DC restaurants make strong showing on ‘Best for Vegetarians’ list

WASHINGTON — OpenTable‘s new list of the 50 best restaurants for vegetarians in America includes several D.C. restaurants.

In fact, seven of the 50 on the list are located in the District.

D.C. ranks third for most representation on the list, behind the 11 located in New York and nine in California.

The list is generated from more than 12 million OpenTable diner reviews between September 2017 and August 2018. Qualifying restaurants were scored according to the percentage of reviews for which “vegan” and “vegetarian” was selected as a special feature.

The list is not composed of restaurants which offer solely a vegetarian menu, but rather a menu with excellent vegetarian options.

Here are photos of dishes from the seven D.C. restaurants on OpenTable’s 50 Best Restaurants for Vegetarians in America (presented in alphabetical order):

Bistro Aracosia 5100 MacArthur Blvd. NW
Washington, D.C. 20016 Afghan cuisine (Courtesy Bistro Aracosia via Facebook)
Equinox 818 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20006 American cuisine (Courtesy Equinox via Facebook)
Farmers & Distillers 600 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001 International cuisine (Courtesy Farmers & Distillers via Facebook)
Farmers Fishers Bakers 3000 K St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20007 Farm-inspired American cuisine (Courtesy Farmers Fishers Bakers via Facebook)
Founding Farmers 1924 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20006 American cuisine (Courtesy Founding Farmers via Facebook)
On Oct. 10, the chef and owner of D.C.'s famed Rasika will publish a cookbook containing some of the restaurants most famous dishes. (Courtesy Shimon And Tammar Photography)
Rasika 633 D St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20004 Indian cuisine (Courtesy Shimon And Tammar Photography)
Zaytinya 701 9th St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001 Eastern Mediterranean cuisine (Courtesy Zaytinya via Facebook)
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On Oct. 10, the chef and owner of D.C.'s famed Rasika will publish a cookbook containing some of the restaurants most famous dishes. (Courtesy Shimon And Tammar Photography)

Jeff Clabaugh

Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for WTOP as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the WTOP newsroom staff in January 2016.

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