For our family and friends from out of town, we want you to enjoy the city as locals. Here are some of our favorite spots to eat, drink, and explore.

Activities

Museums

The Phillips Collection
The National Portrait Gallery
The National Gallery

Outdoor

Wandering through Rock Creek Park or the National Arboretum
Sightseeing along the National Mall
Biking everywhere

Theaters

Signature Theater
Ford’s Theater
Studio Theater

Shopping, with a side of Ice Cream

Georgetown (try Yala)
City Center (try Dolcezza)
14th Street (try Happy Ice Cream)

Food and drinks

Breakfast/Coffee

Seylou / La Colombe (Blagden Alley)
Big Bear Cafe (Bloomingdale)
The Coffee Bar (TCB) (Logan Circle)

Lunch

Grazie Grazie (Downtown)
Stachowski’s (Georgetown)
Le Diplomate (14th Street)

Dinner

The Little Grand (H Street)
Astoria DC (Dupont Circle)
Bar Del Monte (Columbia Heights)

Bars, Etc.

Eebee’s (Shaw)
Pub and the People (Bloomingdale)
Lucy Mercer Bar (Union Market)