Each year, the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington celebrates the accomplishments of the city’s best chefs, bakers, mixologists and food industry professionals at the RAMMY Awards.
The big event is still months away, but the list of nominees is in. Check out this year’s RAMMY finalists.
Winners will be announced at the gala on June 30.

*Seasons
*The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm
*The Source by Wolfgang Puck
*Unconventional Diner This is a public voting category. (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
WTOP/Rachel Nania

*Le Diplomate
*Maxwell Park
*minibar by JoséAndrés
*Trummer’s On Main (Getty Images)
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*Casolare Ristorante & Bar
*Compass Rose Bar + Kitchen
*Maketto
*The Tavern at Ivy City Smokehouse This is a public voting category. (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
WTOP/Rachel Nania

*Little Red Fox
*Rasa
*Shouk
*Taco Bamba Taqueria This is a public voting category. (Courtesy Greg Powers)
Courtesy Greg Powers

*Bresca
*Daikaya
*Petworth Citizen and Reading Room
*Royal (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
WTOP/Rachel Nania

*Caboose Tavern
*Pizzeria Paradiso – Dupont
*Republic
*Roofers Union (Courtesy Brian Hussein Stanton)
Courtesy Brian Hussein Stanton

*Open Road
*Perry’s
*Quarry House Tavern
*Vinoteca This is a public voting category. (Courtesy Duke’s)
Courtesy Duke’s
*Maria Contreras, Jaleo Crystal City
*Valentine King, Hummingbird Bar and Kitchen
*Eloy Juarez Alvarez, Mintwood Place
*Fred Uku, The Red Hen (AP/Francois Mori)
AP/Francois Mori
*Sabrine Marques, PassionFish Bethesda
*Donna Seal, Oceanaire
*Richard Stewart, iRicchi Ristorante
*Paris Twyman, Founding Farmers Tysons (AP/David Goldman)
AP/David Goldman

*Carlyle Grand Cafe
*Iron Gate
*Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak, & Stone Crab
*The Riggsby (Courtesy Ambar)
Courtesy Ambar
*Ana Deshaies, Unconventional Diner
*Pichet Ong, Brothers and Sisters, Spoken English
*Paola Velez, Iron Gate
*Meagan Tighe, Trummer’s On Main (Courtesy Ambar)

*Adam Howard, Blue Duck Tavern
*John MacPherson, Three Blacksmiths
*Daniela Moreira, Call Your Mother Deli, Timber Pizza Company
*Kwame Onwuachi, Kith and Kin (Courtesy Call Your Mother/Mojalvo)
Courtesy Call Your Mother/Mojalvo

*Bantam King
*Bindaas – Cleveland Park
*Maketto
*Royal (SCOTT SUCHMAN)
SCOTT SUCHMAN

*Iron Gate
*Momofuku CCDC
*Sally’s Middle Name
*Sushi Taro (Courtesy Centrolina)
Courtesy Centrolina
*Kaliwa
*Poca Madre
*Spoken English
*St. Anselm (Courtesy Centrolina)

*BOURBON STEAK
*Rasika
*The Source by Wolfgang Puck
*Trummer’s On Main (Courtesy Bourbon Steak/Scott Suchman)
Courtesy Bourbon Steak/Scott Suchman

*David Deshaies, Unconventional Diner
*Marjorie Meek-Bradley, St. Anselm
*Russell Smith, The Source by Wolfgang Puck
*Nicholas Stefanelli, Masseria, Officina (Courtesy SCOTT SUCHMAN)
Courtesy SCOTT SUCHMAN

*Atlas Brew Works
*Ayrshire Farm
*Ivy City Smokehouse
*Logan Sausage Co. (Courtesy Atlas Brew Works)
Courtesy Atlas Brew Works

*Jackie Greenbaum & Gordon Banks, Bar Charley, El Chucho, Little Coco’s, Quarry House Tavern, Slash Rum
*Michael Friedman, Mike O’Malley, Colin McDonough, Gareth Croke, All Purpose Restaurants
*Rose Previte, Compass Rose Bar + Kitchen, Maydan
*Daisuke Utagawa, Katsuya Fukushima, and Yama Jewayni, Daikaya Group (Getty Images)
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