Guidebook for Washington

Keri
Guidebook for Washington

Essentials

Organic grocery store just a couple of blocks away.
85 locals recommend
Yes! Organic Market Capitol Hill
410 8th St SE
85 locals recommend
Organic grocery store just a couple of blocks away.
Corner market that's right around the corner from us, has a great selection of groceries, wine, etc...
501 4th St SE
501 4th Street Southeast
Corner market that's right around the corner from us, has a great selection of groceries, wine, etc...
Safeway
855 locals recommend
Safeway
3830 Georgia Ave NW
855 locals recommend
Safeway
Closest full-size grocery store to our house, newly opened.
410 locals recommend
Harris Teeter
900 Army Navy Dr
410 locals recommend
Closest full-size grocery store to our house, newly opened.

Food Scene

Great burgers and milkshakes. Make sure to try the toasted marshmallow milkshake!
110 locals recommend
Good Stuff Eatery
303 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
110 locals recommend
Great burgers and milkshakes. Make sure to try the toasted marshmallow milkshake!
Great food, pizza, salads etc... Kid-friendly.
226 locals recommend
matchbox
521 8th St SE
226 locals recommend
Great food, pizza, salads etc... Kid-friendly.
Good place for brunch, lunch or dinner, try the spiked milkshakes and homemade pop-tarts. All the food is good here. Kid-friendly.
425 locals recommend
Ted's Bulletin
505 8th St SE
425 locals recommend
Good place for brunch, lunch or dinner, try the spiked milkshakes and homemade pop-tarts. All the food is good here. Kid-friendly.
Really great restaurant, one of the hottest restaurants in DC (make that the country, recently named best new restaurant in the US)!
303 locals recommend
Rose's Luxury
717 8th St SE
303 locals recommend
Really great restaurant, one of the hottest restaurants in DC (make that the country, recently named best new restaurant in the US)!
Brunch and mussels!
106 locals recommend
Belga Café
514 8th St SE
106 locals recommend
Brunch and mussels!
Awesome tacos, affordable and kid-friendly.
122 locals recommend
District Taco
656 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
122 locals recommend
Awesome tacos, affordable and kid-friendly.
Cupcakes and macarons are delicious.
19 locals recommend
The Sweet Lobby
705 8th St SE
19 locals recommend
Cupcakes and macarons are delicious.
Nice cozy espresso joint.
171 locals recommend
Peregrine Espresso
660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
171 locals recommend
Nice cozy espresso joint.
Coffee and baked goods.
25 locals recommend
Pound the Hill
621 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
25 locals recommend
Coffee and baked goods.
Great seafood and drinks.
68 locals recommend
Hank's Oyster Bar
633 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
68 locals recommend
Great seafood and drinks.
Starbucks
466 locals recommend
Starbucks
3100 14th St NW
466 locals recommend
Starbucks
Another Starbucks.
466 locals recommend
Starbucks
3100 14th St NW
466 locals recommend
Another Starbucks.
Our favorite place to get pizza in the neighborhood!
37 locals recommend
Seventh Hill Pizza
327 7th St SE
37 locals recommend
Our favorite place to get pizza in the neighborhood!
Quick and affordable Korean fast food.
13 locals recommend
TaKorean | The Yards
1212 4th St SE
13 locals recommend
Quick and affordable Korean fast food.
A good place to grab ice cream on a warm day after a Nationals game or walking around the Navy Yard.
52 locals recommend
Ice Cream Jubilee
301 Water St SE
52 locals recommend
A good place to grab ice cream on a warm day after a Nationals game or walking around the Navy Yard.

Entertainment & Activities

The playground next door.
12 locals recommend
Marion Park
401-479 E St SE
12 locals recommend
The playground next door.
The other playground next door.
19 locals recommend
Garfield Park
1-299 South Carolina Ave SE
19 locals recommend
The other playground next door.
Splash park in the summer and ice skating in the winter.
2nd Place Southeast
2nd Place Southeast
Splash park in the summer and ice skating in the winter.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great drinks and food is supposed to be good, just haven't eaten here yet.
56 locals recommend
Beuchert’s Saloon
623 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
56 locals recommend
Great drinks and food is supposed to be good, just haven't eaten here yet.
Fun new brewery, very popular especially before a Nationals baseball game!
129 locals recommend
Bluejacket
300 Tingey St SE
129 locals recommend
Fun new brewery, very popular especially before a Nationals baseball game!
Great steak place!
62 locals recommend
Medium Rare
515 8th St SE
62 locals recommend
Great steak place!
Good food and wine!
39 locals recommend
Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar
223 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast
39 locals recommend
Good food and wine!
Good Mexican food along the waterfront!
28 locals recommend
Agua 301 Restaurant
301 Water St SE
28 locals recommend
Good Mexican food along the waterfront!
Really great Italian food on the waterfront!
55 locals recommend
Osteria Morini
301 Water St SE
55 locals recommend
Really great Italian food on the waterfront!

Shopping

Great gelato!
22 locals recommend
Pitango Gelato Capitol Hill
660 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
22 locals recommend
Great gelato!

Sightseeing

Don't miss a trip through Eastern Market on the weekend, I recommend the crepes and our girls love the pickle stand. Also famous for its blueberry pancakes.
699 locals recommend
Eastern Market
225 7th St SE
699 locals recommend
Don't miss a trip through Eastern Market on the weekend, I recommend the crepes and our girls love the pickle stand. Also famous for its blueberry pancakes.
US Capitol
114 locals recommend
The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
First Street Southeast
114 locals recommend
US Capitol
One of our favorite lesser-known museums. Free!
253 locals recommend
United States Botanic Garden
100 Maryland Ave SW
253 locals recommend
One of our favorite lesser-known museums. Free!
Air and space museum.
809 locals recommend
National Air and Space Museum
600 Independence Ave SW
809 locals recommend
Air and space museum.
Beautiful art museum, good food too. Free!
385 locals recommend
National Gallery of Art
Constitution Avenue Northwest
385 locals recommend
Beautiful art museum, good food too. Free!
Must-see museum. Free!
647 locals recommend
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
647 locals recommend
Must-see museum. Free!
Cool, newer museum, with great food! Good kids area too. Free!
196 locals recommend
National Museum of the American Indian
4th Street Southwest
196 locals recommend
Cool, newer museum, with great food! Good kids area too. Free!
Fun museum, not free though.
231 locals recommend
International Spy Museum
700 L'Enfant Plaza SW
231 locals recommend
Fun museum, not free though.
Have to pay for this one too, but its a good one.
202 locals recommend
Newseum
565 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
202 locals recommend
Have to pay for this one too, but its a good one.
The White House
1097 locals recommend
The White House South Lawn
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
1097 locals recommend
The White House
This and all of the other monuments are great to see at night!
790 locals recommend
Washington Monument
2 15th St NW
790 locals recommend
This and all of the other monuments are great to see at night!

Arts & Culture

Baseball stadium!
455 locals recommend
Nationals Park
1500 S Capitol St SE
455 locals recommend
Baseball stadium!