OpenTable releases list of best DC restaurants

WASHINGTON — OpenTable is out with its annual 100 Best Restaurants in America, and while the D.C. restaurants that make the list have excellent reputations, many of the current darlings of foodies and the critics are missing.

OpenTable bases its list on user reviews culled from more than 12 million verified diner reviews between November 2017 and October 2018 of over 28,000 restaurants in the U.S. To be considered, each restaurant needed a significant number of user reviews and top “overall” scores.

Washington is well-represented on the list of 100, accounting for six of the restaurants. That puts D.C. behind only New York, California, Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania, by state, for number of restaurants on the list.

The D.C. choices, in alphabetical order:

Chez Billy Sud, a French bistro in Georgetown, an offshoot of 14th Street’s Chez Billy.
Kinship, a Mt. Vernon Square restaurant by former CityZen chef Eric Ziebold.
<strong><a href="https://www.hayadams.com/dining" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Lafayette Restaurant</strong></a>, the fine dining establishment at the Hay Adams Hotel.
Lafayette Restaurant, the fine dining establishment at the Hay Adams Hotel. (Courtesy The Lafayette)
<strong><a href="https://lediplomatedc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Le Diplomate</a></strong>, the perpetually popular French-themed restaurant on 14th Street, N.W. (Courtesy Le Diplomate)
Le Diplomate, the perpetually popular French-themed restaurant on 14th Street, N.W. (Courtesy Le Diplomate)
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, the modern Indian restaurant with locations in Penn Quarter and the West End. (Courtesy Shimon And Tammar Photography)
<strong><a href="http://www.toscadc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ristorante Tosca</a></strong>, a contemporary Italian restaurant on F Street near Metro Center. (Robert Radifera Photography)
Ristorante Tosca, a contemporary Italian restaurant on F Street near Metro Center. (Robert Radifera Photography)
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<strong><a href="https://www.hayadams.com/dining" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Lafayette Restaurant</strong></a>, the fine dining establishment at the Hay Adams Hotel.
<strong><a href="https://lediplomatedc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Le Diplomate</a></strong>, the perpetually popular French-themed restaurant on 14th Street, N.W. (Courtesy Le Diplomate)
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)
<strong><a href="http://www.toscadc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ristorante Tosca</a></strong>, a contemporary Italian restaurant on F Street near Metro Center. (Robert Radifera Photography)

You can see OpenTable’s complete list of the 100 Best Restaurants in America at their website.

American and Italian cuisines are the most popular on this year’s 100 Best list, followed closely by French, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern.

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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