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Best New Restaurant: Ellē

Best New Restaurant Ellē

3221 Mount Pleasant St. NW, (202) 652-0040, eatatelle.com

There are few constants at Ellē other than the fact that something pickled is probably on your plate—Brad Deboy, the chef of the Mount Pleasant Street NW darling, is a fermentation freak. The dinner menu rotates frequently to keep up with both the seasons and Deboy’s culinary experiments, often inspired by his cooks’ backgrounds and friends in the

industry. While the menu descriptions make dishes sound simple, they’re anything but.

Take the vegan carrot benedict, for example. Deboy borrowed an idea from one of his chef buddies, Bobby Pradachith of Thip Khao, who figured out how to make fermented tofu mayo. “I ran with that,” Deboy says. He adapted the recipe to make a vegan béarnaise sauce by introducing rice “to stabilize the fat.” He also uses garlic oil instead of clarified butter and mimics béarnaise sauce’s signature hue with turmeric.

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lish muffin made from burnt farro flour; carrots; and onions that taste like bacon after being smoked for six hours and cooked in tamari, sugar, and molasses.

“That’s the one thing that’s blowing everyone’s mind,” he says. So too is his Old Bay McSoft-Shell Crab, a nod to McDonald’s’ Filet-O-Fish.

Deboy describes his cuisine, which can span from a Vietnamese-style roasted whole fish with rice noodles to a hearty pozole with square gnocchi, as eclectic new American. “I’m very appreciative of diversity in American cuisine,” says the Miami native. “That’s the best thing about

food in this country.”

He also talks about leaving authoritarian kitchens behind. “I got to see the old guard—it was rough,” he says. “Twentyone years later now, that’s not what I want to put other people through. The whole staff has an influence on the menu.”

Ellē, which was too new to evaluate last year, opened in the historic Heller’s Bakery in early 2018. Nick Pimentel of Room 11 and Bad Saint and Lizzy Evelyn of Paisley Fig, along with Deboy, brought the all-day business with a 1920s vibe to life.

The restaurant functions as a bustling cafe in mornings and afternoons, serving

FOOD&DRINK pastries that you won’t find in crowded downtown coffeeshops. Because there’s a lengthy bar, Ellē is welcoming to single coffee sippers looking for some “me time.”

All the little details pull you back to Ellē, from the house-baked baguettes you can bring home to the cocktails that borrow ingredients from the kitchen. The fun in the food and the atmosphere that seems to start with the staff makes this charmer bewitching, whether you’re swinging by for a scone or bringing a team to take down the whole menu.

—Laura Hayes

Best Restaurant CHIKO

Multiple Locations, chikodc.com

No one at CHIKO is on cruise control. The casual Chinese and Korean restaurant that has managed to tap into precisely what this city is craving just opened at Nationals Park. When rain delayed the start of the game, there was CHIKO cofounder Scott Drewno at the new concession stand conducting quality control on bulgogi hoagies and loaded tater tots.

Drewno, Danny Lee, and Drew Kim joined forces to open the first CHIKO on Barracks Row in July 2017. Nearly two years later, there are now CHIKO outposts in Dupont Circle, Southern California, and in both Nats Park and Capital One Arena. The team has also nurtured a robust catering business that allows you to turn your wedding or office party into a whole hog roast.

Three comfort food dishes emerged as instant classics and remain so today, according to Drewno. A rice bowl topped with Wagshal’s chopped brisket, a soybrined soft egg, and furikake butter; fried “Orange-ish” chicken with candied mandarins, crispy garlic, and CHIKO salt blend; and the cumin lamb stir fry with wheat flour noodles and caramelized shallots. He fears they’ll never be able to take them off the menu without angering devotees.

“It’s hard to say what we are exactly,” Drewno says. Since the beginning, the founders have had trouble jamming their fun concept into a specific dining category such as fast casual. Customers order their food at the counter and employees drop off the dishes when they’re ready. “I think we’ve stayed true to the intention, which is to stay at an affordable price point, but with chef influence— like brining the chicken and buying good quality beef.”

A fast-casual restaurant wouldn’t have a chef’s counter where you can sit down to a whole duck feast with three friends,

as CHIKO does at its Barracks Row location. It takes three days to prep four ducks for each night of service.

In addition to nailing dishes at sports arenas, CHIKO is currently concentrating on its lunch options at Dupont Circle (which are also available for delivery on Caviar). Options include rice bowls with various toppings and a Sichuan hot fried chicken sandwich.

There’s only one dessert on offer at CHIKO Dupont, and you need to order it every time you dine in, even if your stomach fights back with fullness.

Spoiler alert: It comes in a coconut.

—Laura Hayes

Best Beer and a Shot Combo Jackie Lee’s

116 Kennedy St. NW, (202) 882-4000, jackieleesdc.com

A quick head toss followed by a long chug. It’s a familiar pattern for those of us who want the burn of liquor followed by the comfort of a beer. Combos provide both, and there’s no shortage of places to get them in D.C. Jackie Lee’s standard combos—Tecate and tequila or PBR and whiskey—have always been reasonably priced at $6, but even the classics can get stale after a while. Enter, Jackie Lee’s’ dice roll combo. If you’re willing to take a chance—and pay $10—you’re likely to land with an upgraded beer and shot. Roll the dice and depending on the outcome, you’ll get one of six beer options and six shot options. Five of the beers are great (Great Lakes’ Edmund Fitzgerald, for example) and one is Mickey’s malt liquor.

Not so bad. For the shots, everything is on the shelf, but one of them is Malört, a bitter liquor flavored with wormwood that’s known for twisting people’s faces with disgust. If you want to re-roll, it’s another $1, unless it’s Malort. Then it’s $2.

—Justin Weber

Best Cheap Breakfast That Satisfies and Surprises Mark’s Kitchen

7006 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park, (301) 270-1884, Markskitchen.com

There are many excellent restaurants in the D.C. area, but one of my qualms about the D.C. dining scene is that it often feels like too much: Too much concept behind a restaurant, too much money for a meal, too much hype about

a chef. Sometimes I just want something simple, cheap, and good. This isn’t a slight against Mark’s Kitchen—a Takoma Park staple for more than 20 years.

It features a massive menu of Korean and American dishes, and a good selection of vegan options. But what I love most about Mark’s is its unpretentious, neighborhood vibe. For $10 or less, you can get your typical breakfast fare—omelettes, pancakes, waffles, and breakfast sandwiches. If you want to venture into new territory, Mark’s also infuses its Korean bent into its breakfast menu, with options like the mung bean pancake breakfast special or the Korean fish cake breakfast special.

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brining, steaming, charring, and roasting it until it’s tender, but not mushy. Crusted with an aromatic coating of fried ginger and garlic, nigella seeds, and toasted caraway, it’s finished with a bright orange caraway vinaigrette. The results are revelatory—a slightly sweet and deeply savory dish with the contrasting texture of the birdseed-like topping and the supple layers below. You’ll never look at cabbage the same way again.

—Nevin Martell

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Usually when you order a full English breakfast, with its hearty beans, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, eggs, and tomatoes, you’re committing to the meal being your main food source for the day.

But U.K. fast casual chain LEON shrinks the portion size so it fits into a small box and most diets at 550 calories. Vegetarians can order a version that swaps the bacon and sausage for roasted tomatoes. Both are gluten free. We asked Wayne Rooney what he thinks of LEON adding avocado to the brekkies and he said … OK, we didn’t ask him, but that’s our only bone to pick. Food can be OK without avocado. The breakfast boxes are available before 11 a.m. at LEON’s L Street NW shop and through delivery services.

—Laura Hayes

Café Berlin

322 Massachusetts Ave. NE, (202) 543-7656, cafeberlin-dc.com

Take a break from seeking out new and untested restaurants by making a reservation at a D.C. institution that’s got roots in the Old World and feels much more mature than other eateries. Café Berlin opened on Capitol Hill in 1985 and changed hands in 2013 when the original owners sold the restaurant to two longtime employees, Rico Glage and Clytie Roberts-Glage. The schnitzels, pounded thin, are a crowd pleaser, especially when paired with a glass of off-dry Gewürztraminer. But the sauerbraten will fill you with good feelings. Red winemarinated braised beef comes with tart and tangy red cabbage, plus two styles of plump dumplings, one made out of bread, the other of potato. German food won’t land on a trends list anytime soon, but it sure disrupts a steady stream of crudos, roasted cauliflower, and pork belly.

—Laura Hayes

Best Use of Cabbage Hazel

808 V St. NW, (202) 847-4980, hazelrestaurant.com

Beyond my Aunt Silvia’s golumpkis (Polish cabbage rolls stuffed with meat and rice) and the occasional coleslaw, I never really enjoyed cabbage, nor have I been inspired to experiment with it in my own kitchen. “Cabbage gets the same bad rap as Brussels sprouts and broccoli,” says Hazel’s executive chef, Robert Curtis.

Thankfully, he saw potential in the oftoverlooked leafy green. Curtis works with wedges of conical Arrowhead cabbage—

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Best Place to Lean Into Being a Basic Bitch Rosé Garden at Whaley’s

301 Water St. SE, #115, (202) 484-8800, whaleysdc.com

The contrarian in me wants to hate anything that’s overly trendy and popular.

I like rosé as well as the next bachelorette party, but I bristle against “rosé all day” as a cultural touchstone. When I first heard that Whaley’s was adding a “rosé garden” two summers ago, I was skeptical of a concept that seemed to be chasing a passing fad, and with matchymatchy pink umbrellas and oysters delivered on beds of pink aquarium rocks, it still seemed catered to the sorority set.

But Whaley’s co-owner Nick Wiseman says that “at this point, it’s not a trend, it’s enduring,” in part because wineries are creating quality rosés after they were long considered a throwaway wine.

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FOOD&DRINK seem like Instagram influencer bait, but really, the beachy vibes just enhance the waterfront views. Once I got over myself, I realized the atmosphere is lovely, the oysters are delicious, and that perfectly chilled rosé has me in too good a mood to care about how uncool I might be. Rosé is here to stay, so don’t fight it.

—Stephanie Rudig

Best New Bar The Green Zone

Several times an hour, The Green Zone looks like the set of a big-name pop concert that relies heavily on a smoke machine for added drama. That’s because bartenders employ liquid nitrogen to chill glasses for the bar’s endlessly creative cocktails. “It’s the best way to chill a glass,” says owner Chris Francke. “Plus the side effect is that it looks really cool.”

The Middle Eastern cocktail bar that opened in Adams Morgan in July was nearly four years in the making. Francke built a loyal customer base holding regular pop-ups across the District while he hunted for the perfect address. The final product is a two-floor bar with an upstairs area that often hosts dance parties. “On Friday nights we have an Arab DJ and lots of Arab guests,” says Francke, who’s half Iraqi. “Nobody parties like Arabs do.”

Drink options abound at The Green Zone, which is also led by Sam Ward and E. Jay Apaga. There’s a slate of original cocktails that fold in Middle Eastern ingredients like the “Saz’iraq,” with rye, dates, Arabian and Peychaud’s bitters, and a sharqtreuse spritz, and the “Janissary Corps,” with Green Hat gin, pistachio, lemon, and silky magic. (Yes, Francke keeps some ingredients close to the vest.) Then, of course, there’s the “FUCK TRUMP! Punch” with rum, mezcal, Vimto, and lemon.

The Green Zone also serves nine classic cocktails that pay homage to the bartenders that created them, including a perfect Penicillin with Scotch, honey, ginger, and lemon developed by Sam Ross of big time New York cocktail bars Attaboy and Milk & Honey.

Non-drinkers will find more selections than usual at Green Zone. Three thoughtful mocktails are always available, and the bar can modify a number of cocktails to be virgin.

The bar snacks complement the drinks.

If you’re craving something warm and gooey, opt for the Levantine flatbread with cheese, but don’t leave without an order of Gustavo Fuentes’ muhammara.

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2226 18th St. NW, (571) 201-5145, facebook.com/thegreenzonedc

Best New Bar: The Green Zone

He makes the dip from roasted red peppers, walnuts, breadcrumbs, garlic, Aleppo peppers, and pomegranate molasses.

The Green Zone is already drawing some national attention. Francke says they’re going to take their show on the road this year and do pop-ups possibly in Puerto Rico, New York, Miami, and San Francisco.

—Laura Hayes

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Feller aperitif, Cocchi Americano, and house-made cardamom tincture. On the lighter side, “Son of a Beesting” combines gin, lemon, honey, orange blossom water, and sparkling wine. As you settle onto a barstool to watch bartenders swipe at the various bottles of housemade bitters and tinctures, take time to admire the decor, heavy on the stained glass and retro furniture, that makes you feel like you’re in someone’s impossibly cool living room.

—Laura Hayes

Left Door

1345 S St. NW, (202) 734-8576, dcleftdoor.com

This unmarked cocktail bar off 14th Street NW doesn’t have a theme. General manager Mick Perrigo and partners Tom Brown and Demetris Monis set out on day one—New Year’s Eve 2015—with a simple mission. “We are hospitality and cocktail focused,” Perrigo says. “There’s nothing I want to change from that.” Perrigo is a man of few words, but he has a sense of humor when it comes to naming drinks. One’s called “On a Date.” He’ll drop it in front of a twosome and ask, “Whose on a date?” Then there’s the “Your Number,” which forces guests to say things like, “Can I have your number?” The best drink after a particularly trying day is the boozy “Where the Buffalo Roam,” containing a choice of bourbon or gin with

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Best Pastry Chef Turned Savory Chef Naomi Gallego of Little Beast 5600 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 741-4599, littlebeastdc.com

Naomi Gallego started out on the savory side of the kitchen. When she was 16, she got her first job at a steakhouse in San Antonio, Texas, where she made burgers and salads. That lead her to culinary school and a job at a traditional French restaurant. There she was introduced to pastry classics—from floating islands and soufflés to opera cakes and dacquoise.

Pastry became her passion, and she never thought she’d switch back. Her career took her to Germany, Austin, Texas, and eventually to D.C., where she held po-

sitions at Le Diplomate, Neighborhood Restaurant Group, and Blue Duck Tavern. When Gallego started working at the family-friendly café Little Beast in Chevy Chase last year, she was only going to be the pastry chef, since the initial concept included a bakery. But when the restaurant began re-focusing on pizza and hearty Italian fare, she was given the opportunity to take over the whole kitchen.

Now she presides over a menu that features dishes like short ribs over creamy polenta; orecchiette blanketed with lamb ragu; and plenty of pizzas. Don’t worry, Gallego still has as sweet side. Her fudgy chocolate cake—which just happens to be vegan—and lemon meringue-inspired cruffins (croissant dough baked in muffin tins) are both delicious reminders that she will always be a primo pastry chef at heart.

—Nevin Martell

Best Adorable Cupcakery Lavender Moon Cupcakery

116 S Royal St., Alexandria, (703) 683-0588, facebook.com/lavendermooncupcakery

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Lavender Moon bakes its cupcakes fresh daily and announces flavors on its Facebook page. If you want to go for a stroll and eat simultaneously, the bakery will package your cupcake in a charming little plastic cup so you can take it on-thego with no mess.

—Kayla Randall

Best Way to Get a Top Chef Into Your Home Kitchen Eric Adjepong of Pinch & Plate

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Best Turf When Others Go Surf Fried chicken at Captain White’s Seafood City

Best Way to Get a Top Chef Into Your Home Kitchen: Eric Adjepong of Pinch & Plate

Best Brunch Casolare

2505 Wisconsin Ave. NW, (202) 625-5400, casolaredc.com

Let’s start with the fact that you can order a pizza bagel. Casolare’s version of the nostalgic after school snack stars a house-made bagel that the restaurant’s executive pastry chef, Alex Levin, spent

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1100 Maine Ave. SW, (202) 484-2722, captainwhitesseafood.com

Nobody at Southwest Waterfront mainstay Captain White’s is quite sure when the famed fishmonger began serving fried chicken. And that’s fine. Why dwell on the past when there’s savory poultry that needs devouring? Granted, most people visit the iconic Maine Avenue Fish Market to fill up on freshly steamed crabs, raw oysters, spiced shrimp, and other seafood delights. Somewhere along the way employees say the family-run shop decided to add some turf to the menu, and some amazing meal deals were born. Pick individual pieces (breast, wing, thigh, leg) or choose sets in escalating portion sizes (from a two-piece through a 12-pack) with classic sides including mac and cheese, collard greens, baked beans, and corn on the cob. That the three-piece meal is a top seller should surprise no one. Crispy skin gives way to succulent meat that soaks up vinegary hot sauce like a champ. The seasoning strategy is as simple as salt and pepper. And, unlike some of the seasonal spoils plucked from the briny depths, the crowd-pleasing bird is available yearround.

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cial varieties and works as a great dipper for each skewer. As you eat, try and make a mess because the noodles are there to soak up all your dribbles. And while the bánh hỏi is listed in the appetizer section, its portion size is closer to an entree.

—Laura Hayes

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three years perfecting. Last spring the Michael Schlow restaurant relaunched its brunch by asking, “what if Rome’s Jewish Quarter met the Lower East Side?” The result is a split-personality menu, offered Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with Jewish deli classics like potato pancakes with smoked salmon and challah French toast alongside Italian comfort foods like spaghetti carbonara, margarita pizza, and cheesy risotto croquettes known as suppli. But the best thing on the menu might be the pastrami and jalapeño hash with oozing poached eggs and a rich hollandaise sauce. If you’re dining with a table of four or more, whet your appetite with “Alex’s Basket of Goodies.” It’s filled with ricotta bomboloni, raspberry Linzer cookies, and hazelnut chocolate crunch rugelach. Quench your thirst with Italian sangria featuring red wine, citrus, apple, and tea.

—Laura Hayes

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Best Vietnamese Dish That’s Not Pho Bánh Hỏi at Bun DC

2905 Sherman Ave. NW, (202) 412-6113, bunwdc.com

You don’t need to bother with a menu at Southern Vietnamese newcomer Bun DC. Just tell your server you want No. 11.

The woven rice dish called bánh hỏi is a pu pu platter on a bed of noodles. The noodle blanket is topped with a stick of ground Vietnamese pork blended with Asian spices, a skewer of grilled shrimp, a crispy spring roll, and a mixture of ground shrimp bound to a piece of sugar cane. The restaurant sprinkles the enticing pile with dried onion, green onion, and crushed peanuts and accompanies it with lettuce, a nest of pickled carrots, fish sauce, and hoisin sauce. The house fish sauce is gentler than most commer-

Unlike most cheftestants on Bravo’s Top Chef, who have their own restaurants, season 16 finalist Eric Adjepong comes to you. He founded his full-service dinner party and event company Pinch & Plate together with his wife Janell Adjepong back in 2015. Just like you saw on the show, the first-generation Ghanaian-American from the Bronx deftly folds West African ingredients into his cooking. They can handle everything from intimate dinner parties to weddings.

At a recent dinner in an Arlington home, the Adjepongs created a memorable evening. Dinner started out with a canape of a crisped piece of spongy Ethiopian bread known as injera topped with cured salmon, palm oil crème fraîche, and red onion. Then it was onto ribeye tataki with stacked slices of cassava root, a yassa-like onion relish, and palm wine béarnaise sauce. The final savory course featured a play on a rice and bean dish known as waakye with an expertly seared halibut filet, shito honey, and carrots. Instead of rice and beans, Adjepong used wheat berries, barley, and quinoa.

Dessert was aerated dulce de leche with hazelnut shortbread, mango, and yuzu.

Recently Pinch & Plate teamed up with Diane Gross and Khalid Pitts of Cork Wine Bar and Market. The owners of the 14th Street NW restaurant can pair wines with the meals that Adjepong cooks. Cork also hosts regular pop-up dinners with the Adjepongs (the next ones are set for June 10 and July 15).

Adjepong lights up the room, and not because he was named one of People magazine’s top 10 “Sexiest Chefs Alive” in 2018. His energy is infectious as he tells stories about his culinary career and time on the show. He came in third because of a steak tartare dish, but he throws a first-class party. —Laura Hayes

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Best Tacos

Best Unexpected Cinnamon Bun: Souk

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Culture Coffee Too is an independent community coffee shop owned by Veronica “Ms. V” Cooper. She doubles as the chef, preparing delicious plates, like a jerk chicken strip sandwich and a vegetarian black bean burger, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The shop has a full bar and serves specialty cocktails like Ms. V’s “secret recipe” cultured sangria.

Ms. V doesn’t cut any corners. For the marinated jerk salmon burger, she uses Caribbean jerk seasoning that is both aromatic and pleasantly balanced, a little bit sweet, but not too peppery. Each bite is textured and flavorful, and a spicier version is available upon request. The burger is served with lettuce, tomato, and red onion. “The red onion is the key,” according to Ms. V. Culture Coffee Too serves hand-crafted teas from Calabash Tea, homemade pastries from The Baker’s Lounge, and locally roasted coffee. The shop supports creatives from all disciplines and regularly hosts art exhibitions, poetry readings, and live music.

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Best Seafood Dinner Fish in the Hood

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Best Unexpected Cinnamon Roll Souk

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705 8th St. SE, (202) 547-7685, dcsouk.com

The cinnamon bun is one of the greatest breakfast indulgences. Not an eatall-your-daily-calories-in-a-single-pastry monstrosity from Cinnabon, but a handmade one, redolent with cinnamon and just sweet enough to taste like a treat. The best around are made by Winnette McIntosh Ambrose, the pastry guru behind the macaron-focused The Sweet Lobby and Souk, a spice shop and café, both on Barracks Row. Her swirled squares are made with croissant dough enriched with more than a fair amount of French butter. In the folds of the dough hides a mixture of cinnamon and brown sugar, which hits your nose and your palate with equal intensity. They’re topped with a generous slathering of frosting that ensures a sugar high. Pick one up the next time you want to start your day with extravagance. In addition to Souk, the cinnamon rolls can be found at Takoma Beverage Company in Takoma Park, Vigilante Coffee in College Park, and Simply Social in Fairfax. —Nevin Martell

Whatever you order at Bandit Taco, douse your selections in the housemade, medium salsa made from chile de árbol. It’s hot, sweet, and a little smoky.

The taqueria serves an array of tacos, priced at $3.50 to $4.25 each, that are all texturally interesting and full of flavor. One of the restaurant’s four owners, Ricardo Ortiz, says the crunchy shrimp taco with creamy red cabbage slaw is the biggest seller. Order one or two alongside an al pastor taco featuring juicy pork and chunks of pineapple. The tacos come on doubled up tortillas to prevent leakage, but I love Bandit Taco so much that I split the fillings across the two tortillas to make the meal last longer. Fill out a meal with chips and guacamole or an order of fried yucca that comes with a tangy, creamy dipping sauce. Good news: Bandit Taco is growing. They already expanded to Tenleytown and Ortiz says they’re actively seeking a third location.

—Laura Hayes

Best Restaurant to Find a Last-Minute Reservation for a Family Reunion Buca di Beppo

1825 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 232-8466, bucadibeppo.com

One day last summer, I found myself saddled with plans to convene nine of my nearest and dearest for dinner. My roommate suggested Buca di Beppo, a family-style Italian restaurant and the former site of her own large entertaining endeavour. We easily made a reservation with two days notice. As I reflect on what would metastasize into a two-hour event of non-stop dairy and carbs, I realize that

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Buca di Beppo resists easy definition.

