1789 Restaurant & Bar
14 expert reviews
“Start with the foie gras or beef crudo two ways and move on to a main course of Alaskan halibut or rack of lamb.”
– Michelin Guide
Frommer's
"This 50-year-old restaurant near Georgetown University draws from its upper-crust neighborhood of media types, socialites, politicians, and corporate execs."
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Travel + Leisure
"Chef Anthony Lombardo's roast pheasant and Carolina red snapper are served on Limoges china and silver, and the whole affair is warmed by fireplaces and a gas chandelier."
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Zagat
""White gloves and pearls" might suit this "distinguished" Georgetown "classic" with a "refined", "historic" townhouse setting and "expertly prepared" "farm-to-table" New American cooking."
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BlackBook
"Ye olde colonial dining room imbues Georgetown ethos in a walnut shell. Baroque on the outside, ceremonial on the inside."
Gayot
15.0
"Perhaps the grande dame of Washington restaurants, 1789 plays host to many of DC's and the nation's power players."
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