The pandemic took away D.C.’s power lunch. Our Power 100 leaders miss these spots the most.

We may still be in the midst of a health emergency … but we still have to eat, right?

Yes, we may be missing the crowded rooms, the ambience, certainly the perks of being in a public gathering spot for what we Washingtonians love more than most other things: a power lunch.

Who better to ask about where those prime power lunch spots were, and still are, than our own Power 100 list? Many members of our most recent class of influential business leaders, culled from before the pandemic in 2019, weigh in on the lunch spots they’ve missed the most through Covid, plan to frequent the moment it’s safe or have called upon as much as possible with takeout, delivery or otherwise through the crisis.

Related: See our full 2019 class of Power 100 leaders

They talk about what they miss most in these dining destinations — though, oftentimes, it’s just as much about whom they miss most — and even the menu item that tops their lists once they take their seats.

The region may or may not…

Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.

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