Structurally, it is a labyrinth—there are so many hallways leading to hidden rooms and other crannies that I couldn’t make sense of the floorplan. Aesthetically, it is textbook kitsch chaos, featuring checkerboard tablecloths, grapevine frescoes, and a smiling bust of Pope Francis atop a Lazy Susan. The absurdity extends to the cuisine: There is little room for artistic grace when the menu warns that the “small serves three and the large serves five.” And yet, between the layers of pasta and provolone, I began to rejoice in the excess, celebrating the community my table built as we elbowed our way to our shared Colossal Brownie Sundae. It was at Buca di Beppo that I learned the beauty of leftovers.

—Amy Guay

Fish in the Hood technically has a menu, but no one uses it. Instead, the Georgia Ave. staple that finally recovered from a fire has a big, fishmonger-style display case next to their cash register, with everything from whiting fillets to whole black bass to fresh scallops sitting on ice. You order by pointing at what you want, then choosing if you want it broiled or fried. There’s no wrong answer.

Everything is priced by the pound, and half a pound of trout or whiting will set you back about $3.50. If it’s a special occasion, go for the jumbo crab leg and a side of mac and cheese or collard greens.

—Josh Kaplan

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Bottomless food is included in the price.

Should you choose to forgo the tedious chore of ticking off specific plates, just ask your long-suffering server to “bring everything.” Mix and match dishes of escalivada with huevos con bistec and fight over the last of the patatas bravas while you try to save room for churros. They’ll keep bringing the food and drinks until a 2.5-hour cut-off point. Fortunately the quality of the food stacks up to the sheer quantity you’ll consume.

—Amy Guay

Best New Bathroom Grand Duchess

2337 18th St. NW, (202) 299-1006, grandduchessdc.com

A good, low-key bar is hard to find, especially in Adams Morgan, where 18th Street NW is a nightly haven for D.C.’s loudest and least-credible drinkers. So it was a welcome development when Grand Duchess opened in the old Pharmacy Bar space in 2017, featuring well mixed drinks, surprisingly good grilled cheese sandwiches, and room for conversations featuring words other than “Woooooo!” But when city inspectors came a-calling months later, they found the bar’s lone single-stall bathroom insufficient for drinkers’ excretory needs, forcing Grand Duchess to close and undergo lengthy and expensive renovations that would bring it up to code. The bar re-opened in September with a refreshed interior and a brand new bathroom. Slightly larger than an airplane lavatory, the new bathroom features a flimsy sliding door, some astronautthemed art on the rear wall, and a toilet that groans loudly after it’s flushed. But it exists, unequivocally, and so does Grand Duchess. Woooooo!

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periment. They were inspired by sharing everything they ordered when they went out to eat, and wanted to blend the idea of a traditional tasting menu with a tapas-style approach. Their new restaurant, Rooster & Owl, strikes the perfect balance: Each course has four dishes to choose from, giving just enough variety to cater to one’s palate or dietary needs without causing diners to feel overwhelmed by decisions. As Carey puts it, if two people order strategically, “you get to try eight dishes instead of four.”

Go back a few times, and you’ll sample a vast array of dishes because the menu is constantly changing. That’s partly to keep up with whatever produce and other ingredients are in season. It also gives every member of the culinary team a chance to play around. One day a week is dedicated to recipe testing and developing new dishes, and now, diners can take part in their explorations. The restaurant recently introduced “What If Tuesdays,” in which diners can try and provide feedback on dishes that are still being tweaked before they appear on the regular menu for only $35 per person. (Ordinarily, the four-course tasting menu runs for $65—still a bargain for a meal of its caliber in This Town.)

These playful, preliminary recipes can evolve into something extraordinary, like the barbecue-style carrots served with a dollop of cornbread ice cream that have become an early signature dish. Yuan explains that the team was looking to make a hearty dish and gravitated toward the challenge of showcasing a vegetable

Best Airport Bar Flying Dog Tap House

7035 Elm Rd., Baltimore, flyingdog.com/flying-dog-tap-house

As far as airports go, BWI disappoints the most in the region. It lacks National’s efficiency and Dulles’ swooping architecture, and multiple surveys rank it among the nation’s least reliable for on-time departures. Since you’ll probably be stuck at BWI for a while, particularly if you fly in the evening, you’ll want a drink or a snack that’s not wrapped in plastic and sold at Hudson News. Enter Flying Dog Tap House, a new arrival to Terminal A, which serves close to a dozen craft beers from the Frederick, Maryland, brewery and features a flat-top grill where you can see your food being cooked. Rarely is airport food this local or fresh. The bartenders are friendly and generous with samples because they want you to enjoy

Best Tasting Menu: Rooster & Owl

Best Outdoor Bar That Nobody Knows About Betsy

514 8th St. SE (back alley), (202) 544-0100, betsydc.com

Are you trying to hang out at an outdoor bar or beer garden on a 70-degree day?

Heavens to Betsy, good luck with that.

Grabbing a seat, let alone a table, probably means waiting in line or pouncing with cheetah-like reflexes to nab a barstool. Instead, beeline it to Betsy, an almost-secret gin garden tucked into an alley off Barracks Row. To get there, look for the wooden staircase that leads up to a rooftop perched above Belga Café.

There you’ll find quiet solitude, potted plants, and a densely packed gin menu, plus beer, wine, and small bites.

The rules are simple, according to the menu: “No reservations. Just come in, take a seat, and enjoy.” Betsy’s happy hour (Sundays through Fridays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.) might be the best time to visit. Old Bay fries will appeal to anyone who’s spent time on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. And you’ll feel whisked away to Belgium by Chef Bart Vandaele’s tiny waffles, dubbed “waffletinnies.” But Betsy knows the real reason you’re here: the booze. There are half-off beers and bythe-glass wine specials, plus a gin and tonic menu that’s two pages long. Nothing pairs better with spring than a G&T garnished with herbs plucked from Betsy’s garden.

—Tim Ebner

Best Late-Night Happy Hour Tiki TNT

1130 Maine Ave. SW, (202) 900-4786, tikitnt.com

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Best Tasting Menu Rooster & Owl

2436 14th St. NW, (202) 813-3976, roosterowl.com

A multi-course tasting menu can sometimes feel like being tied to a chair and held hostage by a chef’s ego for several hours as food trickles out. Husband and wife team Carey and Yuan Tang wanted to create a dining experience that was more casual, while still preparing delicious dishes that allow chefs to ex-

staff members extends to the bar, where bar manager Jason Swaringen borrows heavily from the ingredients being sourced for the food menu. Endive is a prominent dish in the first course and it’s also the star of a vodka cocktail titled “ENDI-EE-IVE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.” Little winks like these, as well as the surprising cooking lacking in any pretension, make the entire meal a delight from the second pineapple buns are dropped off at the table to start the meal.

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rather than meat, then started thinking of traditional barbecue sides. Pastry Chef Olivia Green thought up the cornbread ice cream, giving the dish the levity of something your stoner friend dreamed up, but more luxurious.

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Sunsets and tiki drinks seem to go together, which may be why owner Todd Thrasher situated Tiki TNT and Potomac Distilling Company facing west from The Wharf overlooking the Washington Channel. Behind the bar are large retractable garage doors, which open to cool breezes and a nightly sunset. Like any good bar, there’s a happy hour menu that preempts sunset, running from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. But there’s also a late-night happy hour menu for those who tend to linger until last call. From 11 p.m. to close every night, Tiki TNT offers half-priced frozen cocktails until they’re gone, including Thrasher’s signature rum-and-Coke slushy, as well as $4 beers of the easy-drinking variety: Miller High Life, Pacifico, and Narragansett. Inevitably, drunk hunger pains will kick in.

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Best Place to Do Your Sunday Crossword Dos Gringos

Like clockwork, I find a place at the Dos Gringos counter—or a small table on the patio if the weather’s nice—at 9 a.m. on weekend mornings for a stack of waffles and a cup of coffee. Order food to dine-in and you’ll get a plastic animal to mark your order for a touch of whimsy.

Get there early enough and you’ll make it in time for a glass of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, which runs out later in the day. For a hair over $6, you get a full breakfast, plenty of personal space, and a game of Boggle. I love The Diner and Ellē as much as the next gal, but on a lazy Sunday morning, sometimes it’s nice not to feel rushed.

—Morgan Baskin

Best Ethiopian Restaurant That Also Serves Mexican Kokeb

3013 Georgia Ave. NW, (202) 450-6931, kokebethiopiandc.com

Kokeb is a dark horse contender for the best Ethiopian restaurant in the city, but walking in for the first time, you’d be excused for thinking you had the wrong address. For one, there’s the plywood cart out front selling mangonada on hot days, and the big advertisement for homemade tacos by the bar. The décor, on the other hand, would suggest a small club getting ready to open for the night, with as many flat-screen TVs as patrons and an apparent aversion to lights that aren’t pink or green. Often, the restaurant is empty except for a few men sitting at the bar, quietly sipping two-for-$5 rail drinks.

But along with dirt-cheap drinks, Kokeb serves one of the most satisfying meals in the District. The vegan misir wat (spicy red lentils) will satisfy the most devoted carnivores, and the asa dullet (chopped fish with hot peppers) is light and intensely flavorful. And Kokeb is the only place, to my knowledge, where you can get your asa dullet with chilaquiles on the side.

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3116 Mount Pleasant St. NW, (202) 462-1159, dosgringosdc.com

Best Corned Beef Hash Jimmy T’s Place

501 E Capitol St. SE, jimmytsplace.business.site

If I ever become president and need to woo steely-eyed foreign dignitaries with the charms of American cuisine, I’ll take them to Jimmy T’s. A stone’s throw from the Capitol, it’s everything you could want from a diner. It’s got the so-badit’s-good coffee: hot, cheap, and bottomless. It’s got greasy, satisfying breakfast sandwiches, and random sides of fresh fruit. And then there’s the kitsch filling every inch of this tiny joint that isn’t occupied by grills or tables. But the real star of the show is their perennial special: corned beef hash. Diners tend to slack off when it comes to corned beef hash—you can fry up the canned stuff and still make a pretty good breakfast.

Jimmy T’s Place, however, makes theirs from scratch, cooking it overnight and serving it fresh each morning. It shows.

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Transcontinental by working with one of England’s most well regarded makers, Oliver’s Cider and Perry. This cidery’s brilliant British apples from Hereford, England, were pressed and turned to apple juice then shipped over the pond in two 275-gallon containers. The final product is a blend of English and American ciders in one can. Some were fermented in steel and some in ANXO’s massive wooden cask that once held Sangiovese wine. This is likely the first time Mid-Atlantic and English juices have been blended after fermentation, then canned. A large part of the deliciously dry cider’s complexity is due to the high quality juices and time-consuming processes that went into production. The beverage is as complex as it is no-carb-friendly. Finally, a cider has come to sate connoisseurs, diabetics, and everyone else who counts carbs daily.

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Dry cider is the best drink for any low carbohydrate diet. But not all ciders are created equal. One of the most popular ciders in the U.S., Angry Orchard Crisp Apple contains 30.9 grams of carbs, 23.4g of sugar, and 221 calories. (A slice of bread contains about 12 grams of carbs). Compare that to ANXO’s Transcontinental, with six grams of carbs, zero grams of sugar, and 155 calories.

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Pray your team wins the first time you order Philly Wing Fry’s meal deal because then you’ll have to order one for every game for the rest of the season out of sheer superstition. That’s what happened to this Eagles fan after a miserable start to the 2018 season. The fact that I’m an Eagles fan should also tell you I know a good cheesesteak when I eat one. Contrary to what you think about the fans that just stole Bryce Harper, we’re flexible. A cheesesteak doesn’t have to meet Pat’s or Geno’s specifi-

cations to please us. Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s take is jazzed up with dry-aged beef, smoked provolone cheese, roasted garlic mayo, pickled pearl onions, and carmelized onions. The meal deal comes with said seven-inch cheesesteak, plus four confit chicken wings in a tamarind glaze, a handful of waffle fries, and an iced tea for $20. Grab one at the Whole Foods in Navy Yard, in Union Market, or via delivery.

—Laura Hayes

Best Up-andComing Brewer Bluejacket’s Colin Jordan

300 Tingey St. SE, (202) 524-4862, bluejacketdc.com

Colin Jordan began volunteering at Bluejacket in 2015 as a bottler and has been brewing full time since May 2016.

Under Director of Brewing Operations Ro Guenzel, Jordan has learned classic German brewing styles as well as new brewhouse and cellar techniques.

He cooks up collaboration beers in addition to prepping tons of fruit. Whenever you see a Bluejacket beer with thousands of pounds of fruit, know

with a biscuit that just doesn’t hold up on its own. Biscuits are best as a side with a spread of jam, butter, cheese, or, if you’re looking for a bit of heaven, honey. Thank goodness the folks at St. Anselm understand this. Served four at a time with a velvety pimento cheese, St. Anselm’s biscuits are nearly perfect. The initial salty crisp of the outside feels like breaking through a butter dam, flooding your taste buds with fluffy fat. The pimento cheese is mild, providing just enough bite to balance out the initial one-two punch of salt and fat. They are a mustorder item every visit, and you may find yourself tempted to order more to take home for the next morning.

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that Jordan’s trusty hands helped. People think being a brewer means drinking beer all day, but as they say in the industry, “If you got time to lean, you got time to clean.” On top of cleaning, Jordan is brewing traditional European lagers one day and spontaneous fermented Belgian styles the next.

He went from boxing bottles to overseeing entire brewdays, from mashing to pitching yeast. In addition to other members of the brewing team, Jordan’s steady hands are fueling Bluejacket’s constant experimentation. The 32-year-old now makes the beers hum and remains a modest brewer in one of the crown jewels of the D.C. brewing scene.

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Best Date for Incompatible Eaters Union Market 1309 5th St. NE, unionmarketdc.com/market

You love each other, but the thought of sharing another vegan side salad sends you up the wall. You like spicy food, but he orders mild chili with a glass of milk.

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you mismatched love birds. The Northeast D.C. food hall lets diners assemble a diverse meal from the market’s many stalls. Vegetarians can feast on South Indian crepes from DC Dosa while their meat-eating paramours dig into oozing cheesesteaks at Philly Wing Fry. With so many choices, even the pickiest eaters will find something to enjoy. And even if you’re both proverbial omnivores, what’s more romantic that swapping bites of tacos and bao?

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Best Biscuit St. Anselm

1250 5th St. NE, (202) 864-2199, stanselmdc.com

Here’s a hot take: Biscuits aren’t meant for sandwiches or to be the feature of a meal. The increase in trendiness of biscuit sandwiches and main courses centered around the buttery delight has made it easier to find a decent biscuit, but harder to find a truly excellent one. Most biscuits these days get overwhelmed by sandwich stuffings or smothered by gravy and sauce, making it easier to get by

That poor Mayor Bowser. Herronor can’t seem to express any foodie opinions without someone turning it into a political donneybrook/catastrophe. Just before Thanksgiving last year, Bowser earned the ire of many D.C. residents when she posted that she was “annoyed” by Mumbo sauce—a sweet and sticky symbol of old D.C. Though Bowser is a native Washingtonian, many thought the comment showed that she is out of touch with parts of the city.

Then, just a few months later, Bowser weighed in again, tweeting a list of her favorite pizza joints. It didn’t take long for local reporters to start drawing connections between Bowser’s picks (We, the Pizza, Ledo, &pizza, and Matchbox) and donations to her campaign. As DCist reported in February, each of the establishments or their parent companies that Bowser promoted on Twitter had donated to her campaigns. &pizza does offer shrimp as a topping on their personal pies, however, and we know how the Mayor feels about those crustaceans.

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Best Reason to Visit Arlington If You’re Vegan Dama Ethiopian Restaurant 1505 Columbia Pike, Arlington, (703) 920-5620

The D.C. area is rich with Ethiopian restaurants. But Dama, in Arlington, stands out—not just for the quality of its food, but for its vegan options, few of which I’ve seen in any other Ethiopian restau-

rant. You’ve got the standard fare: lentils, potatoes, carrots and cabbage, and split peas, plus vegan versions of typical Ethiopian meat dishes—kitfo, tibs, dulet, and doro wot. Be sure to make room for dessert. Dama’s pastries and cakes, some of which are vegan, are worth it. The rum cake and millefoglie are especially delicious.

—Matt Cohen

Best Sandwich Fish sandwich at Little Havana 3704 14th St. NW, (202) 758-2127, littlehavanadc.com

Fish sandwiches are having a moment, with McDonald’s dousing its filets in the world’s best spice blend, Old Bay, and other fast food purveyors rushing to add their interpretations to menus.

That’s particularly true on 14th Street NW, where Little Havana serves a fish sandwich so transformative, you just might believe you’re on an island if you close your eyes and take a bite. It starts with a grilled filet of white fish topped with a pineapple slaw and a curry aioli, with some greens tossed on top for good measure. The messy concoction sits on a crisp, buttery Cuban roll. Every bite excites your mouth and takes you on a temporary trip to the tropics.

Unfortunately, it’s not available during lunch on weekdays, but on the upside, it tastes even better when paired with one of Little Havana’s rum cocktails.

—Caroline Jones

Best Place to Drink and Read Raven Grill

3125 Mount Pleasant St. NW#101, (202) 387-8411

Even though there’s a lot The Raven doesn’t have—chiefly, a soda gun, draft beer, cocktails, and most of what constitutes as food—it’s never lacking. Here are just a handful of things The Raven does have: a 3-for-$1 deal on the jukebox; $1 bags of chips; rail drinks and beers clocking in between $5 and $7; a TV in the back with a semi-secluded nook for bigger groups gunning to watch sports; a screen up front tuned to black and white movies; ample booth seating for those who want to spread out with a novel; orange and green lights that give the place an oddly soothing glow; and Chutes and Ladders. What more do you want?

—Morgan Baskin

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READERS’ PICKS FOOD&DRINK

BEST BREW PUB

Best Seafood Dinner, Staff Pick: Fish in the Hood

Right Proper Brewing Company Shaw Brewpub & Kitchen 624 T St. NW, (202) 607-2337, rightproperbrewing.com 2nd Place: Bluejacket 3rd Place: Franklins

BEST BRUNCH

Ambar

Multiple Locations, ambarrestaurant.com 2nd Place: Farmers Fishers Bakers 3rd Place: Toastique

BEST BURGER

Duke’s Grocery

Darrow Montgomery

1513 17th St. NW, (202) 733-5623, dukesgrocery.com 2nd Place: Slash Run 3rd Place: Lucky Buns

BEST ASIAN RESTAURANT

BEST BAR

BEST BBQ

Thip Khao

The Pub & The People

Federalist Pig

3462 14th St. NW, (202) 387-5426, thipkhao.com 2nd Place: Beau Thai 3rd Place: Maketto

1648 North Capitol St. NW, (202) 2341800, thepubandthepeople.com 2nd Place: Blaguard 3rd Place: The Green Zone

1654 Columbia Rd. NW, federalistpig.com 2nd Place: Hill Country Barbecue Market 3rd Place: Rocklands Barbeque and Grilling Company

BEST BAGEL

BEST BAR WITH GAMES

BEST BEER FESTIVAL

Bullfrog Bagels

The Board Room

Snallygaster

Multiple Locations, (202) 494-5615, bullfrogbagels.com 2nd Place: Bethesda Bagels 3rd Place: Call Your Mother

1737 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 5187666, boardroomdc.com 2nd Place: Players Club 3rd Place: The Eleanor

snallygasterdc.com 2nd Place: Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival: Arts & Ales 3rd Place: Brew at the Zoo

BEST BUTCHER SHOP

Harvey’s Market

1309 5th St. NE, (202) 544-0400, harveysmarketdc.com 2nd Place: Stachowski’s Market 3rd Place: Red Apron Butcher

BEST CHEF

José Andrés

thinkfoodgroup.com 2nd Place: Brandon Ingenito - City Winery 3rd Place: Enrique Limardo Chicken + Whiskey

BEST CHINESE

Panda Gourmet

BEST BAKERY

BEST BARTENDER

BEST BLOODY MARY

2700 New York Ave. NE, (202) 636-3588, pandagourmetdc.net 2nd Place: Mr. Chen’s Organic Chinese Cuisine 3rd Place: Peter Chang

Whisked!

Nickos Papageorge Blaguard

Founding Farmers

BEST COCKTAIL BAR

1228 Mt. Olivet Rd. NE, (202) 999-8509, whiskeddc.com 2nd Place: PAUL 3rd Place: MASTIHA Artisan Greek Bakery

2003 18th St. NW, (202) 232-9005, blaguarddc.com 2nd Place: Paul Martinez - Chicken + Whiskey 3rd Place: Brendan Mullin - Bar Charley

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Multiple Locations, wearefoundingfarmers.com 2nd Place: Buffalo & Bergen 3rd Place: Logan Tavern

Copycat Co.

