😎 Best Casual Dining in Washington DC
14 casual dining spots in Washington DC, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Casual Dining Spots
1
Pascual
Isabel Coss and Matt Conroy's wood-fired Mexican on Capitol Hill, open since early 2024 with nearly everything run through smoke and flame. The crispy carrot tlayuda (basically an Oaxacan pizza), slow...
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2
Bread Furst
Mark Furstenberg's Connecticut Avenue bakery, and the throughline of DC bread since he opened Marvelous Market in 1990. Baguettes come out of the oven every four hours so that what is on the shelf is ...
90
3
Tom's Watch Bar - Navy Yard
Tom's Watch Bar took over a corner of the Half Street development steps from Nationals Park in August 2023, and the pitch is scale: over 100 screens wrapped into a 360-degree layout built for whicheve...
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4
Ben's Chili Bowl
The U Street landmark that outlasted the 1968 riots, decades of Metro construction, and gentrification without changing its griddle. Open since 1958, it's built on the original chili half-smoke — a qu...
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5
A Modo Mio
The Farruggio family runs this Neapolitan pizzeria on Langston Boulevard in North Arlington, baking in a custom brick oven imported from Italy. The menu spans roughly twenty red and white pies in pers...
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6
Walter's Sports Bar and Restaurant
Walters sits a block from Nationals Park in Navy Yard, built for game day: 24 self-pour taps, 30-plus screens, and a 220-inch 4K wall that makes the outfield feel closer than your couch. The kitchen b...
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7
Breadsoda Bar, Deli & Billiards
Below street level on Wisconsin Avenue, Breadsoda plays it retro: a 70s-style billiards room in Glover Park with shuffleboard, darts, and a pool table anchoring the back half. The sandwich list covers...
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8
Bindaas Bowls & Rolls
Knightsbridge's fast-casual Indian counter, built around bowls and rolls rather than a tablecloth service — the Bombay Club kitchen's vocabulary at counter speed and counter prices. Vindaloo, tikka ma...
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9
Wingo's Glover Park
Wingo's has been frying wings in DC since 2002, and the Glover Park location on Wisconsin Avenue runs the same deep flavor list as its siblings — mumbo sauce (the bestseller), garlic parm, lemon peppe...
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10
El Rey VA
The Arlington taqueria and margarita bar from the team behind El Rey on U Street, planted in the Ballston Exchange on Wilson Boulevard. It carries over the original's shipping-container look, with mur...
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All 14 Casual Dining Spots in Washington DC
Surfside
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Hamilton's Bar & Grill
80
Kneadza Pizza
79
tuTaco
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