puzzled me that guests who want to visit the best restaurants in the city, on an expense account, want to take Metro.

Ack! I am guilty of not fully reading the original post! I hate when people do that, sorry. But I wouldn't take Metro for a night like this, either.

[Anonymous]

If they are from London, they may assume that taxi's cost a lot more than they do and that the city is much, much larger than it actually is.

I refer to D.C. as a small southern town. Most people I encounter abroad assume it's London- , Moscow- , Paris-like---you know, a capital city.

What about something Fogo de Chao?

[Anonymous]

I bet they have Brazillian streakhouses in London as well. And people walking around with meat on a stick may not be the posh experience Op is looking for.

[Anonymous]

OP here. The Metro is for me! They will no doubt be getting a taxi. I can't really travel to a restaurant and ask them to pick up the bill for the taxi.

And if you live in London it's very common to take the tube, even if you can afford to take taxis everywhere. Even, gasp, politicians take the tube. And rich people also take the bus.

Thanks for all the other suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The Metro is for me! They will no doubt be getting a taxi. I can't really travel to a restaurant and ask them to pick up the bill for the taxi.

And if you live in London it's very common to take the tube, even if you can afford to take taxis everywhere. Even, gasp, politicians take the tube. And rich people also take the bus.

Thanks for all the other suggestions.

Yes-- Tube can be faster for many A - B point journeys.