1110 H St. NE, (202) 241-1952, copycatcompany.com 2nd Place: Columbia Room 3rd Place: Farmers & Distillers

FOOD&DRINK BEST COFFEE SHOP

BEST ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT

BEST GELATO/ICE CREAM

Commonwealth Joe Coffee Roasters

Keren Restaurant and Coffee Shop

Ice Cream Jubilee

Multiple Locations, commonwealthjoe.com 2nd Place: Compass Coffee 3rd Place: La Colombe

BEST CRABCAKE

Old Ebbitt Grill

675 15th St. NW, (202) 347-4800, ebbitt.com 2nd Place: City Winery 3rd Place: Rappahannock Oyster Bar

BEST CRAFT BEER SELECTION

ChurchKey

1337 14th St. NW, (202) 567-2576, churchkeydc.com 2nd Place: Farmers Fishers Bakers 3rd Place: Pizzeria Paradiso

BEST CUPCAKE

Baked & Wired

1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW, (703) 663-8727, bakedandwired.com 2nd Place: Georgetown Cupcake 3rd Place: Madelynn’s Bake Sale

BEST DISTILLERY

MurLarkey Distilled Spirits

7961 Gainsford Ct., Bristow, Va., (571) 284-7961, murlarkey.com 2nd Place: Republic Restoratives 3rd Place: New Columbia Distillers/ Green Hat Gin

BEST DIVE BAR

The Pug

1234 H St. NE, (202) 636-0050, thepugdc.com 2nd Place: Showtime Lounge 3rd Place: Raven Grill

BEST DOUGHNUTS

District Doughnut

Multiple Locations, districtdoughnut.com 2nd Place: Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken 3rd Place: Sugar Shack Donuts

BEST DOWNTOWN LUNCH

Arepa Zone

Multiple Locations, arepazone.com 2nd Place: Farmers & Distillers 3rd Place: CAVA

1780 Florida Ave. NW, (202) 265-5764, facebook.com/Keren-Restaurant-andCoffee-Shop-162306217215617/ 2nd Place (tie): Ethiopic Restaurant 2nd Place (tie): Zenebech Restaurant

BEST FALAFEL

Amsterdam Falafelshop

Multiple Locations, falafelshop.com 2nd Place: Falafel Inc. 3rd Place: CAVA

BEST FAST CASUAL DINING

California Tortilla

Multiple Locations, californiatortilla.com 2nd Place: CAVA 3rd Place: RASA

BEST FOOD BLOG

Rick Eats DC

rickeatsdc.com 2nd Place: Eater DC 3rd Place: Bitches Who Brunch

BEST FOOD TRUCK

Roro’s: Modern Lebanese

roroslebanese.com 2nd Place: Peruvian Brothers 3rd Place: Roaming Rooster

BEST FRIED CHICKEN

Roaming Rooster

3176 Bladensburg Rd. NE, (202) 507-8734, roamingroosterdc.com 2nd Place: Founding Farmers 3rd Place: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

BEST FRIES

Five Guys

Multiple Locations, fiveguys.com 2nd Place: Amsterdam Falafelshop 3rd Place: Pow Pow

BEST GAY BAR/CLUB/LOUNGE

Nellie’s Sports Bar 900 U St. NW, (202) 332-6355, nelliessportsbar.com 2nd Place: A League of Her Own 3rd Place: Pitchers

2nd Place: Kabob Palace 3rd Place: Ravi Kabob

Multiple Locations, icecreamjubilee.com 2nd Place: Pitango Gelato 3rd Place: Dolcezza

BEST GLUTEN-FREE MENU

Rise Bakery

2409 18th St. NW (202) 525-5204 riseglutenfree.com 2nd Place: &pizza 3rd Place: Arepa Zone

BEST KID-FRIENDLY RESTAURANT

Ted’s Bulletin

Multiple Locations, tedsbulletin.com 2nd Place: Moreland’s Tavern 3rd Place (tie): Brookland’s Finest Bar & Kitchen 3rd Place (tie): Pinstripes

BEST KOMBUCHA

Cultured Kombucha Multiple Locations, theculturedkombucha.com 2nd Place: Craft Kombucha 3rd Place: Blue Ridge Bucha

BEST HANGOVER BREAKFAST

Ted’s Bulletin

Multiple Locations, tedsbulletin.com 2nd Place: The Diner 3rd Place: Commissary

BEST KOREAN

Mandu

BEST HAPPY HOUR

453 K St. NW, (202) 289-6899, mandudc.com 2nd Place: Seoul Food DC 3rd Place: Honey Pig BBQ

Blaguard

2003 18th St. NW, (202) 232-9005, blaguarddc.com 2nd Place: The Haymaker Bar 3rd Place (tie): Ambar 3rd Place (tie): DC Reynolds

BEST LATE NIGHT EATS

Chicken + Whiskey

BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT

Rasika

Multiple Locations, rasikarestaurant.com 2nd Place: Indigo 3rd Place: Pappe

BEST IRISH PUB

1738 14th St. NW, (202) 667-2456, chickenandwhiskey.com 2nd Place: The Diner 3rd Place: Duccini’s Pizza

BEST LATIN AMERICAN RESTAURANT

Arepa Zone

Multiple Locations, arepazone.com 2nd Place: Zita Rica 3rd Place: Taqueria Habanero

Fiona’s Irish Pub

5810 Kingstowne Center, Alexandria, (703) 888-3900, fionasirishpub.com 2nd Place: James Hoban’s 3rd Place: Across the Pond

BEST LOCAL BREWERY

3 Stars Brewing Company

BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT

6400 Chillum Pl. NW, (202) 847-3755, 3starsbrewing.com 2nd Place: Right Proper Brewing Company 3rd Place: Atlas Brew Works

The Red Hen

1822 1st St. NW, (202) 525-3021, theredhendc.com 2nd Place: Filomena Ristorante 3rd Place: Osteria Morini

BEST LOCAL CATERER (TIE)

BEST JAPANESE

Eat & Smile Catering

Sushi Taro

2212 Rhode Island Ave. NE, (202) 7333106, eatandsmilecatering.com

1503 17th St. NW, (202) 462-8999, sushitaro.com 2nd Place: Izakaya Seki 3rd Place: Daikaya

Word of Mouth Catering

(301) 526-8220, wofmcatering.com 2nd Place: Occasions Caterers

BEST KABOB

Moby Dick House of Kabob Multiple Locations, mobyskabob.com

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FOOD&DRINK BEST MARGARITA

BEST PIZZA

Taqueria el Poblano

Timber Pizza Co.

Multiple Locations, taqueriapoblano.com 2nd Place: Oyamel 3rd Place: Lauriol Plaza

BEST MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT

Maydan

1346 Florida Ave. NW, (202) 370-3696, maydandc.com 2nd Place: Lapis 3rd Place: Lebanese Taverna

BEST MUSSELS

Granville Moore’s

1238 H St. NE, (202) 399-2546, granvillemoores.com 2nd Place: St. Arnold’s Mussel Bar 3rd Place: Bistrot du Coin

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

The Pub & The People 1648 North Capitol St. NW, (202) 2341800, thepubandthepeople.com 2nd Place: Blaguard 3rd Place: Jackie Lee’s

BEST NEW BAR

The Green Zone

2226 18th St. NW, (571) 201-5145, facebook.com/thegreenzonedc 2nd Place: Pitchers 3rd Place: Jackie Lee’s

BEST NEW RESTAURANT

Toastique

Multiple Locations, (202) 484-5200, toastique.com 2nd Place: El Sapo Cuban Social Club 3rd Place: St. Anselm

BEST PHO

Pho 14

Multiple Locations, dcpho14.com 2nd Place: Pho Viet 3rd Place: Pho 75

BEST PIE

Dangerously Delicious Pies 1339 H St. NE, (202) 398-7437, dangerouspiesdc.com 2nd Place: Whisked!

3rd Place: Pie Sisters

809 Upshur St. NW, (202) 853-9746, timberpizza.com 2nd Place: All-Purpose Pizzeria 3rd Place: 2 Amys

BEST PLACE TO HAVE DINNER WITH LIVE MUSIC

Songbyrd Music House and Record Cafe 2477 18th St. NW, (202) 450-2917, songbyrddc.com 2nd Place: The Hamilton 3rd Place: City Winery

BEST RESTAURANT

Hot N Juicy Crawfish

2651 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 2999448, hotnjuicycrawfish.com 2nd Place: Tail Up Goat 3rd Place: Rose’s Luxury

BEST RESTAURANT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE PAYS

Fiola Mare

3050 K St. NW #101, (202) 525-1402, fiolamaredc.com 2nd Place: Pineapple and Pearls 3rd Place: Le Diplomate

BEST RESTAURANT WHEN YOU PAY

Ambar

Multiple Locations, ambarrestaurant.com 2nd Place: Chicken + Whiskey 3rd Place: Pow Pow

BEST RESTAURANT WITH A VIEW

Open City at the National Cathedral

3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW, (202) 965-7670, opencitycathedraldc.com 2nd Place: Fiola Mare 3rd Place: All-Purpose Pizzeria Capitol Riverfront

BEST ROOFTOP BAR

Whiskey Charlie

975 7th St. SW, (202) 488-2500, whiskeycharliewharf.com 2nd Place: Roofers Union 3rd Place: City Winery

BEST SANDWICH

MGM Roast Beef

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BEST TATER TOTS

Sticky Rice 2nd Place: SUNdeVICH 3rd Place: Bub and Pop’s

BEST SEAFOOD

Hot N Juicy Crawfish

2651 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 2999448, hotnjuicycrawfish.com 2nd Place: The Salt Line 3rd Place (tie): Fiola Mare 3rd Place (tie): Hank’s Oyster Bar

1224 H St. NE, (202) 397-7655, stickyricedc.com 2nd Place: Tonic At Quigley’s Pharmacy 3rd Place: The Haymaker Bar

BEST THAI RESTAURANT

Beau Thai

Multiple Locations, (202) 536-5636, beauthaidc.com 2nd Place: Baan Thai 3rd Place: Thai X-ing

BEST SLICE OF PIZZA

Wiseguy Pizza

Multiple Locations, wiseguypizza.com 2nd Place: Duccini’s Pizza 3rd Place: Vace Italian Delicatessen

BEST TRIVIA BAR

Nanny O’Briens

BEST SMALL PLATES

3319 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 686-9189, nannyobriens.com 2nd Place: Nellie’s Sports Bar 3rd Place: Union Pub

Jaleo

BEST VEGAN/VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT

Multiple Locations, jaleo.com 2nd Place: Ambar 3rd Place: Zaytinya

Fancy Radish

BEST SOUL FOOD

600 H St. NE, (202) 675-8341, fancyradishdc.com 2nd Place: NuVegan Café 3rd Place: Fare Well

Oohh’s & Aahh’s

BEST VIETNAMESE

1005 U St. NW, (202) 667-7142, oohhsnaahhs.com 2nd Place: NuVegan Café 3rd Place: Florida Avenue Grill

Pho 14

Multiple Locations, dcpho14.com 2nd Place: Pho Viet 3rd Place: Four Sisters

BEST SOUP

Soupergirl

Multiple Locations, thesoupergirl.com 2nd Place: Prescription Chicken 3rd Place: Panera Bread

BEST WHISKEY SELECTION

Jack Rose Dining Saloon

BEST SPICE SHOP

2007 18th St. NW, (202) 588-7388, jackrosediningsaloon.com 2nd Place: Chicken + Whiskey 3rd Place: James Hoban’s

The Spice Suite

BEST WINE BAR

6902 4th St. NW, (202) 506-3436, thespicesuite.com 2nd Place: Penzeys Spices 3rd Place: Bazaar Spices (now closed)

Maxwell Park

BEST SPORTS BAR

1336 9th St. NW, (202) 792-9522, maxwellparkdc.com 2nd Place: The Pursuit Wine Bar 3rd Place: Primrose

Nellie’s Sports Bar

BEST WINE LIST

900 U St. NW, (202) 332-6355, nelliessportsbar.com 2nd Place: Lou’s City Bar 3rd Place: Blaguard

Primrose

BEST STEAK HOUSE

3000 12th St. NE, (202) 248-4558, primrosedc.com 2nd Place: City Winery 3rd Place: Maxwell Park

St. Anselm

BEST WINGS

1250 5th St. NE, (202) 864-2199, stanselmdc.com 2nd Place: Medium Rare 3rd Place: Urban Butcher

Duffy’s Irish Pub

1016 H St. NE, (202) 462-9464, dcduffys.com 2nd Place: The Haymaker Bar 3rd Place: Boundary Stone Public House

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Best New Private Gazillionaire Museum That Really Should Be the Third Wing of the National Gallery: Glenstone

Best New Private Gazillionaire Museum That Really Should Be the Third Wing of the National Gallery Glenstone

12100 Glen Road, Potomac, (301) 983-5001, glenstone.org

Glenstone’s spring lineup includes new work by Ellsworth Kelly, Kerry James Marshall, and Charles Ray. That means viewers who waited weeks or months

for an appointment to see the museum’s new Pavilions expansion, which opened in October, may already need to put their names back on the waiting list. What with the museum’s 230 acres of carefully curated meadows and 37-foot-tall Jeff Koons sculpture made of flower blossoms, let’s face it: Contemporary art lovers were always going to be booking a return visit for spring.

But what if locals didn’t have to book a car to drive out to Potomac to see the museum seasonally? After all, Mitchell Rales—whose wife, Emily, is the driving force behind Glenstone—is a trustee and

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former board chair of the National Gallery of Art. This private museum could have easily fit as a third wing for the nation’s cultural treasury, albeit one less focused on nature. The site now occupied by the Newseum was the place to build it, and the moment came both before the Newseum’s opening (in 2008) or around its recently announced departure (in 2019). Maybe it’s unfair to hold Glenstone’s founders to account for not building a new National Gallery instead, but I will grumble about it every time I’m in a car bound for the ’burbs.

—Kriston Capps

Best Place to See and Be Seen The Reception After a Performance at Arena Stage 1101 6th St. SW, (202) 4883300, arenastage.org

People flock to Arena Stage first and foremost to experience award-winning productions. Patronizing incisive, exultant American art means, of course, that you are an unabashed supporter of culture, and the social capital gained from entering the Mead Center is an added

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RODRIGO Y GABRIELA METTAVOLUTION TOUR

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE JUN 7

JOHNNY MATHIS

THE VOICE OF ROMANCE TOUR JUN 15

BUDDY GUY KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND SAMANTHA FISH JUN 23

“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC

PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO MELISSA ETHERIDGE

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LENNY KRAVITZ

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JUN 25

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SOJA SUBLIME WITH ROME COMMON KINGS

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ROSSINI’S THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

JUL 20

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NOSEDA CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY & BEETHOVEN

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BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS TOAD THE WET SPROCKET

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT perk of such an exercise. If you want to make yourself known as a regular on the D.C. theater scene, the food reception after curtain call is what separates the professionals from the amateurs. Following select performances, you’ll rub shoulders with the elegant older ladies draped in jewel-toned pashminas and nibbling on slivers of cake, as well as the couple sporting complementary floral suits sipping plastic cups of wine. Arena Stage provides hundreds of tiny delicacies to choose from, and even more people with whom to trade knowing glances and congratulatory smiles. What better way to affirm your love of the theater and all it represents than eating a third round of raspberry macaroons among the people who make it happen?

—Amy Guay

Best Secret Night Club in an Unexpected Location Capo

715 Florida Ave. NW, (202) 8278012, capodc.com

When you walk into Capo, you may be surprised to learn that the line in front of the freezer door may be longer than the one for ordering late-night food. That’s because it is no ordinary freezer door— patrons are on the other side of that door, dancing the night away inside a secret bar whose vibe can best be described as “A Night Out with Tony Soprano.”

Inspired by the Italian mafia who smuggled alcohol from state to state during Prohibition, Capo is an ode to speakeasies of yesteryear. Combine the nostalgic inspiration with a rotation of some of the D.C. area’s hottest DJs, and this former bank vault-turned-bar is the epicenter of D.C. culture and nightlife.

But what makes Capo so special isn’t just the vibe of its not-so-secret bar, but the hip mix of young professionals and District tastemakers who frequent it. And the familial vibe from Capo’s owners and staff creates an environment that’s certainly welcoming.

Also, the full service deli in the front of the house isn’t half bad, making Capo a one-stop shop for those seeking a night on the town. —Troy Haliburton

Best Slept-on D.C. Movie BLACK WAX

Washington.

Gil Scott-Heron had one of those voices that could make music out of reading the phone book. But he was more likely to wax his jazz poetry on politics in such songs as “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” and “Johannesburg.”

While Scott-Heron was born in Chicago and died in New York, biographer Marcus Baram called him The Prince of Chocolate City. The musician-activist spent much of the 1970s and ’80s living in Washington, drawn by a gig teaching creative writing at Federal City College— known today as the University of the District of Columbia.

Scott-Heron’s time in D.C. is a mark of how much the city has changed; in the early ’70s he and musical partner Brian Jackson were part of a thriving artistic commune that sprung up in a Victorian mansion at One Logan Circle NW, once the home of Ulysses S. Grant and today, of course, expensive condos.

In 1981, director Robert Mugge, an alumni of the film program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was looking for a subject to follow up his Sun Ra documentary, Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise. A producer at British TV network Channel Four suggested Scott-Heron, which sent Mugge back to his own former home. Mugge shot a two-day stint at the long gone Southwest venue Wax Museum, where Scott-Heron’s band included such local legends as saxophone player Ron Holloway.

More than just recording a performance, Mugge captured the venue’s former life, opening the film with a cheeky shot panning across a row of jazz legends in wax form and ending with ScottHeron, very much alive. BLACK WAX spends plenty of time following ScottHeron around town, carrying a boombox and singing along to a tape of his then-new song “Washington D.C.” His walking tour includes the Tidal Basin, where he strolls among cherry blossom trees, as well as stops at Howard University and around the Shaw neighborhood where he kept an office. Suns Cinema recently screened the film; and you can also watch it on Amazon Prime.

—Pat Padua

Best Film Programming National Gallery of Art East Building Auditorium 4th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, (202) 737-4215, nga.gov

The D.C. area is rich in film programming. Between the AFI Silver Theatre, Suns Cinema, and the various Landmark Theatres and Alamo Drafthouses, it’s not hard to find your favorite movies of yesteryear playing on the silver screen— from cult classics to Hollywood favorites. But there’s one theater whose excellent repertory programming is often left out of the conversation: The National Gallery of Art’s East Building Auditorium. The NGA’s film program regularly features classic and contemporary cinema favorites of yesterday and today (it’s as if the Criterion Collection programmed the theater), with programming often in line with concurrent exhibitions—like their Films of Gordon Parks series tied to the museum’s exhibition of his work. The best part? All the screenings are free.

—Matt Cohen

Best New Gallery

Best New Venue for Short People

Lost Origins Gallery

Pie Shop

Jason Hamacher doesn’t think of Lost Origins Gallery as an art gallery—it’s more of a punk space, he says. In April, in fact, the Mount Pleasant Street NW walkup space mounted a show on Fugazi that he describes as “like nothing done before.” (No, not a show by Fugazi, but an exhibit of

1339 H St. NE, (202) 398-7437, pieshopdc.com

One of the greatest concert movies is a 1982 film that features one of the most politically active voices in jazz. But beyond its value as a musical document, BLACK WAX is a vital chronicle of 1980s

tall pines, straining for a glimpse of that earnest punk quartet from Richmond, Virginia, as your height-privileged peers shuffle to the jangly sound of youthful transgression. It’s a small space, about 100-150 person capacity, which limits the number of blind areas. The stage is a decent height and the audience area is square; vastly preferable to long, corridor-shaped venues. If you’re willing to take a light risk, Pie Shop has a wide, sturdy, pew-like bench along the left side wall that will give you two extra feet without blocking anyone. Not a climber?

If you get there early, the right side of the stage has a few fixed bar stools sure to boost you six inches. And the reality of Pie Shop is this: The atmosphere is affable and no one pays more than $15 to get in, so why not ask the lanky gentleman blocking the view if you can squeeze a little closer to the front? Just be respectful.

—Lindsay Hogan

Where are my shorty show-goers? I bring good news. Pie Shop, the new music spot on H Street NE, has options to avoid that feeling of being lost among

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data visualizations of the band’s history.)

Hamacher, the drummer for former D.C. hardcore bands Frodus, Decahedron, and Battery, is himself a polymath.

His photographs from pre-war Syria now belong to the collection of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress; he has created a historical archive of recorded ancient Christian songs and Sufi chants. Hamacher takes the same approach to running a local gallery as he has to working with the archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church of the U.S.: It’s DIY in the best of D.C. traditions.

Lost Origins, which got its start two years ago as a physical home for Hamacher’s production company, welcomes “shows based on concept, not necessarily medium.” So far, this means visual art, craft, music, and performance. In February, the gallery hosted new textiles and paintings by Rania Hassan (a friend of this writer’s); earlier in the year, Lost Origins showcased an installation about camouflage and cyborgs

by Paula Martinez and John Scharbach.

The month before that, Jeff Simmermon took to the stage (so to speak) to perform from And I Am Not Lying, his debut stand-up and storytelling album (recorded at the Black Cat and distributed by Dischord Records). This March, Lost Origins opened its second solo show by longtime D.C. photographer Chris Mills.

Most local art galleries and nonprofit organizations hold to an expansive notion of what counts as local: the Mid-Atlantic region, the DMV. Artists trained at the Maryland Institute College of Art who live and work in Baltimore sometimes outnumber their D.C. counterparts in D.C. shows. Lost Origins feels closer to home, both in the work it shows and the spirit it brings to the task. “I’m just excited to be creative and provide a creative space in my neighborhood in my city,” Hamacher says.

—Kriston Capps

Best Gallery Still Holding Down the Fort on 14th Street Hemphill Fine Arts

1515 14th St. NW #300, (202) 2345601, hemphillfinearts.com

3110 Mount Pleasant St. NW, lostorigins.gallery

Long before 14th Street NW was home to craft cocktails and athleisure wear, it was a jumble of fried whiting fish shacks and vacant storefronts. In the early 2000s, a handful of art galleries seized on the area, transforming empty automobile showrooms into white-cube Kunsthalles. Fifteen years later, that catalytic moment is

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Star Wars dresses and Black Swan tutus, visitors were treated to a smart and engaging fashion exhibit of the craft of designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy. With attendance nearing 42,000 over the show’s 13-week winter run, Rodarte ranks ahead of Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea as the museum’s best ticket-seller in a decade—making it a true godsend. And with good reason: The show’s list of virtues run as long as the train on one of Rodarte’s tiedye silk tulle gowns. The galleries were Instagram friendly without being Instagram fodder. The show fits conceptually with other explorations of craft at the museum.

And the exhibit brought some fashion cred to a city too often dinged over the couture crimes committed by Congress critters.

Guest curator Jill D’Alessandro and the National Museum of Women in the Arts delivered a destination fashion show—not an easy feat, and hopefully not a one-time trick, either.

—Kriston Capps

Best Closure: The Newseum over, and those galleries are all but gone.

George Hemphill—who launched his gallery in Georgetown in 1993 and moved it to a gallery building on 14th Street NW in 2004—is now the last commercial dealer standing. Representing artists such as Renée Stout, Mary Early, and Steven Cushner, Hemphill’s stable is a bellwether for what’s new in the District. The gallery also represents the estates of Wil-

liam Christenberry, Leon Berkowitz, and Jacob Kainen (plus works by Alma Thomas, Sam Gilliam, and others), making it a repository for D.C. art past and present.

Hemphill’s eye has shaped art in the city for nearly 40 years, and his gallery is the only platform today for mid-career artists who have made the decision to anchor their careers here—in no small part because of him.

—Kriston Capps

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Best New QuasiFashion Museum National Museum of Women in the Arts

1250 New York Ave. NW, (202) 783-5000, nmwa.org

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Best Closure The Newseum

555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, (202) 292-6100, newseum.org

How could a museum literally dedicated to the news end up teaching its visitors so little about that topic? It’s a question that’s confounded Newseum guests for close to two decades, first in Rosslyn and more recently in a glass-enclosed shrine on Pennsylvania Avenue NW. While it does some things well—its Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph exhibit always impresses, though the venue has little to do with the stunning images—the Newseum seems to pay more attention to celebrities and celebrity journalists than it does to the actual journalists who work to tell important stories every day. For proof of that, consider its exhibits about Elvis, Ron Burgundy, and Tim Russert, the latter of which contained a CVS bag. In a time when the news industry feels particularly vulnerable, focusing on its fictional representations feels glib, so when the Newseum announced it had sold its building to Johns Hopkins and would close at the end of the year, few were particularly saddened. So long Newseum, thanks for infantilizing our profession and the great views from the roof deck.

—Caroline Jones

Best New Arrival in the D.C. Dance Scene Rebecca A. Ferrell

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becca A. Ferrell did, and that’s how she became the new executive director of Dance Metro DC, a support organization for dancers in and around the District.

“It was the easiest cover letter I’ve ever written in my life,” the pink-haired Ferrell says, still bubbling with enthusiasm as she ended her first week on the job. “This is everything I’ve ever wanted to do, to continuously support the dance field.”

Tasks Ferrell tackled immediately after starting March 18: Setting up meetings with professors at all the area college dance programs, RSVPing to performance invites, and scheduling time to take classes across town herself.

“My weekends are booked for like the next two months,” Ferrell says. “My goal for this position is to impact all parts of the D.C. dance scene. [I’ll be] going in there and meeting with the studios, with the companies, with dancers, and with reviewers.”

The past two Dance Metro DC directors—Stephen Clapp and Peter DiMuro— were popular choreographers with deep ties to D.C. Ferrell is different. She’s coming from Richmond, Virginia, by way of Arizona and Chicago. She cheekily calls herself “the Leslie Knope of dance” and started working as an administrator before hanging up her own dance shoes.

