Soul Food restaurants in Washington, DC
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Eatonville
One of our favorite new restaurants in DC has an unconventional theme by culinary standards: novelist Zora Neal Hurston (Eatonville was her home town; we’re not sure if the easy pun ‘Eating-ville’ was another source of the name). Well, what do you expect of the guys who opened next-door Busboys & Poets? The atmosphere and setting is superb, a sort of bayou dripped through impressionist-style murals of the South, then resurrected upon a modernist, cavernous dining hall that looks like nothing less than a cathedral to black intelligentsia. And the food? Fine. Very fine. Catfish come correct with cheese grits, and the andouille-and-sweet-potato hash…don’t get us started.…
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Oohh’s & Aahh’s
Some of DC’s best soul food is on offer at this barebones U St joint popular with everyone from the homeless to sports superstars. The down-home southern cooking comes in plentiful portions; it’s hard to walk away from the fish platter with some mac ‘n’ cheese and greens without being filled up, unless you’re some kind of human trash compacter, and the clientele is very much made up of the U St that was before this part of town gentrified.
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Deli City
Deli City sees no class or color. No, this faded orange building in a faded Northeast neighborhood attracts everyone from the haggard to the haughty craving a perfect over-stuffed sandwich south of New York. Eat in or take-away, this no frills place also does solid soul food like gravy smothered pork chops and fried fish at bargain prices. There is no nearby metro station, you'll need to drive.
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Crème
Crème’s upscale soul attracts a multi-culti crowd and is particularly popular with buppies (black yuppies), who enjoy a stick-to-your-ribs menu served in a slick dining room of soft beiges and buffed metal. Fight for seats at Sunday brunch; the chicken and waffles might be our favorite night-after nosh in DC, and based on the lines out the door, we’re not the only folks sharing that opinion.
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