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1309 5th St NE, Washington, DC 20002
🏛️ DC's flagship food hall — 40+ vendors under one roof in NoMa, from oysters to arepas to Korean tacos. Everyone in the group eats exactly what they want; nobody has to compromise.
225 7th St SE, Washington, DC 20003
🥞 Capitol Hill's 1873 public market — blueberry buckwheat pancakes at Market Lunch, butchers, bakers and a weekend flea market. A DC Saturday-morning ritual for 150 years.
1100 Maine Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024
🦐 America's oldest continuously operating open-air fish market (since 1805) — jumbo spiced shrimp, crab legs and raw oysters eaten dockside on the Potomac. Pure DC.
1280 4th St NE, Washington, DC 20002
🌎 A Latin American marketplace next to Union Market — pupusas, empanadas, Venezuelan arepas and Salvadoran coffee in one vibrant contemporary hall.
2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006
🍜 Foggy Bottom's food hall by GWU — ramen, burgers, falafel and bubble tea steps from the National Mall's west end. An easy, fast group stop between monuments.
1850 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006
🥂 Downtown's chef-driven food hall on K Street — Spanish-leaning stalls, a proper bar, and enough variety to feed a whole bus without a single reservation.
1401 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
🍺 Capitol Hill's neighborhood food hall — a dozen kitchens plus a beer hall, built exactly for the everyone-wants-something-different group dinner.
1213 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
🌭 The half-smoke shrine on U Street since 1958 — smothered in chili under the famous mural, fed presidents and every DC celebration since. The mandatory DC food-crawl stop.
1100 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009
🍗 The oldest soul food restaurant in the world (since 1944) — smothered pork chops, collards and cornbread at a counter that's hosted DC history for 80 years.
675 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
🦪 Washington's oldest saloon (1856), steps from the White House — velvet booths, legendary oyster bar, and dining rooms big enough to swallow any group whole.
1264 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007
🍀 Georgetown's family tavern since 1933 — every president from Truman to Bush ate here, and JFK proposed to Jackie in booth #3. Order the Delmonico and soak up the history.
2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
📚 Part restaurant, part bookstore, part poetry stage — the 14th & V original is a DC cultural institution with a big menu and bigger tables, made for groups.
1924 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006
🥧 Farm-to-table American comfort at scale — one of the most-booked restaurants in the country, with a dining room that handles celebrations of every size. Call ahead, then feast.
1601 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
🥐 The 14th Street French brasserie that defines DC brunch — steak frites, onion soup and people-watching from the sidewalk tables. Book ahead for big parties; worth it every time.
600 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
🎶 A city-block-sized restaurant and live-music hall next to the White House — huge menu, huge rooms, and a downstairs stage that turns dinner into a show.
1114 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
🇪🇹 The anchor of DC's Little Ethiopia on U Street — injera piled with tibs and wats, eaten by hand family-style. Big platters that were made for sharing with the whole crew.
701 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
🫒 José Andrés' Mediterranean mezze temple — endless small plates built for passing around a big table under the soaring white atrium near Chinatown.
480 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20004
🥘 The tapas restaurant that launched José Andrés' empire (1993) — paella, gin tonics and Spanish small plates in a playful Penn Quarter room that loves a crowd.
633 D St NW, Washington, DC 20004
🇮🇳 DC's most celebrated Indian restaurant — the crispy spinach palak chaat alone justifies the stop. Elegant but group-warm; reserve ahead for parties.
746 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
🍜 Watch the noodles get hand-pulled in the window, then eat them twenty feet away — DC Chinatown's no-frills legend for dumplings and duck.
1351 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002
🇰🇭 H Street's Cambodian-Taiwanese marketplace — cult fried chicken, bao and an upstairs cafe in a space that's half restaurant, half hangout.
1227 11th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
🌮 Family-run Mexican on 11th Street with DC's most-praised tacos and quesadillas — handmade tortillas, no pretension, happy crowds.
505 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003
🥧 Capitol Hill's retro American diner famous for homemade pop tarts and boozy milkshakes — breakfast all day in a room that welcomes a crowd.
3301 M St NW, Washington, DC 20007
🧁 The pink-boxed cupcake phenomenon of TLC fame — the M Street line is part of the experience. Grab a dozen for the bus and keep rolling.
1052 Thomas Jefferson St NW, Washington, DC 20007
🧁 Georgetown's other cupcake champion — locals' pick, canal-side, with coffee strong enough to power the rest of the crawl. Try both and settle the debate on the bus.
3301 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010
🥯 The pink 'Jew-ish' deli whose wood-fired bagels created DC's most famous weekend line — candied-salmon schmear worth every minute of it. Walk-up windows love a group.
301 Water St SE, Washington, DC 20003
🍦 Yards Park's award-winning scoop shop — banana bourbon caramel and Thai iced tea flavors a short stroll from Nats Park along the riverfront.
1308 G St NW, Washington, DC 20005
🍗 Doughnuts AND fried chicken — together, on a sandwich, downtown. A DC original that turns a quick stop into the most-photographed moment of the crawl.
1535 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
☕ DC's homegrown roaster, founded by two Marines in Shaw — the caffeine pit stop that keeps the crawl marching between neighborhoods.
717 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003
🌹 The Barracks Row spot people once lined up around the block for — Michelin-starred comfort with zero stuffiness; the pork-and-lychee salad is DC legend.
122 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, DC 20001
🔥 Michelin-starred mid-Atlantic cooking over a live hearth, hidden in Blagden Alley — a love letter to Chesapeake ingredients, five minutes from the convention center.
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