At 36, she’s earned an MFA, produced her own festival in Richmond, and spent nearly a decade working in academia.

Now she’s eager to do advocacy work in a nonprofit setting.

“I want to share what it means to be entrepreneurial in the dance scene,” Ferrell says.

That outside-the-studio experience was very attractive to Dance Metro DC’s board, says Cynthia Word. The artistic director of Word Dance Theater praised Ferrell for her “strong background in fundraising, nonprofit management skills, and vision for the future of Dance Metro DC.” At the University of Illinois—where her husband is still finishing graduate school— Ferrell taught a career seminar as well as ballet and jazz studio classes. Simultaneously, she ran publicity and outreach for the university’s dance department and organized a film festival. That broad background should be helpful as she seeks to serve a community known for occasional tension. For example, modern dancers and practitioners of traditional ethnic dance forms would sometimes butt heads at the former VelocityDC dance festival, which Dance Metro DC helped organize.

“The D.C. dance scene is so diverse,” she says. “That’s what makes it so beautiful and so rich … The biggest thing is transparency: understanding all the dance genres and what they want, and being able to pull all these genres

to.gether. Aesthetics aside, we should all be able to support each other.”

Ferrell’s already established herself as a unifier by marrying Charlie Maybee, a tap dancer from Alexandria. In fact, she was visiting her in-laws when the Dance Metro DC board called and asked her to interview for the executive director job.

“I was like, ‘Well, I can meet you tomorrow.’” Ferrell recalls saying. “Sometimes when all the stars align you just have to trust that. We are both really, really excited to be here.”

—Rebecca J. Ritzel

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Best Nonprofit Movie Theater in Maryland Old Greenbelt Theatre

129 Centerway, Greenbelt, (301) 3292034, greenbelttheatre.org

Before the age of the multiplex, movie theaters were a kind of temple in a community. A place of sanctuary in the center of town where people gathered in celebration of the art of cinema. It’s rare to find a cinematic experience like

that these days, with huge multiplexes like AMC and Regal Cinemas at every shopping and strip mall in America. But one such hidden gem is Prince George’s County’s Old Greenbelt Theatre. Situated in the heart of Greenbelt, this singlescreen theater—originally built between 1937 and 1938—was restored in 2015, and has the feel of an old-school movie theater. Run as a nonprofit theater, the Old Greenbelt Theatre regularly programs new indie and foreign movies, as well as the occasional repertory classic—in the past year, they’ve screened everything from It’s a Wonderful Life to Halloween and Jumanji. If you want your cinematic experience to feel just like that—an experience—this is where you should go.

—Matt Cohen

Best National Advocate for D.C. Music Chris Richards

Is the Washington Post D.C.’s most consistent source for hyper-local music coverage right now? Yes. This is not a dig on D.C.’s music media scene, but a nod of respect to the Post’s pop music critic, Chris Richards, who is using his platform to uplift many of the city’s nascent and exciting artists. Sprinkled between longform pieces on music trends and pop

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Best Way to Go Back in Time: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History stars, Richards highlights intriguing but nationally unknown talent from the DMV, writing concise and colorful snapshots of acts all over the genre spectrum. In the past six months, you can find pieces on R&B crooner Dreamcast, luscious jazz ensemble Champion Sound Band, conscious rapper Ras Nebyu, and noir postpunk outfit Park Snakes. In a refreshing break from the D.C. punk-dominated musical narrative, Richards rigorously explores the region’s most vibrant genre with his annual “Best DMV rap songs and albums of 2018.” These short, vivid posts frequently shout out the small venues, clubs, and DIY spots that incubate this city’s music. Basically, Richards is using the Post as his personal music blog. We hardly deserve that level of commitment.

—Lindsay Hogan

Best Way to Go Back in Time Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

10th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, (202) 633-1000, naturalhistory.si.edu

The past is alive at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. When the museum is mentioned, its giant, iconic elephant always comes to mind, but there are endless discoveries to make

here about the natural world. One of the museum’s philosophies is to learn about the world’s future through learning about its past, and what better way to do that than explore its exhibition on the ancient sea monsters of Angola, or walk through the Hall of Human Origins? You can touch the teeth of a massive mosasaur—a giant marine reptile from an ocean ecosystem millions of years old—you can learn about five different early human skulls, see Stone Age art, and even find out what you’d look like as an early human and send yourself a copy of the picture. From mammals, birds, and reptiles to oceans, lands, and skies, the Natural History Museum takes us to places long before our time, places we wouldn’t otherwise see or know. When it comes to the long continuing saga of the natural world, you’re not just a visitor at the museum, you’re a time traveler. Explore where the past will never die.

—Kayla Randall

Best Way to Relive the ’90s Standing in Line in the Rain at The Anthem to Buy Nine Inch Nails Tickets

When Nine Inch Nails announced their Cold And Black And Infinite tour in support of their recently released album Bad

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Witch, I was ecstatic to see my favorite band play a venue I hadn’t yet been to.

Then came the special announcement about how we would get those tickets, straight from Trent Reznor himself. In a collective, “I’ll do anything for you,” we read on. Get a physical ticket, he said.

Stand in an actual line, he said. You might meet some new people and even have fun, he said. He was, of course, right. On a dreary May morning last year, thousands of black-clad NIN fans stood in line outside The Anthem in hopes of scoring tickets. It rained pretty much the whole time, but coffee, listening booths with unreleased tracks from Bad Witch, and plenty of physical merchandise made this the ticket-buying experience straight out of 1995 that, at age 31, I never really had previously.

—Keith Mathias

Best Place to See Anything and Everything Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, (703) 255-1800, wolftrap.org

Yes, reaching Vienna, Virginia, from outside of Vienna, Virginia, can take a while.

But traversing those miles will always

be worth it when you’re going to Wolf Trap. Set on more than 100 acres of national park land, the venue is a kingdom unto itself, a large indoor/outdoor complex with a comfy lawn meant for nights spent munching on popcorn under the moon. Wolf Trap’s stages are where you can hear whimsical short story readings from author Neil Gaiman, and also listen to Reba McEntire tell you she’s a survivor. This year alone, Wolf Trap has assembled a list of performers as diverse as Kacey Musgraves, Buddy Guy, Johnny Mathis, Pat Benatar, Diana Ross, Josh Groban, Earth, Wind & Fire, Lionel Richie, Weird Al, Sheryl Crow, Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington, Sarah McLachlan, Ringo Starr, The Beach Boys, Sting, and the American Ballet Theatre. It’s a place where you can watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone accompanied by a live orchestra—and hear a local professor dissect the Harry Potter series beforehand, enjoy a night dedicated to the music of The Legend of Zelda games, and sing along to The Sound of Music. Arts education is also a point of pride for the performing arts center, where you can take piano, dance, and songwriting lessons. So grab a lawn blanket, get out to Wolf Trap this spring and summer, and take in all the programs it has to offer.

You can’t go wrong when the weather’s nice and the venue is just right.

—Kayla Randall

Best Place to Stand at The Anthem If You’re Finally Starting to Feel Old Box 5, Row C

901 Wharf St. SW, (202) 8880020, theanthemdc.com

Ticket holders catching young talent like Lil Pump and Maggie Rogers at The Anthem this spring are likely also young, resilient, and enthusiastic about standing on a hard floor with 3,000 other fans for three hours. For those aging millennials who still value live music, but are not willing to pay for an up-front experience with sore feet and tinnitus, Box 5, Row C is for you. This tiered box—one of 16 that surrounds the Anthem’s general admission floor— peers over stage right, giving you a full view of the show at a low altitude.

Rows A and B hold the cushy “Super Excellent Seats” and will cost an extra $20 to $100 and restrict your autonomy to jump responsibly and pump a fist or two. Row C, included in the price of general admission, is the first stand-

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT Newberry Library Award for outstanding contributions to the humanities and librarianship. May she keep pushing the Library to be both a collector and protector of the past, and an institution for the future.

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Best Place to Learn About the Past Library of Congress Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room

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Best Librarian: Carla Hayden

ing row that offers simple luxuries like a railing to lean on, limited capacity to prevent the shoving of late-comers, and easy access to the second floor bar and bathrooms. Hell, you might even have space to put your drink down.

—Lindsay Hogan

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Carla Hayden has changed the game.

After decades serving as the CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, she was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress in 2016 and now leads the largest library in the world. In her short, historic time as the Librarian of Congress, Hayden, the first woman and the first black person to ever hold the position, has introduced the nation’s library to our digital, pop culture-loving age with ease.

She’s brought in audiences to see priceless comic books on display and to see her in conversation with actual superheroes, such living legends as Lynda Carter, Dolly Parton, and the Estefans.

Hayden is leading the Library of Congress into a new time, an era in which we honor contemporary works and contemporary artists, like the recent additions to its National Recording Registry: Jay-Z’s

They say the internet never forgets, and that’s probably true, but the world existed long before the internet, and for news of that vintage era, we must turn to old newspapers. The Washington Star, which shuffled off this mortal coil in 1981, has no web presence, and the Washington Post’s digital archives are nearly impossible to navigate. If you really want to learn about what D.C., or many other parts of the nation, were like decades ago, there is only one place to turn—the Library of Congress’ newspaper and current periodical reading room. There, you can read about old World Series games, presidential campaigns, and the simple happenings in cities across the U.S.A., and instead of doing so on a laptop, you can become fully entrenched in the olden days by scrolling through the pages on microfilm. Just clip your roll in, listen to the whir of the reel, and enjoy your journey back in time.

—Caroline Jones

The Blueprint, Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual, and a Schoolhouse Rock! box set.

The Library’s programs have stepped up too. Whether you’re curious to hear authors discuss how they incorporate the complexities of climate change into their narratives, you want to explore the rich history of baseball in America, or you’d like to gaze upon illustrated Persian manuscripts, Hayden has made sure those gorgeous marble columns have a

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home for you.

And this year, finding a home at the Library of Congress was sorely needed.

During the government shutdown, miraculously, the Library was able to stay open because it was already funded for the year. It was one of the few government buildings able to stay open.

It’s only the beginning of Hayden’s 10year tenure as the Librarian of Congress, and her leadership has already made D.C. a better place. She received the 2018

The Lounge of Three (known to regulars as LOIII) is a typical neighborhood bar—located at the top of U Street NW— that stands out for one particular reason: They book some of the best DJs in the city. The music of choice is classic hip-hop and R&B, and a sign on the wall describes the venue perfectly: “*WARNING* THE MUSIC WE PLAY MAY CAUSE SEVERE NECK INJURY WE TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY.” It’s a tongue-in-cheek way of describing how true hip-hop junkies violently nod their heads when they hear an especially dope track. Tuesdays through Sundays, LOIII owner Simon Getahun brings in a talented group of selectors, like DJ Shablast, DJ Oso Fresh, Nick Tha 1Da, DJ Cerebral, and DJ Soyo to take

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ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT over the turntables in the bar’s window.

LOIII has a warm and welcoming atmosphere and the staff and regulars always make the newbies feel right at home.

The monthly hip-hop trivia night is a lot of raucous fun too—and highly competitive. Unfortunately there isn’t very much room for dancing in the cozy establishment, but the hard-working bartenders and funky beats will keep you coming back for more.

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cles). Rhizomedc.org also archives all their past events; a rare and valuable practice. This event list, past and future, is the low-key best resource in D.C. for discovering experimental music.

—Lindsay Hogan

Best Artistic Gathering: Drinking and (Nude) Drawing at Colony Club

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Best Take on the Theater Festival Hi-ARTS Hip Hop Theater Festival hi-artsnyc.org

“Theater festival” might be underselling it. Coming into its 18th year, Hi-ARTS uses the festival format as a chance to let a wide array of art forms speak to each other. The most recent iteration included Baba Bomani’s classes on songwriting for young students, hip-hop dancing by SOLE Defined at The Kennedy Center, and a “graffiti masterclass” at the Anacostia Community Museum.

But take all that away and you still have one of the most creative theater festi-

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Strictly speaking, it’s hard to do a bad drawing event, and any of the spots around D.C. that offer drop-in, instruction-free figure drawing are well worth any doodler’s time. But Colony Club’s drawing event, which takes place on the second floor of the bar, has a distinctive vibe. Your price of admission covers the model fee plus a drink—all the better for those who haven’t picked up a pencil in a while to shake off their nerves and for everyone to loosen up a bit (most of the greats were blottoed out of their minds when they worked, anyway). A reproduction of Keith Haring’s “Crack is Wack” mural serves as a backdrop and, if you’re lucky, the twicemonthly event will happen to fall on one of Colony Club’s live jazz nights.

The atmosphere is amiable and light chatting is encouraged—sometimes the models even join in the conversation. It’s incredibly laid back, nobody’s peeking at your paper, and you don’t get a grade at the end. Bottoms up, assuming the model can hold that pose.

—Stephanie Rudig vals in the city. Lacresha Berry’s Tubman—performed at the Anacostia Arts Center—especially stood out last year: at once a moving story of the failures of the American education system, and a brilliant, wildly innovative deconstruction of the way that story is generally told.

—Joshua Kaplan

Best DIY Venue Website RhizomeDC

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Shows run smoothly at RhizomeDC, Takoma’s nonprofit DIY space. The bathroom is clean. The booking is a sophisticated mix of experimental music.

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The cops don’t show up. So is it notable that their website is also good? Yes. Rhizomedc.org’s intuitive layout, clean aesthetic, solid SEO, and reliable user interface should not be taken for granted. The typical hunt for detailed information on DIY shows (and small venue shows, too) is a punishing trudge through a messy network of incomplete Facebook pages, broken links, outdated Bandcamp profiles, and blind guesswork in Instagram’s search bar. And no, “ask a punk” doesn’t cut it anymore.

But Rhizome rises above. Each upcoming event page has contextual descriptions of each artist, full ticket and accessibility information, working links, and is published well in advance of the show (a near-impossible task in some DIY cir-

Quest Skinner lives, eats, and sleeps art, and her colorful, multi-dimensional mermaid sculpture entitled “Unsecured funds for Unsecured fun” is a perfect example of her creative ingenuity. Assembled with found and re-sourced materials, the details of the piece are amazing.

A close look reveals that the scales on the mermaid’s tale were created with pennies, and only pennies dated between 1900 and 1940. Ms. Skinner’s artistic philosophy is “Nothing is trash, everything is to be treasured. Make art that is ethical and gives people a global and loving understanding.” The mermaid sculpture was on display at last year’s Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, and earlier this year it was the centerpiece of Soul Illuminance: A Retrospective of Quest Skinner, her successful solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media art at the Prince George’s African American Museum & Cultural Center in Brentwood.

Skinner is also a regular vendor at Eastern Market, where her vibrant paintings and pieces are available for purchase every weekend during the warm weather months.

—Sidney Thomas

Best Place to Wind Down Your Weekend Sunday Jazz Night at Columbia Station

2325 18th St. NW, (202) 462-6040, columbiastationdc.com

Sunday nights are for Netflix and worrying, right? Wrong! Put your pants on for once and head down to the charmingly dilapidated Columbia Station, on 18th Street NW, where you can close out your weekend by listening to—and, who knows, maybe even participating in— one of the best jazz jam sessions in the region. Each Sunday, starting around 4:30 p.m., versatile pianist Peter Edelman acts as bandleader and master of ceremonies, introducing songs, cycling

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Best Place to Wind Down Your Weekend: Sunday Jazz Night at Columbia Station

in new players, and periodically calling the crowd’s attention to the combo’s most important member: “Philip the Tip Jar.” Veteran saxophonist Knud Jensen is a regular, as are other D.C. jazz stalwarts—but the real fun comes in the random musicians who pop in for a song or two. Trumpeters, guitarists, warbly baritone vocalists who claim to get no kicks from Champagne: All players are welcome. On a recent Sunday night the room was packed to capacity, though there are nights when the performers on stage outnumber the people in the audience. No matter! When the crowd is sparse, there’s more room to spread out, sip an overpriced Heineken, and forget about the coming week for an hour or two. Take that, Netflix and worrying!

—Justin Peters

Best Hip-Hop Think Tank MadeInTheDMV

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MadeInTheDMV is a hip-hop think tank for D.C.-area artists, brands, creatives, and individuals. According to founder Angela Byrd, its mission is to “create opportunities for growth and revenue, to showcase exceptional talent, and serve as a support system for the community.” MadeInTheDMV hosts a series of free youth conferences that bring together industry experts in music, entertainment, technology, arts, and humanities, and give them an opportunity to offer ideas and advice to

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emerging entrepreneurs. The January conference featured DJ Quicksilva, DJ Money, DJ Little Bacon Bear, Young E Class, Noochie, Awthentik, and music journalist Marcus K. Dowling. Also in attendance were representatives from &pizza, Under Armour, KitchenCray, Broccoli City, Shoe City, Bailiwick Clothing, and the D.C. chapter of the Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the Grammy Awards. This summer, MadeInTheDMV will partner with the DC Dream Center in Southeast to open the Dream Lab, a state of the art photography and recording studio for D.C. residents—especially students.

The soft opening for the studio will be on June 22 and will kick off with another free arts and tech youth conference.

—Sidney Thomas

Best Local Maker of R&B Songs That Make You Contemplate Life Brent Faiyaz

Columbia, Maryland native Brent Faiyaz’s silky vocal harmonies will leave you misty-eyed. It’s his voice we all adore on the hook of GoldLink’s 2017 DMV anthem “Crew,” and it’s his voice we come back to again and again in his own work. The 23-year-old contemporary R&B singer-songwriter has that special ability to make relatable life experiences the crux of his songs, elevating them to mythic proportions with his vocal delivery. Listen to his song “Why’z it so hard” and try not to aggressively bang your head to its bass-filled beat in concert with his smooth voice. Listen to the emotional “Feel” or the existential “Too Fast” on

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That’s exactly what makes Faiyaz’s music great.

—Kayla Randall

Best Feminist Circus Collective: Alter Circus

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It turns out that “feminist circus” is not a nonsequitur, although Alter Circus founder Jessica John has said that many in the circus community treat it as one.

Long considered simple entertainment by fans and practitioners alike, Alter Circus’ debut performances at Atlas Performing Arts Center have shown that circus can be a serious, stunning, and political art form, a proper subgenre of modern dance. If only more gradeA dance troupes knew the flying trapeze. Then we would have more dance as gripping as Hysterical, a production John is currently fundraising to bring on tour (and back to D.C.). The show is funny, exciting, and thought-provoking throughout, but nothing is more memorable than the dancer gracefully tangling and untangling her body from a scarf as she drops 30 feet in the air.

—Joshua Kaplan

Best Venue That’s Better Than the Music It Programs The Hamilton

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It’s gotten better, especially since they’ve been affiliated with the DC Jazz Festival. Still, more often than not, the acts that play the downstairs concert hall at The Hamilton are what can best be described as “New Orleans frat boy music:” rootsy, jammy white guys with guitars. In fairness to them, there’s probably a growing audience for that stuff in the District. (The scuttlebutt is that they’re not even chasing a New Orleans frat boy demographic: The street-level restaurant is said to be profitable enough to make the music downstairs an afterthought, with a few select bookers taking advantage of that.) The blah music that goes on there is especially frustrating because have you seen that room? At a capacity of 600, it’s not exactly intimate, but there is not a bad spot in the house. Even the

seats next to the support pillars aren’t terrible. You can see perfectly well from the standing room floor, the mainfloor bar, or the mezzanine in the back, which also has a beautiful bar. The food is great, the décor elegant and tasteful; the sound system and acoustics ought to be the envy of every live music venue in town, especially when the sounds they’re carrying are enjoyable.

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and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get chills on opening day of baseball season. But what I do find dumb is the toxic culture sports fandom often generates. I like to root for my home team, sure, but I don’t believe in the idea of competition. And neither do Clear Channel, the newish dance-punk trio of MJ Regalado, Carson Cox, and Awad Bilal. Take “Sports,” the final track on their debut EP Hot Fruit, for instance: A drone-y dance track that features Regalado and Bilal repeating the refrain “I don’t believe in your competition/ I don’t believe in it” for two minutes and 20 seconds. Now there’s a walk-up song I can get behind.

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The lowercase’s monthly open mic nights at Petworth Citizen are a welcoming spot for the amateur poet and literati alike, and it boasts an exceptionally diverse group of readers. Sip on a cocktail from the restaurant’s bar while you crowd like a sardine into its reading room, where the performances occur. It’s intimate, warm, and friendly, like having a spontaneous jam session in the living room of a cool friend.

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5020 Allan Rd., Bethesda, districtdabblelab.com 2nd Place: Art Works Now 3rd Place: LW Arts and Design

(202) 681-0419, instagram.com/ dancerfitbydionne 2nd Place: The Washington Ballet 3rd Place: Joy of Motion Dance Center

BEST ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVAL

BEST DJ

Turkish Festival

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1200 18th St. NW #700 (office), (888) 282-3236, turkishfestival.org 2nd Place (tie): Nowruz Festival 2nd Place (tie): Smithsonian Folklife Festival

BEST ARTS AND CULTURE NONPROFIT

Alliance Française de Washington, D.C.

2142 Wyoming Ave. NW, (202) 234-7911, francedc.org 2nd Place: Abada-Capoeira DC 3rd Place: Yunus Emre Institute

BEST ARTS BLOG

East City Art

(202) 468-5277, eastcityart.com 2nd Place (tie): A Creative DC 2nd Place (tie): Washington Glass School

BEST COMEDY VENUE

DC Improv

1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 2967008, dcimprov.com 2nd Place (tie): City Winery 2nd Place (tie): The Big Hunt

BEST COMMERCIAL ART GALLERY

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716 Monroe St. NE #27, (202) 340-3280, latelacuratorial.com 2nd Place: Touchstone Gallery 3rd Place: Zenith Gallery

2nd Place: DJ Robbie White 3rd Place: DJ King Kannon

BEST ESCAPE ROOM

Escape Room Live Georgetown

5 M St. NW, (800) 616-4880, escaperoomlive.com 2nd Place: Escape Room DC Insomnia 3rd Place: PanIQ Escape Room DC

BEST FILM FESTIVAL

Environmental Film Festival

1224 M St. NW #301, (202) 342-2564, dceff.org 2nd Place: Washington Jewish Film Festival 3rd Place: DC Shorts Film Festival

BEST GO-GO BAND

Backyard Band

backyardbanddc.com 2nd Place: Rare Essence 3rd Place: New Impressionz

BEST JAZZ/BLUES VENUE

Blues Alley

1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, (202) 337-4141, bluesalley.com 2nd Place: City Winery 3rd Place: Bethesda Blues and Jazz

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BEST KARAOKE

BEST MUSEUM OFF THE MALL

District Karaoke

President Lincoln’s Cottage

districtkaraoke.com 2nd Place (tie): Muzette 2nd Place (tie): SingSing Karaoke Palace 2nd Place (tie): Wok And Roll

BEST LIVE THEATER VENUE

Signature Theatre

4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington, (703) 820-9771, sigtheatre.org 2nd Place: Arena Stage 3rd Place: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

BEST LOCAL CHORAL GROUP

18th Street Singers 18thstreetsingers.com 2nd Place: Lux 3rd Place: Capitol Hill Chorale

BEST LOCAL COVER BAND

The Reflex

reflexlive.com 2nd Place: White Ford Bronco 3rd Place: LUSH

BEST LOCAL ORIGINAL BAND

Batalá Washington batalawashington.com 2nd Place: Shamans of Sound 3rd Place: Backyard Band

BEST MOVIE THEATER

Landmark E Street Cinema

555 11th St. NW, (202) 783-9494, landmarktheatres.com/washington-dc/e-street-cinema 2nd Place: Landmark Atlantic Plumbing Cinema 3rd Place: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

BEST MUSEUM ART GALLERY

National Gallery of Art

4th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW, (202) 737-4215, nga.gov 2nd Place (tie): National Portrait Gallery 2nd Place (tie): Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2nd Place (tie): The Phillips Collection

140 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW, (202) 829-0436, lincolncottage.org 2nd Place: The Phillips Collection 3rd Place: Newseum

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BEST MUSIC VENUE

9:30 Club

815 V St. NW, (202) 265-0930, 930.com 2nd Place: The Anthem 3rd Place: The Birchmere

BEST NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL

H Street Festival

hstreetfestival.org 2nd Place: Takoma Park Street Festival 3rd Place: Adams Morgan Day

BEST NIGHT CLUB

The Park at Fourteenth

920 14th St. NW, (202) 550-0300, park14.com 2nd Place: 9:30 Club 3rd Place (tie): Bliss 3rd Place (tie): Fast Eddie’s

BEST OUTDOOR MOVIE SERIES

Union Market

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1551 Trap Rd., Vienna, (703) 255-1900, wolftrap.org 2nd Place: Merriweather Post Pavilion 3rd Place: The Yards Park

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instagram.com/kill_switch 2nd Place: Brian Feldman 3rd Place: Carly Harvey

BEST PERFORMING ARTS VENUE

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

2700 F St. NW, (202) 467-4600, kennedy-center.org 2nd Place: Dance Place 3rd Place: Atlas Performing Arts Center

BEST PLACE TO EXPERIENCE LOCAL MUSIC

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1350 Okie St. NE, (202) 250-2531, citywinery.com/washingtondc 2nd Place: Songbyrd Record Cafe and Music House 3rd Place (tie): Black Cat 3rd Place (tie): New Deal Cafe

9293 Old Keene Mill Rd., Burke, Va., (571) 521-2021, mmpnow.com 2nd Place: Blue Room Productions 3rd Place: Sweet Spot studio

BEST THEATER COMPANY

Shakespeare Theatre Company 610 F St. NW, (202) 547-1122, shakespearetheatre.org 2nd Place: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 3rd Place: Studio Theatre

BEST THEATER FESTIVAL

Capital Fringe

1358 Florida Ave. NE, (202) 737-7230, capitalfringe.org 2nd Place: Women’s Voices Theater Festival 3rd Place: Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival

BEST VISUAL ARTIST

Hernan Gigena

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THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY LOYAL CLIENTS FOR YOUR VOTES! I COULD NOT HAVE WON THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD WITHOUT YOU ALL! With more than 10 years as a full time residential real estate veteran, Silvana is one of the top agents in the Washington metropolitan area.

The top overall agent for the prestigious Long & Foster Co., she was also voted #1 Real Estate Agent in the Best of DC Washington City Paper poll in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019. She also won BEST of WASHINGTONIAN Real Estate Agent in 2016, 2017 & 2019. She has sold over $100 million in real estate in the DMV. Top notch negotiation skills, Silvana gets offers accepted and homes sold. She has put together what she calls her “dream team” to make certain her clients’ experience is the best it possibly can be for both buying and selling. Silvana has experience on the investment side of real estate and her knowledge of renovation allows her to look at homes in a different light, explaining and guiding her clients through renovation costs and potential. For Silvana, real estate is about providing her clients a level of service guaranteed to exceed their expectations, while helping them achieve their personal and financial goals.

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Best Chore You’ve Been Putting Off Going to the Dump

4900 John F. McCormack Drive NE, (202) 737-4404, dpw.dc.gov/service/ fort-totten-transfer-station

You spend your precious waking hours toiling away at work, trying not to let the ever-burning dumpster fire that surrounds us overcome you. And then,

when you’re done, you have to run errands and do chores, because that’s what adults do. When the world is garbage, the last place you want to go is the actual dump. My friend, you’re missing out.

Like a club so hot it would have Stefon covering his face, the Fort Totten Transfer Station staffers card you at the gates. This place has everything: hazardous waste, bulky trash, electronics. But it’s the cheery staff that

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make this chore such a delight. On a rainy day, one employee smiles and does not roll her eyes as I try to pull a mattress off the roof of my car while acrobatically keeping my white sneakers out of a puddle.

In a micro sense, a trip to the D.C. dump is a quick and painless part of your day.

But it comes with a lingering cosmic joy.

As people increasingly feel isolated from one another, nothing will make you feel closer to your fellow humans

than coming face-to-face with the fact that we’re all just making trash. It’s a dwarfing experience, seeing all the District’s waste in one place—like the part of the KonMari method where you dump all your ill-fitting sweaters on your bedroom floor, but on a citywide scale. With about a decade left to clean up our act and save this planet of ours from irreversible, cataclysmic damage, going to the dump might get you thinking about how our lives and the things

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restaurant was nominated for a James Beard Award. Last fall, the café released its Sweet Home Café Cookbook, a celebration of classic, modern, and regional recipes. Culinary historian Jessica B. Harris, Sweet Home Café chef Jerome Grant, and supervising chef Albert Lukas helped Best Chore You’ve Been Putting Off: Going to the Dump

der, Jamaican grilled jerk chicken, fried chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits, banana pudding, and baby kale salad.

Following in the footsteps of the restaurant, the book itself was nominated for a 2019 James Beard Award.

—Kayla Randall

Best Place to Buy Semi-Famous Decor and Apparel Studio Flea

Best Place to Get Your Kicks in D.C.

1501 14th St. NW, (202) 232-7267, studiotheatre.org

Studio Theatre’s sets always look incredibly cool, even if the plays themselves are not universally adored. The housewares characters use look distinctive and their costumes are memorable—if you passed one of the characters on the street, you’d admire their style. Beyond bringing D.C. residents 40 years of gritty, contemporary drama, the 14th Street NW stalwart also gives audiences a chance to acquire some of this cool decor and clothing at its annual flea market. For one day in the summer, Studio fans and curious onlookers can peruse racks of clothes and tables of props that might bring some additional theatricality to their everyday lives. This method of shopping allows patrons to give back to the theater and impress their friends when they explain that their new lamp is actually kinda famous.

—Caroline Jones

Best Party Favor Braiding gold tinsel into guests’ hair, by Best Face Forward

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Best Local Cookbook Sweet Home Café Cookbook

Since opening in 2016, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has been the jewel of Constitution Avenue NW. Within the museum, the Sweet Home Café thrives, itself a go-to destination for a slice of African-American culture. In 2017, the

to compile the more than 100 mouth-watering recipes. Through these selections, you can visit the U.S.’s Creole Coast, agricultural South, the North, and the West.

Okra may be polarizing, but this cookbook will help you pay it the respect it so deserves. You’ll also find recipes for Louis Armstrong’s red beans and rice, Carolina gold rice pilaf, pickled Gulf shrimp, classic fried green tomatoes, Maryland crab cakes, hickory-smoked pork shoul-

and opened an office in New York.) The Brand Guild hired Best Face Forward, a full-service hair, makeup, and grooming outfit, to create the braiding bar. Owner Kara Reade Gomez came up with the tinsel idea, added in a gold sparkle lip treatment, and sent hair and makeup artists Alena Gregory and Antonia Richardson to the party. And so the guests at a party celebrating a company’s metamorphosis could metamorphose themselves on the spot.

—Alexa Mills

Found at The Brand Guild’s winter “Guilded” party, to which this reporter got an invite: two women weaving Christmas tree tinsel into guests’ hair. The dress code for the evening—“guilded,” i.e. gilded—meant that guests were supposed to wear gold, especially gold with sparkles. The poor schleps who could barely assemble an outfit were thankful for the unifying pick-me-up; the lithe and fashionable set looked all the prettier; and the shy violets were relieved to have something to do other than try to make conversation.

The event celebrated BrandLink—D.C.’s crème-de-la-crème event planning, marketing, and PR company—as it transformed into The Brand Guild. (In addition to changing their name, they added both a creative and a strategy department,

CapoeiraDC

2008 Rhode Island Ave. NE, (202) 813-3960, capoeiradc.com

Get ready, because you won’t sweat like this anywhere else in the District. Welcome to Capoeira Malês DC (pronounced mah-lez, not males). The studio is nestled in the center of the 2000 block of Rhode Island Ave. NE in the Woodridge neighborhood. Come in and take off your shoes. And when you hear the drums and the berimbau (a single string bow instrument) play, get ready to join the roda and ask for permission to vadiar, or play Capoeira. This Afro-Brazilian martial art is more of an athletic dance than a lethal exercise.

In Capoeira it’s all about call and response. You strike with a round kick or a slow flip. You defend by ducking, spinning, turning, or even with a handstand.

After every move you come back for more. And the sweet percussion-driven music, accentuated by hand clapping and singing, dictates the game you play.

How do you know the moves? “It’s not really choreographed,” says Dinamite, aka Maceo Thomas, a beginning capoeirista who started two and a half years ago when he was concerned about his weight gains. “We telegraph things. It’s meant to look pretty, not knock you out.

If I knock you out, you won’t come back again to play with me.”

Capoeira is rooted in Africa by way of Brazil. The enslaved Africans developed it as a form of resistance against their captors. Today the art has become more of an exercise in movement and mental calisthenics. Contra Mestre Morcego, aka Renford Powell, explains why this workout stands out from the rest. “Why do we recommend this versus going to the gym and doing CrossFit? It’s not like a marathon. With Capoeira there’s no first place or last place. There’s no winner. It’s about developing. You’re playing against yourself.”

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Powell, a Howard University alum, discovered Capoeira on a trip to Brazil. Upon returning to D.C., he and his wife Profesora Borboleta, aka Aysha Corbett, sought out the art to learn and grow. With the help of six other partners, Capoeira Malês DC was born in 2002. Powell breaks it down: “The story of Capoeira is sufferation and creating a diamond from pressure. It is chasing perfection that you’ll never get but the ride is so much fun.” Part of the fun comes from being included in a family that looks after you and encourages you to grow. They’ll get you where you need to be.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to play. Classes for beginners are offered Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

And yes, they have classes for children, too. You can pay for classes in a package deal or drop in for $20 a session. The first class is free! And there is a special package price for new students. Bring your body just the way it is. They’ll train you.

“Even if you’re hurt there’s still something you can do. If your arm is hurt you train with your legs. If your legs are hurt you train with your arms. If everything is hurt, you train music and inspire others,” declares Corbett.

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Best Place to See Your Pregnant Wife Cry: Children’s Section of Solid State Books

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Best Place to See Your Pregnant Wife Cry The children’s section of Solid State Books 600 H St. NE, (202) 897-4201, solidstatebooksdc.com

When you are blindly stumbling toward first-time parenthood, you may find yourself facing a giant list of unknowns,

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They say variety is the spice of life, and The Spice Suite takes that variety seriously. Owner Angel Anderson travels the world and sources local ingredients to create her recipes and puts new products on her shelves almost every other week, and there’s always another business popping up inside the shop. Anderson knew from the beginning that she wanted to share her space and give entrepreneurs who don’t have their own brick and mortar stores a place to showcase their creations. She’s hosted all sorts of different businesses who use the space for no charge. The Spice Suite is also home to a network of 21 female business owners, dubbed the Spice Girls, who are in regular pop-up rotation and feature everything from vintage clothing to floral arrangements to kombucha.

Musicians and DJs have recently played live in the shop, making it an even more welcoming hang out space. The Spice Suite’s motto is “food is fashion,” and Anderson’s creations are definitely statement pieces, mixed and matched the way you’d put together a unique outfit, creating unexpected combinations like a

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and a tiny little list of things you expect you’ll be able to accomplish. Among the latter group is reading to your future child, and so my expecting wife and I set off to the children’s section of the H Street NE bookstore. Maybe I should’ve seen what followed coming, but I didn’t.

One does not, I learned, thumb through the pages of The Velveteen Rabbit lightly. In fact, doing so can produce copious tears. Faced with the trepidations of impending parenthood, you may return to the deep and emotional impressions you had of literature you read during your own childhood as you stand there in the bookstore, where you will cry. Solid State has all of the classics and tons of new books, but best of all, the kids section is thoughtfully tucked away in a

When Julie Lundy became pregnant with her now 3-year-old son, she realized there would always be so much to learn— about life, about motherhood. She decided then that she wanted to support other new and expectant mothers through their own experiences. Using her professional planning expertise, she started The Maternity Planner, an à la carte maternal support service which regularly hosts events centered on various aspects of motherhood, from body positivity to infertility. The room was filled at a recent Maternity Planner event with women undergoing fertility treatments, pregnant women who had struggled to get pregnant, and women who were experiencing multiple losses. Lundy had experts share valuable information with women: what they should expect when trying to conceive, life before and after a miscarriage, when to seek fertility support, and the immense value of counseling. At its heart, Lundy’s project gathers mothers to discuss motherhood. It provides an outlet for women to simply talk, and most importantly, to freely mother themselves.

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Best Grocery Store to Play Pinball: MOM’s Organic Market College Park

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Would you believe me if I told you the best pinball arcade in the DMV is hidden in a grocery store in College Park?

Well, believe it, because it is. According to Atlas Obscura, Scott Nash, the founder and owner of the organic grocery store chain, is a big pinball head, so when he opened a store in a former REI in College Park, he built a space to hold his pinball machines. The pinball parlor is discreetly tucked away behind the frozen foods section and features more than two dozen machines. It is truly a paradise for pinball fans.

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dulge your passion than Hill’s Kitchen.

Start in the back of this Capitol Hill gem, with the cookbooks. Once you’ve picked out a new set of recipes, you’ll need the tools to make them. You can find faithful bedrocks of the kitchen here—pots and pans and spatulas—but you can also find all of the trinkets and curios that make cooking at home so fun. Stock up on potion bottles, seasonal aprons, stateshaped cookie cutters, and tools whose purposes are not immediately clear, and go forth and create. Then come back the next week.

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Best Birthday Party Entertainment for Adults Who Never Grew Up Squeals on Wheels

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Half-dressed in a locker room after a morning workout, you discover that you forgot to pack an essential undergarment and you’re due at the office in half an hour. Squeezing back into the slimy stuff you wore to spin class isn’t an option, so what do you do? Fortunately for those who work or workout downtown, there is Nordstrom Rack, which blessedly opens every morning at 9 a.m. The shelves are stuffed with essentials in a variety of sizes and at a variety of price points; the dressing rooms, while not spacious, are big enough, and usually empty before noon; and the cashiers appear unfazed when a harried person throws a bra on the counter, grabs the bag, and sprints out the

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I get the final confirmation call from Squeals on Wheels the day before the party. The traveling petting zoo company wants to go over where they can park. At the end of the call, they ask me, “Would the birthday girl like to sit in the center and reveal each animal to her party guests?” “Hell yes,” I respond. “Great,” the Squeals on Wheels rep replies. “And how old the birthday girl?” “32! She’s

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32!” I respond. Twice now, I’ve turned my basement into a barnyard to the delight of my friends ages 6 to 36. Squeals on Wheels has a variety of packages from birthdays to therapy events and “hoppy hours” that are geared toward adults. A team shows up with various baskets and carriers filled with rabbits, ducks, chicks, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, and, if you shell out a little more, a teacup pig. The squeal is not fake advertising. The teacup pigs have the lungs of an Italian opera singer.

Prices range widely depending on your

door. Thanks to them, you’ll be seated at your desk— comfortable and clean—before the clock strikes 10. —Caroline Jones

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GOODS&SERVICES and walk out 30 minutes and $33 (plus tip) later with your impending migraine banished and a general sense of relief and inner cleanliness about your shoulders. That’s the “acupressure” chair massage treatment at Angel Health Spa in Adams Morgan. Their brochure describes acupressure as “an ancient Chinese technique” that “involves the use of finger pressure (without the needles) on specific points along the body.” In practice, and applied to the upper back, this feels like the massage practitioner is returning your muscles to their rightful places, and maybe flattening out the little marble that has hardened up under your shoulder blade. The process is somewhat painful in the moment, but relief is your reward.

The price is right, and the ability to walk in increases your chances of feeling better quickly, but don’t expect all the ceremony that comes with a fancy place.

Some of the other treatments available include longer acupressure sessions, massages where you’re on a table rather than in a chair, and reflexology.

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Best New Place to Pick Up Summer Flowers: She Loves Me

Best New Place to Pick Up Summer Flowers She Loves Me

The boutique flower shop She Loves Me is a delight. Named after the childhood petal-pulling game of “she loves me, she loves me not,” this new retail space is full of fresh plant life. But one thing you won’t find on the retail floor is a bunch of refrigerators keeping everything cold—a practical element in many flower shops that manages to make their spaces more clinical than inviting.

Instead, She Loves Me indulges in the wildness of it all. Things are lush, but orderly. There are buckets of blooms, bouquets on tables, plants in pots, and many lovely gift items including jewelry, perfume, and candles.

Staffers can create a bouquet for you on the spot based on your budget, or you can purchase flowers by the stem. You can opt to have recurring deliveries on a weekly or monthly basis. The business also launched a Country of the Month subscription service—one month may be inspired by Japan, while the following celebrates Mexico.

Owner Holley Simmons is also the coowner of the Lemon Collective next door, where she and her cohort teach a variety of artistic workshops like botanical perfume making, flower arranging basics,

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I’m drawn to things I can manipulate with my hands and build and reverse engineer,” says Simmons. —Kaarin Vembar

Best Place to Get Your Album Pressed on Vinyl: Furnace Record Pressing

Best Place to Get Your Album Pressed on Vinyl Furnace Record Pressing

At this point, the vinyl revival has been happening long enough that it’s no longer just a trend—vinyl records, against all odds, are back. But their resurgence in the music landscape presents a new challenge: How do you keep up with market demand for a product if the actual equipment to make that product is, well, nearly extinct? As of 2017, there were only 23 vinyl pressing plants in the U.S., but that number is quickly on the rise, thanks to new pressing plants opening to meet the vinyl demand. One such place is Furnace Record Pressing in Alexandria. Though Furnace was founded in 1996 to press CDs and DVDs, it opened a huge, 50,000 square foot pressing plant in 2017, and is now one of the largest plants in the U.S. This is good news, especially for D.C.-area musicians. Though the market to get your music pressed on vinyl is still expensive as hell (be prepared to drop at least a couple thousand for a 12-inch record), having a spot in the area at least saves on shipping.

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Best Hotel: Tabard Inn

Best Hotel Tabard Inn

Most hotels are thoroughly predictable.

If you’ve been to one Hilton Garden Inn, for all intents and purposes you’ve been to them all—and the same can be said for Hampton, Holiday, Residence, Drury, Fairfield, Red Roof, and most other massmarket Inns you can name. The trendier hotel chains are predictable, too: a thirdwave lobby coffee shop here, an in-room turntable there. While sometimes it can be good to know what you’re getting before you get there, this standardization comes at the cost of a reduced capacity to delight. The only real surprises you will ever get in chain hotels are unpleasant ones.

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1739 N St. NW, (202) 785-1277, tabardinn.com

rambling, haphazard wonder in which pleasant surprises abound, the Tabard Inn exudes warmth, character, and authenticity. To sleep, drink, or dine there is to immediately recognize that individuals, not massive corporations, made every single choice therein.

There is no real logic to its layout. The hotel is a warren of corridors snaking up stairways and through sitting areas that appear suddenly around corners.

Seek out a public restroom and you may well unexpectedly end up in an ivy-covered outdoor terrace. The walls are adorned with prints and paintings and photographs with no governing theme other than “Well, we gotta put something on the wall.” The rooms, similarly, are a hodgepodge of styles and furnishings, somehow simultaneously basic and ornate. Some rooms have fireplaces and sitting areas, while others don’t even have private bathrooms. None of the rooms have televisions. You will survive.

Tucked discreetly away on N Street NW a few blocks south of Dupont Circle, carved out of three old townhouses, the Tabard Inn has been in business since 1922. Its longevity means that it has nothing to prove. The bar is good.

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GOODS&SERVICES ture stand-up dining, but that’s OK; the Tabard Inn has never needed gimmicks to get people in the door.) The cozy, wood-paneled lounge is one of the city’s great semi-public spaces, with its low, beamed ceiling, and its comfortable sofas organized around a big old fireplace. Some nights there is music in the lounge, and those nights are best experienced from a table in the corner, sipping wine for hours, aglow with serendipity. The Tabard Inn is a hotel to get lost in, and, once lost, to decide that you might as well stay.

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to breathe. They’ve been able to quickly build a community through pop ups at local spots like ANXO, Showtime, and Hellbender Brewery as well as in-shop live DJ sets and sharing sessions where folks bring their own tunes to play. The shop boasts an unmatched collection of soul, R&B, and jazz while increasingly beefing up their local stock. What makes Home Rule an essential stop is the earnest passion its owners have for their store. Look at their Instagram feed and you’ll be able to feel their excitement, joy, and reverence for the records that sit on their shelves.

—Justin Weber

Best Dog Friendly Apple Orchard: MackIntosh Fruit Farm

Best Dog Friendly Apple Orchard

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It’s very cute to take a selfie of you and your sweetheart wearing cable knit sweaters and holding hands in an apple orchard. It’s 10 times cuter to take pictures of your dog in an apple orchard.

Instagram was invented for it. Most orchards do not allow leashed dogs, but Mackintosh Fruit Farm welcomes them.

Heck, they even let you bring a cat if you “can get a cat to walk with a leash in a public place.” Mackintosh is worth the hike for other reasons. They have a well stocked market with apple cider doughnuts and pumpkins, and they supply pickers with wagons for heavy loads and devices to reach the tops of trees to snatch the most attractive pieces of fruit. If you can’t wait until fall for apple season, visit in the spring and summer for other pick-your-own opportunities from blueberries to peaches.

—Laura Hayes

Best New Record Store Home Rule Records

703 Kennedy St. NW, (202) 469-9868, homerulerecords.com

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In this day and age, any new record store opening should be celebrated, but when they’re as good as Home Rule Records, they should be treasured. The warm, inviting, narrow store straddles the Brightwood Park and Petworth neighborhoods on a cozy intersection of Kennedy Street NW, alongside ANXO Cidery and Soup Up. Co-owners Charvis Campbell and Mike Bernstein used to run Petworth Records out of an antiques shop on Upshur Street NW, so Home Rule is a bit of a continuation of that, but finally having their own space has given their passion room

You don’t need to know anything about a Tascam M-308B or a Standel Super Artist XV or a Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter to appreciate what’s going on in Rock’n Repair’s Instagram feed. Sure, it’s largely just a parade of static pictures of music gear that the North Capitol Street shop has expertly resurrected, but there’s great pleasure in the overall vibe. These folks aren’t your average vintage electronics enthusiasts—they’re bringers of hope and joy, because every rescued guitar amp, synthesizer, or reel-to-reel tape deck is presented as something worth celebrating. You might not be cool enough or lucky enough to own this stuff, but that’s not important.

What matters is the idea that anyone’s prized hardware can probably be saved, no matter how thorny its malfunction might be. The stereotype of the cynical, crusty repairman in a cramped, dark shop doesn’t apply here: The Rock’n Repair staff are equally geeked by modern micro-soldering techniques and the history behind whatever object is on the bench. If you’re just looking to nerd-out with some cool content, though, go directly to the Jan. 1 video about a Roland RE-201 Space Echo tape delay. That’s some analog zen, right there.

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GOODS&SERVICES The philodendrons I bought last summer are flourishing wonderfully, with vines so long I use them as blinds. My 4-foot-tall Christmas tree came from this Ace, too, as did the cacti lounging in my kitchen window. My spider plant is proud and tall, thankyouverymuch, as is the pothos I’ve propagated (successfully) six times.

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Best Place to Get a T-Shirt Printed T-shirt Printing Press

8115 Fenton St. #200, Silver Spring, (240) 641-5165, tshirtprintingpress.com

How many times have you said to yourself, “That would look really nice on a T-shirt.” Well, T-shirt Printing Press in downtown Silver Spring can transform

your idea into a custom piece of clothing in a jiffy. Depending on the design and the item of clothing you choose, the store offers same-day custom printing services. They even do custom embroideries. And they can customize hats, Tshirts, hoodies, jackets, tanks, buttondowns, onesies, and beanies. You can email them the image of your choice or come in with an actual photo and T-shirt Printing Press will work their magic. Appointments are necessary for big orders or complex designs, but they do accept same day walk-ins. So if you are in need of T-shirts for an upcoming family reunion, a softball league, or your own summer wardrobe, T-shirt Printing Press is a one-stop shop for swift, premium service.

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should be. They are, in a word, expert.

The floor space in this Ace is smaller than its counterpart on 14th Street NW and has fewer plants, but don’t let the size fool you: Its selection is mighty, with choices ranging from pineapples on the stem to six-foot-tall fiddle leaf figs and hefty cacti. Want a handful of miniature air plants? They’ve got those, too, along with a kaleidoscopic wall of pottery in every size and color—rows and rows of it.

Best Place to Become a Plant Parent: Adams Morgan Ace Hardware

Best Place to Become a Plant Parent Adams Morgan Ace Hardware

1704 Columbia Rd. NW, (202) 299-0040, acehardwaredc.com

The lovely folks who work at this Ace Hardware won’t just tell you how to take care of the new plant you buy here— they’ll tell you the day of the week it arrived in the store, where in your apartment to put it, and how humid the air

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you can’t rely on public transportation, and the federal and local governments are mired in scandal. In situations like this, some choose to take to the seas, but since D.C. is nearly 150 miles from the Atlantic coast, another option is to intentionally raise your heart rate by exercising in dark, noisy rooms. On HipHop Tuesday at the indoor cycling studio Zengo, you do just that. The lights go down, the resistance on your stationary bike goes up, and for 45 uncomfortable but ultimately satisfying minutes, you think of nothing but arm presses, hand positions, and sprints while Lil Jon and Flo Rida blast through the speakers. The aggressive soundtrack matches your attitude, and when you emerge, covered in sweat, you’ll feel better about yourself, if not about the state of the world.

—Caroline Jones

If you’re in need of new appliances and are looking to shop outside of the usual big box stores, there aren’t many options. M&M Appliance is an independent, appliance-only store within the District, and their show room off Blair Road NW between the Manor Park and Takoma neighborhoods features a selection that puts the big boxes to shame. Everything from the standard order Whirlpool to professional quality Miele is showcased, available to touch, prod, compare, and day dream about.

The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and negotiates with you like you’re a human being, not the credit card in your pocket. Another area of advantage: M&M is full service. When your appliance is delivered? It’s M&M employees who are arranging delivery and doing the installation. Need a repair? M&M handles that as well. The comfort of knowing you’ll be working with only one company and prices that rival any other option mean there’s nowhere better to buy appliances in D.C. —Justin Weber

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Best Joyful Use of Color: Handmade by Tighe Flanagan

Best Joyful Use of Color Handmade by Tighe Flanagan tigheflanagan.com

The often-repeated adage about quilts is that they are works of art you can wrap yourself in. Tighe Flanagan’s journey into the world of quiltmaking is winding. He went to Georgetown for a master’s degree in Arab studies, worked in international development, taught English in Jordan, and landed in the nonprofit world for a number of years. Flanagan learned how to sew when he was younger and always had a love of the visual arts, so when he started to suffer from burnout at his day job, he decided to pursue an analog hobby. He set up a personal challenge of making a quilt, and now, a little over two years later, it is his full time job. “I wasn’t really sewing until I was sewing all the time,” he explains.

His quilts are inspired by Islamic geometric design, including tile work, but he stresses that attribution is very important. “A lot of the designs I do are seen as original in the quilting world … but I think it’s important to recognize where it comes from,” he says. “The point is not just because it’s pretty. [I]t’s pretty because it comes from a place that has a culture.” There’s energy in his pieces— the bursting colors he uses and the geometry he employs give the fabric life.

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Best Shop to Swoon Over Stationery Penny Post

1201 King St., Alexandria, (703) 888-1515, shoppennypost.com

A gorgeous floor tile mosaic spelling out “Hello There” greets you as you enter

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Penny Post, and that laid-back yet exquisite-looking message captures the shop’s ethos. Whether you’re a career or dilettante writer, or something in-between, you’ll find all the delightful tools you need. Maybe you will even learn how to fill that fancy fountain pen with pretty purple ink so you can write a letter to your grandmother. Or maybe you are the kind of fancy, important person who needs to put a foil seal on all your envelopes. The store’s bread and butter is wedding invitations, quirky cards for all occasions, and journals, but it offers plenty of other wonders, like puzzles, desk doodads, and Bellini-flavored gummy candy. It’s the perfect place to find a little gift for a friend, or twenty for yourself, and since they recently introduced a Penny Perks rewards program, it’ll be harder than ever to restrain yourself from buying out the whole store.

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Best Example of Transparent Sourcing Tribute

1929 15th St. NW, thisistribute.com

When you purchase something at Tribute, you can plant the price tag. It’s written on seeded paper, so there is no waste. It’s a small detail, but how this business does anything is how they do everything. “We try to close the loop with everything we do,” says curator and CEO Joelle Firzli. Tribute is located in a rowhouse off of U Street NW, and, although items are for sale, it isn’t precisely a store. It’s both a showroom and a space for events that emphasize community. It’s an online shop where sustainable fashion is championed. It’s a “cross-disciplinary platform,” in the words of Firzli.

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ond hand. When Firzli and the other cofounders were thinking of what types of items they wanted to sell, they reached out to a wide variety of brands and asked them specific questions about sourcing.

They tend to buy from companies that make small runs of products and work directly with brands to carry carefully selected apparel, accessories, and home goods. The aim is for transparency regarding supply chain and methodology so that customers can make thoughtful decisions about purchases. “D.C. has this creative and fashion crowd. D.C. is educated—people know about the issues that have been going on in the fashion industry. People are aware of how they spend their money. So, once you give them transparency you offer something different,” says Firzli. —Kaarin Vembar

Best Class-Pass Deal The Studio

2469 18th St NW, (202) 518-9642, thestudiodc.com

If you buy a member pass—sold in credits—you’ll find some classes at Ad-

ams Morgan’s The Studio available for a whopping zero credits. Granted, that will land you in the yoga studio at 6:30 a.m. But on mornings when the weather makes waking up early less than ideal, you’re likely to be one of only a dozen or so practitioners in the room.

—Morgan Baskin

Best New Retail Concept Brown Beauty Co-op

1365 Connecticut Ave. NW, #100, (202) 506-2582, brownbeautyco-op.com

In a world where retail is faltering and changing, one category of product is not only surviving, it’s thriving. The beauty market is pushing both product innovation and customer experience. But even as cosmetics have been at the forefront of retail, they still lack the basics when it comes to diversity. Mass market products have done little to cater to a wide range of skin colors.

Brown Beauty Co-Op is an independent, Sephora-esque store in Dupont Circle dedicated solely to women of color. It is the result of a partnership be-

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tween Kimberly Smith, founder of beauty and cosmetics company Marjani, and Amaya Smith, of natural hair care company Product Junkie. Shoppers will find a variety of cosmetic brands including Nuhanciam; LIPP Beauty, which is a brand by another D.C. entrepreneur; and Danessa Myricks Beauty. The store has a DIY hair oil bar where people can mix their own products out of organic argan, jojoba, and avocado oils, among other options. Customers can also book makeup application services by appointment at the store’s salon.

When speaking about the origin of the store, Kimberly Smith stresses the concept of community building. “Rather than being relegated to an aisle or an ethnic section, we thought it would be great for there to be an actual space for women of color to come and feel comfortable, feel a sense of community … and have the same skin concerns and the same questions around hair,” she says.

Amaya Smith echoes those statements, and how it has been to retail’s detriment that shoppers have not been properly served. “When you look at the numbers of spending regarding wom-

en of color, the market is there. The market share is there, too. Unfortunately this bias is not just hurting women of color, it’s probably hurting them as beauty companies. [A] lot of women of color are often trend setters in beauty. Ignoring that market is just not smart business savvy.”

—Kaarin Vembar

Best Neighborhood Grocery Store BestWorld

3178 Mount Pleasant St. NW, (202) 265-3768

There are few neighborhood grocers that offer lemongrass and matcha mochi and cinnamon rice pudding and punk shows.

But BestWorld, the Mount Pleasant mainstay with charm and verve to boot, does.

Sure, its produce is not what some might call “fresh.” (Walk in with the expectation that whatever you buy, you’ll have to eat the same day.) But the breadth of its selection and low prices make this, by far, the best neighborhood grocery store in the District.

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Capitol Hill Auto Service

615 Independence Ave. SE, (202) 543-5155, capitolhillautoservice.com

Finding a decent mechanic can be exhausting in a city where it is possible to live car free. Word-of-mouth tips are scarce if you have friends who are into public/alternative transportation, and a look at Yelp can be overwhelming: One bad review will skew a mechanic’s overall rating, and it is impossible to know whether said reviewer has a genuine gripe, or is merely disgruntled. Longtime or new car owners should visit Capitol Hill Auto Service, located conveniently near the Eastern Market Metro stop. Family-owned for years, the family’s son, Chris, bought the location in 2009, and he’s been running it ever since. Softspoken and mild-mannered, Chris does not have the gruff demeanor you might expect from a typical mechanic. What matters more is that he knows his cars, quotes fair prices, and does not bullshit you about things your car does not need. He also accepts many warranty plans, saving you the headache of dealing with a middleman. His location includes several unzoned nearby parking spaces. The next time your check engine

light turns on for whatever dumb reason, book a quick appointment instead of ignoring the light for months on end.

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Best Mechanic: Capitol Hill Auto Service

Best Farmers Market Takoma Park Farmers Market

6909 Laurel Ave., Takoma Park, (301) 891-6789, takomaparkmarket.com

All of the city’s many farmers markets are inherently good, providing fresh fruits and veggies from hardworking regional farmers. Yet the Takoma Park Farmers Market has several points in its favor. It operates Sunday mornings from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., whereas many others take place on weekdays.

It’s close to a Metro stop and bus lines, as well as a coffee shop, Takoma Beverage Company, making it easy to fuel up while browsing for blueberries. It operates year round, rain, snow, or shine, so you can always get seasonal veggies, bread, kimchi, and plants. But really, the main draw is the produce selection itself. Those hippies, in that purely symbolic nuclear-free zone, are not fucking around with their veggie selection.

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za. (Hello, Metro accessibility!) Headed by 20-year veteran Ny Kenya-Chamberlain, HIA is at the intersection of beauty and robust hair.

Bring whatever texture you have to her salon. She can handle it. Kenya-Chamberlain’s philosophy is to educate her clients to be able to sustain good hair care in between visits. “We put them in front of the mirror and show them how to do it, or I might even put their hands in their hair. You don’t want to be so disempowered that you have to go to someone else all the time to do your own hair,” says the Howard University alum. Kenya-

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Best Place to Polish Your Natural Black Girl Magic: Hair is Art!

Best Place to Give Your Fate to the Whims of the Universe Idle Time Books

2467 18th St. NW, (202) 232-4774, facebook.com/idletimebooks

Among the many perils of our order-whatyou-want-and-get-it-fast culture: sucking life dry of mystery. In this case, the mystery of what book you’re going to read next.

Idle Time Books is where you can let all of that go. Yes, the selection is large and organized; you have a very good chance of finding the exact book you want. But if you don’t, do as the store’s many hand-drawn signs of cell phones circa the early aughts advise: Put your phone away. Browse the shelves, or talk to the nice clerk, and you’ll probably find the thing you should be reading even though you didn’t know it before you walked in the store.

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Chamberlain provides a hair analysis, a treatment plan, and a tutorial on how to select the best products for your individual tresses.

HIA began as a one-room salon seven months ago. “And then people started hearing that I was here and now we’re up to two rooms [in the Phenix suites], two full-time assistants and 430 clients.”

And yes, she knows them all. They come in weekly, bi-weekly, or once a month to this intimate space where black women can let their natural selves be seen. “We feed each other in here. We really have created a community. It’s a good feeling.

We’re healing.”

Prices range from $65 to $170 and many clients book multiple appointments at a time. Wellness massages and refreshments are complimentary. For the love of hair, for the love of black owned businesses, for the love of edges, give Hair Is Art! a try.

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We no longer offer hospital and emergency care services but will soon be opening an urgent care center accessible seven days a week.

We know you have lots of other needs, so we’ll still be right here with other services, including: • Primary care • Geriatrics • Outpatient behavioral health • Skilled nursing care through Carroll Manor

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BEST CELLULAR SERVICE PROVIDER

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BEST ARTS & CRAFTS SUPPLY STORE

BEST CLOTHING BOUTIQUE

Artist & Craftsman Supply

Violet Boutique

1924 8th St. NW #115, (202) 621-9225, violetdc.com 2nd Place: Ezra Paul Clothing 3rd Place: Willow Darrow Montgomery/File

Multiple Locations, artistcraftsman.com 2nd Place: Plaza Artist Materials & Picture Framing 3rd Place: Michaels

BEST AUTO REPAIR

Capitol Hill Auto Service

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615 Independence Ave. SE, (202) 543-5155, capitolhillautoservice.com 2nd Place: Distad’s Auto Clinic 3rd Place: Auto Tech Service

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Multiple Locations, navyfederal.org 2nd Place: Industrial Bank 3rd Place: TD Bank

BEST BARRE STUDIO

Biker Barre

738 7th St. SE, (202) 733-1009, bikerbarre.com 2nd Place: Pure Barre 3rd Place: The Bar Method

BEST BIKE SHARE

Capital Bikeshare capitalbikeshare.com 2nd Place: JUMP Bikes

Multiple Locations, bicyclespacedc.com 2nd Place: The Bike Rack 3rd Place (tie): Proteus Bicycles 3rd Place (tie): The Daily Rider

BEST BOOK STORE

Politics and Prose

Multiple Locations, politics-prose.com 2nd Place: Capitol Hill Books 3rd Place: Solid State Books

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Tripper Bus

4681 Willow Ln., Bethesda, (718) 834-9214, tripperbus.com 2nd Place: Washington Deluxe Bus 3rd Place: Vamoose Bus

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(800) 746-4726, rcn.com 2nd Place: Verizon Fios 3rd Place: Xfinity by Comcast

BEST CANNABIS DISPENSARY

Takoma Wellness Center

6925 Blair Rd. NW, (202) 465-4260, takomawellness.com 2nd Place: Herbal Alternatives 3rd Place: National Holistic Healing Center

BEST COMIC BOOK STORE (TIE)

Big Planet Comics Multiple Locations, bigplanetcomics.com

Fantom Comics

2010 P St. NW, (202) 241-6498, fantomcomics.com 2nd Place: Victory Comics

BEST CONSIGNMENT SHOP

Secondi

1702 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 667-1122, secondi.com 2nd Place: Current Boutique 3rd Place: Clothes Encounters

BEST CONTRACTOR

Lofft Construction

616 Kennedy St. NW #1, (866) 931-1821, lofftconstruction.com 2nd Place: Karma Home Designs 3rd Place: SVC Homes LLC

BEST CAR SHARE SERVICE

Lyft

lyft.com 2nd Place: car2go 3rd Place: Uber

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CrossFit Balance Gym Multiple Locations, balancegym.com 2nd Place (tie): District CrossFit 3rd Place (tie): Petworth Fitness

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BEST DENTIST

The DC Dentist

509 11th St. SE, (202) 544-3626, thedcdentist.com 2nd Place: Nishan Halim, DMD 3rd Place: Capitol Hill Dental Group

BEST DOCTOR

Dr. Ama A. Tyus, MD 3424 N St. SE, (202) 491-5687 2nd Place: One Medical 3rd Place: Transcend Healthcare

BEST DOG WALK SERVICE

Patrick’s Pet Care

Multiple Locations, patrickspetcare.com 2nd Place (tie): Brighter Days Collective 2nd Place (tie): Metro Mutts 2nd Place (tie): Pet Peeps

BEST DOGGIE DAYCARE

Patrick’s Pet Care

Multiple Locations, patrickspetcare.com 2nd Place: City Dogs Rescue & City Kitties 3rd Place (tie): Atlas DogHouse 3rd Place (tie): Wagtime

BEST DRY CLEANER

The Press

Multiple Locations, fidelity.com 2nd Place: Morgan Stanley 3rd Place (tie): BlueSail Advisors 3rd Place (tie): Phillips Financial Strategies

BEST FLOWER SHOP

Lee’s Flower And Card Shop 1026 U St. NW, (202) 265-4965, leesflowerandcard.com 2nd Place: Little Shop of Flowers 3rd Place: She Loves Me

BEST FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE

DoorDash

doordash.com 2nd Place: Caviar 3rd Place: Uber Eats

BEST FOOD MARKET

Glen’s Garden Market 2001 S St. NW, (202) 588-5698, glensgardenmarket.com 2nd Place: Eastern Market 3rd Place: Union Market

BEST GARDEN STORE

Ginkgo Gardens

911 11th St. SE, (202) 543-5172, ginkgogardens.com 2nd Place: Frager’s Garden Center 3rd Place: Behnke Nurseries Company

BEST GETAWAY/ESCAPE FROM D.C.

Shenandoah National Park

Multiple Locations, thepressdc.com 2nd Place: ZIPS Dry Cleaners 3rd Place: Rinse

nps.gov/shen/index.htm 2nd Place: The Inn At Meander Plantation 3rd Place: Charlottesville, Va.

BEST EYE DOCTOR

BEST GREEN BUSINESS

Ali Matini, OD

1307 Wisconsin Ave. NW, (202) 3378237 2nd Place: Dr. Hannah Yecheskel 3rd Place: Eye Doctors of Washington

BEST FACIAL

Jenny Luu Skin Care

5480 Wisconsin Ave. #LL6, Chevy Chase, Md., (301) 533-7546, jennyluuskincare.com 2nd Place: Unwind Wellness Center 3rd Place: Diana’s Beauty Regimen

Community Forklift

4671 Tanglewood Dr., Edmonston, (301) 985-5180, communityforklift.org 2nd Place: Green Maidworks 3rd Place: Love & Carrots

BEST GROCER

Glen’s Garden Market 2001 S St. NW, (202) 588-5698, glensgardenmarket.com 2nd Place: Trader Joe’s 3rd Place: MOM’s Organic Market

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Multiple Locations, vidafitness.com 2nd Place: Balance Gym 3rd Place: Off Road

BEST HAIR SALON

1323 E St. SE, (202) 543-6157, acehardwaredc.com/stores/fragershardware.html 2nd Place: Annie’s Ace Hardware 3rd Place: Logan Hardware

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BEST HEAD SHOP

661 C St. SE, (202) 506-3609, michaelanthonysalondc.com 2nd Place: The Shop at Shaw 3rd Place: Salon XYZ

FunkyPiece

Multiple Locations, funkypiece.com 2nd Place: Capitol Hemp 3rd Place: Higher Limits

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BEST HOME GOODS STORE Mickey Bolek at & Post Michael Anthony Salon Pillar 1647 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 661 C St. SE, (202) 506-3609, michaelanthonysalondc.com 2nd Place: Hair Is Art! featuring Ny the Stylist 3rd Place: Samantha Banks, Bespoke Hair Studio

BEST HANDMADE APPAREL ACCESSORIES

All Things B. Alexis

allthingsbalexis.com 2nd Place: Crochet Kingpin Designs 3rd Place: Stitch & Rivet

BEST HANDMADE ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

Frères Branchiaux Candle Company freresbranchiaux.com 2nd Place: Yinibini Baby 3rd Place: The V Cloth

BEST HANDMADE HOME DECOR

Tanglewood Works

5132 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, (415) 595-9839, tanglewoodworks.com 2nd Place: Frères Branchiaux Candle Company 3rd Place: Shop Made In DC

BEST HANDMADE PRODUCTS FOR KIDS

Yinibini Baby

yinibinibaby.com 2nd Place: Unipig Slime Shop 3rd Place: Auggie Froggy

BEST HANDYMAN

Karma Home Designs 1990 M St. NW #250, (202) 642-4663, karmahomedesigns.com 2nd Place: Martin Ondrejcak

(202) 290-3084, pillarandpost.com 2nd Place: Home Rule (now closed) 3rd Place: Tabletop

BEST HOSPITAL

Sibley Memorial Hospital

5255 Loughboro Rd. NW, (202) 5374000, sibleyhospital.org 2nd Place (tie): George Washington University Hospital 2nd Place (tie): MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

BEST INDOOR CYCLING STUDIO

Off Road

Multiple Locations, offroaddc.com 2nd Place: CYCLED! 3rd Place: Flywheel Sports Dupont

BEST INTERNET PROVIDER

RCN

(800) 746-4726, rcn.com 2nd Place: Verizon Fios 3rd Place: DC Access

BEST LANDSCAPE/GARDEN DESIGN

Hawthorne Garden Design

(202) 744-5978, hawthornegarden.com 2nd Place: Hal The Gardener Seitz 3rd Place: Love & Carrots

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David Benowitz

409 7th St. NW #222, (202) 529-9374, criminallawdc.com 2nd Place: Harden & Pinckney, PLLC 3rd Place: Thomas Jones

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GOODS&SERVICES Best Bike Shop, Readers’ Pick: BicycleSPACE

BEST LIQUOR STORE

Schneider’s of Capitol Hill

BEST PLACE TO BUY JEWELRY

Diament Jewelry

33 District Square SW, (347) 868-7150, diamentjewelry.com 2nd Place: I. Gorman Jewelers 3rd Place: Tiny Jewel Box Darrow Montgomery/File

300 Massachusetts Ave. NE, (202) 5439300, cellar.com 2nd Place: Calvert Woodley Wines & Spirits 3rd Place: Chat’s Liquors on Capitol Hill

BEST MAKEUP ARTIST

Conceptual Beauty

1400 Irving St. NW, (202) 412-9628, conceptualbeauty.com 2nd Place: Bashirah Moore 3rd Place: Shiedha O. Beauty

BEST MANI/PEDI

Cabana Day Spa

2018 Florida Ave. NW, (202) 328-1010, cabanadc.com 2nd Place: IZZY at Enchanted Nails and Spa 3rd Place: Nailbed & Bar

BEST MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES

Seichou Karate Dojo 7914 Fort Hunt Rd., Alexandria, (571) 257-5401, seichoukarate.com 2nd Place: CapoeiraDC 3rd Place: Urban Boxing

BEST MED SPA

Unwind Wellness Center

Multiple Locations, unwindwellness.com 2nd Place: Jenny Luu Skin Care 3rd Place: Blue in Green Center

BEST MOVERS

Bookstore Movers

5200 46th Ave., Hyattsville, (202) 570-4697, bookstoremovers.com 2nd Place: Great Scott Moving

BEST PERSONAL TRAINER (GYM)

FIT Personal Training 1633 Q St. NW, (202) 255-7814, fit-dc.com 2nd Place: Urban Boxing 3rd Place: Balance Gym

BEST PERSONAL TRAINER (NON-GYM)

Andy Shin Fitness

5130 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, (571) 550-1042, andyshinfitness.com 2nd Place: Delvin Tyler 3rd Place: Teamdunston LLC

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Ezra Paul Clothing

12240 Indian Creek Ct., #140, Beltsville, (240) 755-0077, ipm4u.com 2nd Place: Connor’s Pest Control 3rd Place: PestNow

BEST PET SERVICES

Sit-A-Pet

Multiple Locations, sitapet.com 2nd Place: Patrick’s Pet Care 3rd Place: Pet Peeps

BEST PET SHOP

The Big Bad Woof

6960 Maple St. NW, (202) 291-2404, thebigbadwoof.com 2nd Place: Howl To The Chief 3rd Place: Doggy Style Bakery, Boutique & Pet Spa

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICES

Ashleigh Bing Photography

(240) 304-5510, ashleighbingphotography.com 2nd Place: Washington Photo Safari 3rd Place: Ivan Edgardo Photography

1608 17th St. NW, (202) 518-7285, ezrapaul.com 2nd Place: Trunk Club 3rd Place: Suitsupply

BEST PLACE TO BUY BEER

Craft Beer Cellar DC

301 H St. NE, (202) 846-7585, dc.craftbeercellar.com 2nd Place: Department of Beer and Wine 3rd Place: Town Center Market

BEST PLACE TO BUY EYEGLASSES

Warby Parker

Multiple Locations, warbyparker.com 2nd Place: Georgetown Optician 3rd Place: All Eyes On Rockville - Dr. Hannah Yecheskel

BEST PLACE TO BUY FUR HANDCUFFS

Bite the Fruit

1723 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 299-0440, shop.bitethefruit.com 2nd Place: Lotus Blooms 3rd Place: Secret Pleasures Boutique

BEST PHYSICAL THERAPY

BEST PLACE TO BUY HOME FURNISHINGS

1170 22nd St. NW, (202) 974-6621, releasept.com 2nd Place: Gabrielle Czaja, PT 3rd Place: C.O.R.E. Physical Therapy

1647 Wisconsin Ave. NW, (202) 290-3084, pillarandpost.com 2nd Place: Miss Pixie’s 3rd Place: Room & Board

BEST PILATES STUDIO

BEST PLACE TO BUY INSTRUMENTS

District Pilates

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Multiple Locations, districtpilatesdc.com 2nd Place: Fuse Pilates 3rd Place: Reformation Fitness

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7010 Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, (301) 270-9090, hmtrad.com 2nd Place: Music on the Hill 3rd Place: Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center

BEST PLACE TO BUY WINE

Schneider’s of Capitol Hill

300 Massachusetts Ave. NE, (202) 5439300, cellar.com 2nd Place: DCanter 3rd Place: Grand Cata

BEST PLACE TO GET WAXED

PRMP

7600 Georgia Ave. NW #101s, (202) 248-0337, prmpbeautystudio.com 2nd Place: Waxing With Aggy 3rd Place: Unwind Wellness Center

BEST PLACE TO GET YOUR BIKE FIXED

BicycleSPACE

Multiple Locations, bicyclespacedc.com 2nd Place: The Bike Rack 3rd Place: The Daily Rider

BEST PLACE TO GET YOUR CRACKED PHONE SCREEN FIXED

uBreakiFix

Multiple Locations, ubreakifix.com 2nd Place: Apple Georgetown 3rd Place: Cell Phone Care Center

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Dr. Steven B. Hopping

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Best Place to Watch a Sunset

Best Place to Watch a Sunset: Cardozo Education Campus Parking Lot

Cardozo Education Campus Parking Lot 1200 Clifton St. NW

To feel like you’re the angsty protagonist of a John Green novel, grab your JUUL or joint just before the sun sets and head to the parking lot of the Cardozo Education Campus, which boasts one of the most commanding views of downtown D.C. While tourists might opt to take an elevated view of the monuments from a hotel rooftop or double-decker bus, locals know that the sightline from 13th St. NW can’t be beat. There’s something about the hazy orange glow the skyline takes on in the summer that’ll make you fall in love with the District, over and over again.

—Morgan Baskin

Best Mobilizer Over the past two years, Chef José Andrés has demonstrated true American spirit and earned a 2019 Nobel Peace Prize nomination along the way. The restaurateur behind Jaleo, Zaytinya, China Chilcano, Oyamel, minibar, and many other dining destinations was also named 2018’s Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation. His legacy for nurturing people with food is, at this point, unimpeachable.

Andrés has long fought world hunger through World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit he founded in 2012, but his recent pivot to disaster relief has elevated his mission to a new level, in part because WCK’s efforts and resources often outpace the federal government’s. In Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria; on the Florida Panhandle after Hurricane Michael; in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence; in California after massive wildfires; in Texas after Hurricane Harvey; and in Nebraska following severe flooding, Andrés and his teams of volunteers and chefs have served millions of meals from improvised kitchens and made sure those affected by natural disasters were able to eat.

Internationally WCK has come to the rescue in Guatemala after the Fuego volcano erupted, fed those trapped in

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the conflict at the Colombia-Venezuela border, and served refugees at the U.S.Mexico border. The organization is currently working in Mozambique as southern Africa recovers from Cyclone Idai.

These initiatives are all on top of WCK’s long-term programs, which work to end hunger in impoverished global communities by creating cleaner cooking environments, supporting school kitchens, training individuals for culinary and hospitality jobs, and funding small-scale social enterprises.

Andrés’ work became more visible to Washingtonians in early 2019, when WCK sprang into action with #ChefsForFeds during the longest partial federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

A small kitchen on Pennsylvania Avenue NW cranked out more than 100,000 meals for furloughed workers with the help of dedicated volunteers, some of whom were furloughed feds themselves.

The WCK team also partnered with more than 400 restaurants in 35 states to serve several hundred thousand more

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meals in other parts of the nation during the shutdown.

While all of these relief efforts were occuring, often simultaneously, around the world, Andrés was working toward his next big restaurant project—a 35,000-square-foot food hall called Mercado Little Spain in New York. While we’re feeling a little jealous in D.C., we have just two questions for the restaurateur-humanitarian super human: Do you sleep?

And what’s next?

—Laura Hayes

Best Shove Vince Gray re-enacting Vince Gray getting shoved out of a nightclub

The remake is almost never better than the original, but Councilmember Vince Gray is the exception to that rule.

During last October’s Art All Night festival, Gray tried to use his Council ID to get into an event hosted at The DC Eagle, a gay nightclub on Benning Road NE. The

bouncer, having none of that, asked the 76-year-old Gray for an ID with his birthday on it. Gray protested, things escalated, and the bouncer grabbed Gray, pushing him out the door and onto his keister.

While City Paper has not seen the original footage, there is no way it’s better than Gray’s re-enactment. Two days later, in his Council office, Gray demonstrated the scuffle on NBC4 reporter Mark Segraves. As the camera rolls, Gray grabs Segraves by the shoulders and drives him out of the frame like an offensive lineman.

The councilmember also showed the camera the boo-boos on his hands, and told Segraves he wanted the bouncer arrested and fired.

Earlier this year, the DC Eagle had its alcohol license temporarily suspended and was fined $2,000 by the Alcohol and Beverage Regulation Administration in response to the attack. Gray told Metro Weekly that he had nothing to do with the sanction.

“Given the fact that I was the vic-

PEOPLE&PLACES tim in this, nothing would probably be quite sufficient,” Gray told Metro Weekly. “[A] $10,000 fine would be better than $2,000.”

—Mitch Ryals

Best Eagle Name Aaron Burrd

The longest ongoing bird-themed soap opera in the District is the saga of Liberty and Justice and their off-again, onagain relationship. The course of eagle true love never did run smooth, and when Justice flew the coop (literally and figuratively), a new suitor swept in: Aaron Burrd. For once, the bird people didn’t farm out the responsibilities of eagle-naming to some kids (Honor and Courage only wish they were so lucky). Instead, they blessed the scraggly would-be paramour with a clever portmanteau moniker. We’re a long way away from the humdrum and predictable Mr. President and First Lady, and fans of creative anthropomorphization could not be happier. Though he was soon supplanted by another bird (the boringly named M2), Aaron Burrd shall forever live on in our hearts as a testament to what happens when obsessive bird-watchers make even the most minimal efforts at coming up with cool names for majestic creatures.

—Brian McEntee

Best Council Entertainment MENDO

Like most origin stories, MENDO (played like BINGO but with Chairman Phil Mendelson’s scowling mug on the top of the game board) starts with boredom. In 2012, an ambitious young Council staffer heard tell of times past when his staffers would play “legislative BINGO” during marathon Council meetings to relieve stress. The tradition had died, and Drew Newman was determined to revive it.

But instead of numbers, he jotted down more than 100 Council quirks and gaffes likely to happen during a meeting, created game boards, and started passing them around. Newman says he was worried the real life Mendo wouldn’t take kindly to the sillying of his good name.

But one day, after a Council breakfast, Newman saw the chairman walk over to the stack of cards, shoot him a sharp look, and take a couple with him to the dais to play along.

“On a typical day, about half of the members and a few dozen staff would play along,” Newman says. Prizes includ-

ed D.C. government swag: a DCRA stress ball, pencils, a DDOT neon vest.

Newman says another reason he revived the game was to bring levity to a tumultuous period on the Council. Three councilmembers (Michael Brown, Harry Thomas Jr., and Kwame Brown) were locked up (Kwame for only a day) and a fourth (Marion Barry) was censured.

The tradition lives on to this day, even though Newman left D.C. in 2014. MENDO was spotted around the Council dais last December during the long, final meeting of 2018.

—Mitch Ryals

Best Place to Connect With a Cow Kid’s Farm at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

3001 Connecticut Ave. NW, (202) 633-4888, nationalzoo.si.edu

Any zoo, but particularly the National Zoo, is a good place to go when you need to escape how you currently feel.

Why not take a walk in a forest of well maintained animal exhibits and reflect on things while absorbing whatever it is in sunlight that induces transient happiness? Try to imagine some balanced state of nature where health care doesn’t ruin your finances and working on your finances doesn’t ruin your health. After you get it all figured out, be sure to prove your life is awesome by producing some social media content for your 62 followers. How about some lively selfies with meme-able otters, capturing the unmistakable selfawareness of great apes, or documenting for posterity the gentle hand of panda diplomacy! Somewhere along the way, you may feel a real connection with some of these creatures who you will otherwise never, ever encounter again, unless you return to the zoo. But spare a thought for how many more owls there might be if we were not absent-mindedly destroying their habitat through our collective actions. If you are a real zoo-head who also resists labels, you might also enter the so-called Kid’s Farm even without being or having in your company an actual child, in order to have a truly profound zoo encounter with the cows, chickens, goats, and pigs—animals you actually encounter every day—who stand mere feet away behind a wooden fence.

After using your superior size to get right up against the fence, go ahead and peer into the sentient eyes of Rose, a massive but gentle Hereford heifer just chewing her cud and intermittently swatting at flies with her tail. She likes the different smells of the people who come to visit her, shifting her giant nos-

trils perceptibly when new guests arrive. She has an inner life not so different from the furry friend you may have at home, whose marbled bits you probably don’t want to serve to your friends in your backyard. Now it hits you—“I want to hug this cow and yet I happen to enjoy an omnivorous diet.” Perhaps, come to think of it, you might even consume meat at every meal, but please don’t tell Rose!

Cognitive dissonance is difficult, but looking at this cow has really made you think that your round-furry-thing Facebook brand might be incompatible with your look-at-what-I-ate-last-night Instagram persona. Charitably, a zoo can offer close encounters between humans and animals that will hopefully leave the humans thinking about their role in a larger ecosystem. So, if we know that consuming less meat is one of the most impactful steps an individual can take in reducing their contribution to climate change, then having to make eye contact with your protein source is a reasonable place to start making us aware that our choices have consequences. It’s heavy stuff, admittedly, for a Kid’s Farm. —Tom Hayes

Best Newsletter Bub and Pop’s

Washington’s been obsessed with email newsletters since Mike Allen first started combining gossip and political news in the early editions of Playbook. And yet the news we really want and, dare I say, need, is not analyses of presidential candidates’ town halls or which Trump administration official visited the Oval Office that day, but ideas about what we should eat for lunch. Bub and Pop’s, the beloved Dupont sandwich shop, knows this, so owner Arlene Wagner sends out a message nearly every day filled with details about specials, the restaurant’s catering deals, and her favorite ways to add extra flavor to certain dishes. Each edition contains Wagner’s warmth and enthusiasm (she recently described their catering as “major yummy”), photos of the day’s offerings, general store updates, and reminders about the many ways one can order food from Bub and Pop’s. Most importantly, her messages always make you want a sandwich. No one’s ever said that about Axios AM. —Caroline Jones

Best Resource for Local Politics Nerds Timeline of D.C. Councilmembers

There is perhaps no more useful reference for local political junkies, aspiring historians, and fact checkers than Keith Ivey’s timeline recording the service of every single D.C. councilmember.

The timeline lays out in a clean and simple format each councilmember’s tenure, their political party, and the reason they left office. Newish Council observers might be most interested in the Republicans (Jerry Moore, Carol Schwartz, and David Catania) who held at-large seats on and off between 1975 and 2009. Old hands might like the visual representation of Vincent Orange’s seathopping or the passage of power from Harry Thomas Sr. to Harry Thomas Jr. Ivey has mined other data sets and created charts that track councilmembers’ ages, the historic representation of women on the dais (it’s never been 50/50), and the combined years of experience on the Council during any given year. It’s not a sequel to Dream City, but it’s the best we’ve got.

—Mitch Ryals

Best New Synagogue New Synagogue Project newsynagogueproject.org

Like most synagogues, New Synagogue Project has a rabbi and hosts regular services on Shabbat and Jewish holidays. Unlike most synagogues, New Synagogue Project does not have its own space. Instead, it holds services in churches, homes, and other spots across the District. But members will tell you that the most unique aspect of NSP is its mission: striving to create an inclusive space for Jewish spirituality in the city.

In part through its programming—having Shabbats particularly for Jews of color, for instance—but mostly through its attitude, NSP intends to create a space where Jews of all denominations, queer Jews, Jews of color, and Jews against the Israeli Occupation feel at home in their religious practice. Indeed, NSP is first and foremost a religious space, and at Shabbat on any given Friday, the songs, food, and speeches come along with enough Hebrew to make a non-practicing Jew blush (they provide translations, don’t worry). That said, good luck finding a better Purim party.

—Joshua Kaplan

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score a job with lobbying firms.

Evans is also the target of a federal probe related to his relationship with a digital media company. He’s hung in there so far—and it remains to be seen if he’ll survive. But nearly three decades isn’t a bad run.

—Mitch Ryals

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Best Accountability Seeker Denise Krepp

Denise Krepp, the advisory neighborhood commissioner of ANC 6B10, attracted news headlines last year when she highlighted the arduous process of pulling public records out of the D.C. government. When Krepp requested police body camera footage of the arrests of three young boys, the District sent her a bill for $5,000. Mayor Muriel Bowser upheld the cost for redactions. Krepp has asked the Office of the Attorney General to review the law, and depending on the response, she is considering pushing for changes to the law.

Krepp is also deep into a yearslong effort to obtain information on sexual assault and harassment settlements, and specifically how much taxpayer money D.C. spends on these cases. She has so far run into dead ends and delays. But she pushes on.

“Karl Racine’s office has been very forthcoming with information,” she says.

“The same cannot be said for D.C. agencies.”

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At first blush, you might think, “Oh that’s easy,” Jack Evans! He pro-business, he has multiple pics of himself posing with Donald Trump hanging in his office, and he’s an old white guy. But that’s too easy.

OK then, how about entrenched Council Chairman Phil Mendelson? He’s also an old white guy, doesn’t like raising taxes, and ranked second to last among D.C. councilmembers on the Jews United for Justice Campaign Fund scorecard for progressive causes. But you’d be wrong again.

So then it must be Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon Todd, right? He also did not score well in the JUFJ rankings and actually used to be a Republican.

Nope. This year’s red elephant trophy goes to Mayor Muriel Bowser.

In recent months, Bowser has vetoed fare evasion decriminalization, allied herself with the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney, allocated very little (“scraps” according to Mendelson) funding for the public education system and no additional money to fix the public housing stock in her proposed fiscal year 2020 budget, did not sign the Council’s major campaign finance reform bill, and remains cozy with deep-pocketed developers.

—Mitch Ryals

Best Place to Commune With Nature, Pups, and Ghosts: Congressional Cemetary Krepp is also digging into Metropolitan Police Department data on sexual assault warrants and instigated an open letter calling on Councilmember Jack Evans to resign, which now has more than 20 signatures.

—Mitch Ryals

Best Place to Commune With Nature, Pups, and Ghosts Congressional Cemetery 1801 E St. SE, (202) 543-0539, congressionalcemetery.org

The final resting place of more than 67,000 people, Southeast’s Congressional Cemetery, is anything but lifeless.

Open to the public from dawn ’til dusk, the still-active cemetery sprawls across 35 acres of green space that overlooks the Anacostia River and, beyond that, Fort Dupont Park. To subsidize upkeep, the cemetery allows dog walkers to let their furry friends run free for an annual membership fee. Their pups’ bliss provides for new saplings, groomed grass, and the refurbished slate walkways that cut through the cemetery in straight lines. A contemplative favorite for joggers, bird-watchers, and photographers of the District, the Congressional Cemetary is a peaceful patch of history with

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just enough activity to scare the spirits away.

—Amy Guay

Best Abuser of Elected Authority Jack Evans

The District’s longest-serving lawmaker has, for many years, worked two jobs— one as the Ward 2 councilmember and the other at some of the major law firms that lobby the District government. Despite receiving six-figure, taxpayer-funded incomes, councilmembers can legally hold outside employment.

Although Evans’ side gigs have always concerned some observers, he’s mostly skated by. The biggest blemishes on his record are his arrogant (though technically not illegal) parking jobs and the hundreds of thousands of dollars he’s spent on professional sports tickets out of a fund designated to help residents.

(Evans has said he gives away most of the tickets.)

But now, after 28 years in office, Evans was slapped with a Council reprimand and is fending off calls to resign after he was caught peddling his public position for private gain. Letters sent from his Council office, uncovered by the Washington Post, show Evans touting his influence and connections in attempts to

America’s rail infrastructure is a sad joke compared to much of the rest of the world. Whether you’re trying to visit a friend four states away or just trying to get home from work, if you’re taking a train, you likely won’t get where you’re going quickly. One blessed exception to this rule is MARC Train 430, the 4:20 p.m. departure from Union Station to Baltimore’s Pennsylvania Station that goes directly to the BWI Airport Amtrak station. Skipping stops at scenic locales like Seabrook and Odenton, Maryland, shaves roughly 15 minutes off your travel time, so you won’t have to worry about missing your flight. Riders, acknowledging that they’re on a commuter train, come prepared with reading material and keep conversations to a minimum. Even the conductors are relaxed— so much so that they just might forget to collect your ticket. If that does happen, you might as well treat yourself to another quiet, pleasant ride in the future.

—Caroline Jones

Best Team to Support If You Don’t Want to “Stick to Sports” Washington Mystics

When ESPN released the NCAA women’s tournament bracket hours early in what it deemed an “accident,” Natasha Cloud didn’t hold back her thoughts.

“Shit would never happen on the men’s side. I’m pissed. How do you accidentally post that!? Nahhh that was purposeful,” she tweeted. “[T]hese phenomenal women work their asses off all season long for this special moment. Ruined.”

Cloud, a 27-year-old guard for the Mystics, isn’t afraid to speak up. She’s supported the Black Lives Matter movement, publicly criticized President Donald Trump, and called out the NCAA for not promoting women’s basketball players as much as it supports male athletes.

In other leagues, Cloud might be ostracized for her views, but in the WNBA and the Mystics locker room, she fits right in.

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“We do have strong personalities on our team,” says Cloud. “We understand the platform that we do have, we take that with humility but also with pride. Being in D.C. too, it does make a difference, just the culture of being in D.C. and being around everything that D.C. has to offer as far as politics … I feel like that does allow us to have a bigger platform than other teams would. All of us are very aware of that and take that seriously.”

—Kelyn Soong

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Best Elimination Plan The destruction of Gate 35X

Best Public Staircase The stairs from Banneker Park to Maine Avenue SW by the Wharf

Best Public Staircase: Stairs from Banneker Park to Maine Avenue SW concessions and an improved Admirals Club for American Airlines VIPs. As part of the upgrade, American will also be able to bring in planes that seat up to 76 passengers, an improvement upon the 50-seaters National currently accepts. If it all pans out, flyers will be able to get to destinations large and small with greater ease and less discomfort.

The only question is what we’ll unite to complain about next. —Caroline Jones

Best Place to Run an Impromptu RecordSetting Marathon East Potomac Park

If you feel like knocking out a lastminute 26.2 miles on a flat surface in D.C., East Potomac Park and its attached human-made peninsula, Hains Point, is the place for you—as long as you don’t mind the wind. In just the past two years, the paved road surrounding the park has been the site of a pair of re-

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It’s been compared to the gates of hell, Guantanamo Bay, and a crime against humanity. It’s a subterranean lair where few wish to tread. It’s Gate 35X at National Airport, the place where dreams go to die and travelers go to board small regional jets that will take them to all manner of locales, be they major markets like Toronto and Atlanta or tinier towns like Dayton, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The problem with 35X is not the destinations, or the planes, but the boarding process, for 35X is not a gate; it is a mere holding pen where hundreds of travelers wait to board buses that take them to planes that they will walk up steps to board. On paper, this process doesn’t sound incredibly complicated—just wait for your flight to be called, proceed to the bus, ride a short distance, and ascend a small set of stairs—but that assumes that everything goes according to plan. At 35X, very little goes according to plan. Frequent flyers moan about the holding area and recall missing flights due to confusing or unintelligible boarding announcements. If the weather is bad, you’ll be pelted with rain or hail and watch as the precipitation soaks your luggage and destroys your shoes.

Even the airport acknowledges how bad things are at 35X. On April 1, they dared to rick-roll passengers with a tweet that promised “exciting news about Gate 35X” and a link that redirected to the video for “Never Gonna Give You Up.” There is a hope for a better day. By 2021, Gate 35X will be a thing of the past.

Instead of walking across the tarmac to board, which, by the way, is not as glamorous as movies make it out to be, passengers will get to do the dignified thing and board using a jet bridge. The airport will add 14 gates as part of an expanded northern concourse, as well as new

thing of a cop out. The title of this issue is “Best of D.C.,” not “Second Best of D.C.,” but it would be a bit too self-deprecating to say I’m not the best person with my name. So, for your consideration: Matt Cohen of Matt’s Habitats. Since 1995, Matt has worked with plants, and he uses his decades of knowledge to lead people on nature hikes in the Takoma Park and Silver Spring area. These aren’t ordinary nature hikes; each walk has a specific theme, most of them geared toward foraging in an urban environment.

In the past, Matt has hosted foraging hikes for edible mushrooms, pawpaws, maple sap, and other edible plants and flowers. Matt’s knowledge is deep and vast; he explains how to identify edibles in an easy manner, but what’s incredible is just how many of these items can be found growing in your own backyard.

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cord-setting marathon runs.

In December 2017, Pacers Running store owner Chris Farley continued his streak of running the distance of a marathon in under three hours in a race put on by the company dubbed Breaking3. This February, local ultramarathon legend Michael Wardian ran the eight-loop, USA Track & Field certified marathon course three times on three consecutive days to set the fastest known time for 10 marathons in 10 days. (The first seven took place on seven continents as part of the World Marathon Challenge.)

Many large D.C. road races, like the Marine Corps Marathon and the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, have segments that take runners through East Potomac Park.

—Kelyn Soong

(Second) Best Matt Cohen Matt Cohen of Matt’s Habitats

I fully understand that this pick is some-

On a sunlit October afternoon, I spent about 20 minutes seated on Rome’s Spanish Steps. I was a tourist and heard that was a thing I was supposed to do, so I did it. As a seat, they were adequate, and as a staircase, they proved effective as the shortest pathway between some church I don’t remember the name of and some street I barely recall. Steps that are great for sitting are steps that shirk their primary duty, which is to bring people up and down between important destinations. The steps from Banneker Park to the Wharf fundamentally excel in this task, linking moribund L’Enfant Plaza to the vibrant, still-shiny development down the hill. Formerly, there was a well trodden dirt track, but now there is a glorious concrete staircase, a vital link for pedestrians between five intersecting Metro lines and the instant neighborhood that your suburban parents will deem adequate for brunch. Save yourself the Uber fare—this staircase makes quick and easy movement between grades not only possible but reasonably enjoyable.

—Brian McEntee

Best Twitter Follow for Disgruntled D.C. Sports Fans @recordsANDradio

D.C. sports fans are probably already familiar with the work of Dan-

GRANTS DC Documentary Short Film Partnership Grant (DC DOCS) Washington, DC, as we know it today, has a treasured cultural legacy that spans generations.

HumanitiesDC (HDC) is committed to supporting projects that breathe life into the unique stories of our rich communities. HDC is seeking qualified partners for its DC DOCS program to help us with this mission.

AWARD AMOUNT: Applicants may request up to $30,000 depending on the scope of their projects.

PROJECT PERIOD: This opportunity is for documentary short film projects conducted between July 15, 2019-July 15, 2020.

DEADLINE: All proposals must be received by May 29, 2019.

DC DOCS provides financial and capacity building resources to established filmmakers interested in telling a humanities story about Washington, DC through a documentary short film. Potential projects must incorporate relevant humanities scholarship into the stories that they tell.

Selected partners will have the opportunity to work with the HDC grants team who will provide capacity-building and subject-matter support throughout the life of the project.

To view the full RFP, workshops and webinars, please visit www.wdchumanities.org.

DC Community Heritage Project Grant The DC Community Heritage Project (DCCHP)* puts the power of the past in the hands of the local historians who preserve, protect, and live it every day! Since 2007, these small grants have afforded communities, neighborhood organizations, churches, and others the chance to tell their stories through public humanities projects such as: written publications, documentary films, websites, lesson plans, tours, and many more. This year, we are seeking partners aiming to document the history and heritage of Washington, DC’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities including their major institutions, organizations, their culture, and their people.

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PROJECT PERIOD: Fellowships may be as short as one month or as long as six months depending on how much research and planning is required to develop the public program.

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PEOPLE&PLACES ny, the 30-something Northern Virginia resident behind the Twitter account @recordsANDradio. Scroll through his feed and you’ll find gifs, memes, video clips, hashtags, and snarky tweets that perfectly encapsulate life as a D.C. sports fan. His bio reads, “All things DC Sports, often random,” and he has acquired 11,500 followers since creating his account.

“I had no idea that it would end up consuming so much of my time, so I just picked two things I enjoy,” he says about his Twitter handle. “I might’ve chose something else that made more sense if I had known how popular this hellsite would become!”

Frustrated with the Nats bullpen and slow start? Danny has several tweets for that. (“Nats losing their entire reason they have a win is not ideal,” he tweeted when Trea Turner went on the injured list. “More analysis to follow.”) When Ted Leonsis finally fired Ernie Grunfeld, his Twitter was a #mood. (“Clothing was a bad choice today,” read one tweet.)

“I think D.C. fandom is a combo of diehard fans and rooting a bit for the dysfunctional, which also describes me,” Danny writes in an email. “I enjoy the humor and self loathing.”

—Kelyn Soong

Best Place to Ride GoKarts in the D.C. Area Go-Kart Track

4300 Kenilworth Ave., Bladensburg, (301) 864-0110, gokarttrack.com

Find me a person who doesn’t have fun driving go-karts and I’ll show you a liar.

There is nothing more joyful than the feeling of wind rushing through your hair as you floor the gas on a dinky little gokart, gunning to cut off the adjacent driver and take the lead. There aren’t a lot of places to do this in the D.C. area, but off Kenilworth Avenue in Bladensburg is Go-Kart Track, a go-kart track that offers exactly that … and nothing more. It’s not a fancy place, but one that has the nostalgic charm of an old county fair. For $7, you get seven laps around its small but twisty track. It may not look like much, but I guarantee you’ll have fun—or else you’re lying.

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Bud Light played an ever-present role in the team’s Stanley Cup run. Bud Light, whose parent company, AnheuserBusch InBev, has pouring rights at Capital One Arena, took full advantage of the celebrations.

The Bud Light Knight roamed the streets outside the arena during the Stanley Cup Final, fans made their own Stanley Cup out of beer cans, and the players played along dutifully, chugging beer like water throughout the victory parade.

Other highlights: T.J. Oshie downing a bottle of Bud Light through his jersey to the delight of fans while on stage (an act that has since been commemorated in the form of a bobblehead and an official T-shirt giveaway from Bud Light and repeated by Washington football team outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan), Alex Ovechkin gulping down beer while doing a handstand on the Stanley Cup, and Tom Wilson air supplying a can of Bud Light into his mouth during a Nationals game while his teammates sang “We Are the Champions.”

—Kelyn Soong

Best Beer Ad The Washington Capitals path to the Stanley Cup

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Best Attempt to Generate Revenue Off a Vice Fast-tracking legal sports betting

For sports owners like Ted Leonsis, legal sports gambling is the future. In March, Leonsis announced at the American Gaming Association Sports Betting Executive Summit that he plans on adding a sportsbook at Capital One Arena, home to the Washington Wizards, Capitals, Valor of the Arena Football League, and the Georgetown men’s basketball team, in the former Greene Turtle space.

The D.C. Council has fast-tracked a bill to approve sports betting in the city, hoping to beat neighbors Maryland and Virginia to the punch. The bill allows Intralot, which operates DC Lottery, to be the sole authority on a city-run mobile app for sports gambling in the city.

Not everyone on the Council is happy with the expediency with which the bill passed and the sole-source contract. “I fail to understand the emergency needed to bring sports wagering to the District faster in order to take money from the poor in the name of expanding the District’s financial portfolio,” At-Large Councilmember David Grosso said, according to WAMU. Opponents of legal sports betting

“Oh my god, they’re bow riding!” Those were the words of a researcher with the Potomac-Chesapeake Dolphin Project, a Georgetown University-based endeavor to understand and protect the dolphins of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. My third trip out on the water in summer 2017 with the group of Georgetown scientists and researchers was the charm. After hours on the water for the first two trips, we had seen nothing but jellyfish, rays, and ospreys. But on our third journey, there they were in their gorgeous, bottle nosed gray glory.

Our boat sped toward them, and soon we were surrounded by hundreds of dolphins. They began bow riding, when dolphins surf the waves created by boats.

Turns out, these common bottlenose dolphins who spend most of their lives in the Atlantic Ocean come back to the Potomac-Chesapeake region year after year, typically between April and September. We saw them near Reedville, Virginia, in the Northern Neck region.

But they’ve reportedly been seen as far up the Potomac as the Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge. We know hardly anything about these dolphins and their behavior, so the project’s research is an essential part of getting to know these seasonal aquatic neighbors.

You can make donations to help support the study and also participate in citizen science research projects by using the mobile and online DolphinWatch apps to record your own dolphin sightings. Your work helps researchers figure out how often the dolphins come to the region, how long they spend here, and what keeps them coming back.

—Kayla Randall

Best Viral Video Greyhound Bus Attack

Lots of wild stuff goes down on buses in D.C.: Urine gets thrown on a Metrobus driver, a kid hitches a ride by hanging off the back of the X2, and so on. But the wildest shit of all happened in the aftermath of a fender bender on Bladensburg Road NE last fall, and I’m legitimately shocked Netflix hasn’t ordered

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PEOPLE&PLACES a series based on these roller coaster real life events. Following a minor fender bender, a Greyhound driver (who looks a lot like D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson) pulled over and told the driver of the offending car that she needed to “get off the road.” The footage starts with the woman smashing the windshield and windows of the Greyhound bus, prompting the driver to stand in front of her vehicle while attempting to make a phone call. The driver then got back in her car and hit the gas, knocking the driver over. Most observers were understandably aligning themselves with the driver at this point, but then he makes the insane choice of leaping in front of the woman’s car three more times as she tries to drive away. Sir, if you’re out there, you should know that no vehicle, not the Batmobile, and certainly not a goddamn Greyhound, is worth this kind of trouble.

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Best Place to Meet Other Tennis Enthusiasts: Banneker Community Center

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Best News for Wizards Fans Bradley Beal travels and reinvents basketball

Almost nothing about this Wizards season deserves the superlative “best.” The team’s star point guard suffered a career-altering injury and the franchise still owes him $169 million over the next four years. The once and future center Dwight Howard exited the season early with a butt injury, and another year of mediocre basketball is in the books.

But on Feb. 12, Bradley Beal unearthed the future of basketball. In an otherwise unremarkable game against the Detroit Pistons, Beal took about 12 steps—traveling, in other words—during a drive to the basket and Jedi mind tricked the refs into thinking it was legal. Like the 3-pointer and dunk before it, this eldritch discov-

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In an otherwise unassuming apartment building on 16th Street NW, directly across from Malcolm X Park, a chorus of purple lamps and string lights shine from a mid-building patio. I first noticed the lights around Halloween. Charming, I thought—how festive. This person really loves Halloween. But through Thanksgiving, Christmas, the new year, Groundhog Day, you name it, the lights have stayed up. It is both whimsical and totally sane.

Purple Patio Person: If you’re reading this, you are loved.

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—Will Warren

Best Public Restroom After Catching a Movie West End Cinema

2301 M St. NW, (202) 534-1907, landmarktheatres.com/washingtond-c/west-end-cinema

Documentaries about Yayoi Kusama or Jonathan Gold and smaller films like Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Shoplifters are among the cinematic offerings of West End Cinema. Beyond the films, the theater’ best feature is its bathrooms. Smartly designed with a warm, cheerful orange, the women’s restroom is well stocked and sparkling clean without smelling like a mop, or something worse. “The men’s

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looks just as good,” says the surprised, polite manager who answered this reporter’s call with a laugh. His staff regularly go in and see if anything needs to be cleaned up, wiped down, or fixed. “We try to keep it clean and fresh.” The dreamy accessible stall has its own spotless sink, and everything’s at wheelchair level. Recently, the researched need for more public bathrooms in D.C. has been in the news. Late last year, the D.C. Council unanimously passed legislation to form a working group to consider putting two public restrooms downtown and offering incentives for private businesses to open their restrooms to the public. Now the law needs funding in the FY 2020 budget. At West End, the timing is perfect: Get your coffee before the movie starts. Then hit this restroom after the credits roll. You won’t be sorry.

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When people say that Washington, D.C. is not a stylish city, they are generally referring to the armies of baggysuited federal government employees who crowd the Metro on weekday mornings and afternoons. A pox on the fashion critics! These office drones are true avatars of the District’s foremost indigenous fashion trend: the work ID worn proudly around the neck, on a lanyard, preferably one professing allegiance to a local sports team. The ID/lanyard combo is how the deep state accessorizes, and it is the best way to wear your work ID, by far. Some people clip their ID to their shirt or pants pockets, as if it is a nametag and they are waiters at the Cheesecake Factory. Others conceal their IDs in their wallets or bags, perhaps out of shame at their career choices, or in some misbegotten attempt to appear “cool.” Friends, none of us are cool, especially not those of us riding Metro at 7:30 on a Tuesday morning. If you’ve got it, flaunt it—and by “it” I mean “a laminated card confirming your employment at the Department of Agriculture.” Stick that thing on a lanyard and wear it around your neck, loud and proud.

—Justin Peters

Best Place to Meet Other Tennis Enthusiasts Banneker Community Center

2500 Georgia Ave. NW, (202) 673-6861, dpr.dc.gov/page/banneker-community-center

Some may argue that tennis’ popularity is waning, but if you’ve ever tried playing at the Banneker Community Center tennis courts, you may not believe them. Go any afternoon or evening when it’s comfortable outside (say around 60 degrees or warmer at 6 p.m.) and you’ll likely see a long line of people waiting to play.

Some stick around until 10 p.m., when the lights go out Mondays through Saturdays. Things shut down an hour earlier on Sundays.

According to the Department of Parks and Recreation, Banneker is DPR’s most used outdoor tennis facility. Howard University’s varsity tennis teams also practice and play on the courts.

“There is a sense of community at Banneker, where a tennis enthusiast can find a pick-up game, and socialize after playing tennis,” DPR acting director Delano Hunter says via email. “The recreation center’s central location and legacy with

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PEOPLE&PLACES Best Home Goods Store for the Past 20 Years: Home Rule

the tennis community draws residents from Shaw, Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, and beyond.”

Sneak in a few sets while you can. Resurfacing of the courts is set to begin this month and tentatively scheduled to finish by the summer.

—Kelyn Soong

Best Home Goods Store for the Past 20 Years After 20 years, Home Rule, the District’s best alternative to big-box retail stores, has closed and it’s a damn tragedy.

Shoppers already miss the home goods store’s knowledgeable, warm staff and its community spirit; the Home Rule team launched the Dog Days sidewalk sale on 14th St. NW more than a decade ago. Home Rule’s product selection always rode a fine line between practical and whimsical. The buyers had a knack for packing a small store full of the items an urban dweller truly needed while displaying a sense of humor in its products.

The company was featured in a variety of publications during its tenure, including the New York Times, Country Home, Bon Appétit, and Town & Country. It was also featured in City Paper’s Best of D.C. issue on eight separate occasions, demonstrating both its excellence and the devotion of its shoppers.

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Best Local TV Food Star Pati Jinich

When you beat the Barefoot Contessa in something, you have to brag just a little, right? Not if you’re Pati Jinich, who last year took home the James Beard Award for outstanding personality and host, beating both Ina Garten and famed North Carolina chef Vivian Howard, for her hit PBS show Pati’s Mexican Table.

You see, bragging is not Jinich’s style. In any encounter with her, including when she’s in front of the camera filming her show, Jinich exhibits grace, sincerity, and warmth to her audience. That’s because hospitality is in her DNA, and determination is too. Transitioning from D.C. policy wonk to culinary student to food blogger to famous TV host, Jinich has followed a nonlinear path that’s been motivated by her Mexican identity and love for cooking.

While her episodes transport you to Mexico, her show always ends up back in her Chevy Chase kitchen. And fortunately for us, we have an up-close look at her work as a culinary ambassador.

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Jinich gained much of her fame hosting demonstration dinners at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Columbia Heights.

These meals continue and often include friends, many of whom are famous Mexican chefs. It’s the quickest route to take your taste buds on a trip south of the border, but better book it in advance.

Tickets to this year’s dinner series sold out a few weeks ago.

—Tim Ebner

Best Place to Experience Deja Vu Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II Louisiana Ave. and D St. NW, nps.gov/ places/japanese-american-memorialto-patriotism-during-world-war-ii.htm

Sometimes in our city, the combination of current events and the idea that time is a flat circle combine to transform a sleepy, off-the-beaten-path national memorial into a breathtaking now-orial, giving you the feeling of living through the very same events that inspired prior generations to erect marble structures in service of a specific lesson. If you visit the suddenly timely Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II, you can receive timeless wisdom transmitted to the present by our ancestors who were living in 1981. Of

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particular relevance are the words of former U.S. Senator and Medal of Honor recipient, Daniel K. Inouye, who lived through the injustice wearing a uniform while many who simply shared his ethnicity were forcibly relocated to concentration camps. His succinct admonishment recorded in stone conveys a too-familiar sentiment that should roil the passions of every person who thinks that America should exist to defend principles like freedom and equality instead of becoming a walled preserve for the children of a specific group of religious exiles from England who themselves only arrived on these bountiful shores because they desperately needed a place to flee oppression.

“The lessons learned must remain as a grave reminder of what we must not allow to happen again to any group.”

—Tom Hayes

Best Place to Honor a Sunken Ship Titanic Memorial 4th St. and P St. SW

Forty years ago, in April of 1979, a small group of producers and cameramen from WRC-TV went on a spur-of-the moment mission. They stole a clump of daffodils from the TV station’s front lawn. One of

PEOPLE&PLACES them, network news director Max Schindler, scrounged a bottle of Champagne.

The TV station had just aired a local documentary on the elegant but mostly unknown Titanic Memorial that still stands today at an obscure corner of the Southwest waterfront near Fort McNair and P Street SW. The television guys wanted to toast “those brave men” aboard the Titanic who had given up precious lifeboat seats so women and children might survive.

Last month, a few of the original crew and some newcomers added over the years held their 40th annual toast to “those brave men.” Following a tuxedo dinner at The National Press Club replicating the first class menu served the night the ship sank, they gathered at the memorial in the early hours of April 15th.

Amid a stormy, swirling wind and the somber ringing of a ship’s bell, each man offered a toast. The massive ship on its maiden voyage in 1912 hit an iceberg and sank, carrying nearly 1,500 passengers and crew to their death.

“We felt those men had been neglected,” said Jim Silman, president of The Men’s Titanic Society, which receives a permit each year from the National Park Service for the event.

The memorial, featuring a male figure,

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Best Place to Experience Deja Vu: Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During WWII

a distant gaze, arms outstretched, was first dedicated in 1931. It originally stood on the site where the Kennedy Center now is. It was moved to its current location in the late 1960s.

But its days of obscurity are nearing an end. Construction of the nearby Wharf community is bringing many more visitors along the Washington Channel waterfront. The Friends of the Titanic Memorial Park, formed in 2017, is helping the Park Service spruce up the small, midcentury modern park setting. “They [the Park Service] don’t have any money,” says Friends co-founder Corrinne Irwin, “but they are very enthusiastic partners.”

—Tom Sherwood

Best Misread of D.C. Politics and Culture Ryan Lizza

It was only two months ago that Esquire journalist Ryan Lizza published a screed that inflamed D.C. residents of all stripes.

“Washington is one of the only places in America where an election transforms the city’s social life,” he wrote in the opening sentence of an article about where people in Donald Trump’s social circle like to dine and party. The headline was “A Swamp Divided.”

The criticism lobbed at pieces like Lizza’s was largely, on the surface, about how much the author really knows about the District. Some said that the world Lizza describes is not one they recognize. Others questioned the choice to call D.C. a swamp, perpetuating nasty stereotypes about its people and culture, even if in jest.

Maybe the frustration stems from a deeper place. There are plenty of politicians and journalists—and students, lawyers, lobbyists, academics, federal employees—who move to D.C. because they want to place a hand on its levers of power. (Some estimates show that D.C.’s population grows by nearly 80 percent during work days, thanks to commuters.) But a lot of those people live here—they’re District residents who vote in D.C. elections, give birth in its hospitals, and send their kids to its public schools. Pretending that there exists a great “other,” separate class in D.C., temporary ghosts who will disappear in four years, erases their culpability in the issues that plague all of the people living in Washington, D.C. The political class, insofar as its members live and work in the District, are just as responsible for the success of this city as the people they represent. Adding to their mythology is perhaps the worst of Lizza’s transgressions.

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CITYLIST

ALLIVE PRESENTS:

THE BARBECUE

Music 99 Books 100 Theater 100 Film 102

Music FRIDAY CLASSICAL

CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. (301) 405-2787.

UMD Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. $10–$25. theclarice.umd.edu.

★ 5/9 THU

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. 8 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

5/10 FRI

COUNTRY

BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Mac McAnally. 7:30 p.m. $45. birchmere.com.

5/11 SAT

FUNK & R&B

5/16 THU

BETHESDA BLUES & JAZZ 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. (240) 330-4500. Stokley of Mint Condition.

7 p.m.; 10 p.m. $65–$85. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

5/18 SAT

JAZZ

KENNEDY CENTER TERRACE THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival.

7 p.m. $40–$45. kennedy-center.org.

5/21 TUE

MONTPELIER ARTS CENTER 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel. (301) 377-7800. Janine Gilbert-Carter. 8 p.m. $25. arts.pgparks.com.

5/30 THU

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. Chick Corea and Béla Fleck. 8 p.m. $35–$75. strathmore.org.

POP

5/31 FRI

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Emo Night Brooklyn. 10:30 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

6/6 THU

ROCK

6/7 FRI

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

The Dream Syndicate. 7 p.m. $20. ustreetmusichall.com.

WORLD

6/8 SAT

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. La Misa Negra. 8:30 p.m. $20. citywinery.com.

SATURDAY

6/13 THU 6/14 FRI

CLASSICAL

AMP BY STRATHMORE 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. BSO Music Box. 10:30 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. $12. ampbystrathmore.com.

CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park. (301) 405-2787.

UMD Wind Orchestra. 8 p.m. $10–$25. theclarice.umd.edu.

GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 4373 Mason Pond Drive, Fairfax. (888) 9452468. Verdi’s Requiem. 8 p.m. $15. cfa.gmu.edu.

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. 8 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. (301) 581-5100. National Philharmonic: Bernstein & Beethoven Part I. 8 p.m. $48– $88. strathmore.org.

Common at the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater, May 13

FUNK & R&B

BIRCHMERE 3701 Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria.

(703) 549-7500. Gary Taylor. 7:30 p.m. $45. birchmere.com.

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Disco District: Funk Parade Edition. 10:30 p.m. $10. ustreetmusichall.com.

JAZZ

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Bill Charlap Trio. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $35–$40. bluesalley.com.

KENNEDY CENTER TERRACE THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival.

7 p.m. $40–$45. kennedy-center.org.

OPERA KENNEDY CENTER OPERA HOUSE 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Washington National Opera: Tosca. 7 p.m. $35–$300. kennedy-center.org.

POP U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Mr Twin Sister. 7 p.m. $15. ustreetmusichall.com.

6/21 FRI 6/22 SAT

★ JASON MORTON & THE CHESAPEAKE SONS BEN SPARACO AND THE NEW EFFECT $5 JUSTIN TRAWICK AND THE COMMON GOOD $12/$40 THE 9 SONGWRITER SERIES $12/$15 STOP LIGHT OBSERVATIONS + LITTLE STRANGER $12/$30 THE BARBECUE FEAT SIRIUS CO. FEAT. MS KIM & SCOOBY $20/$25 SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS W/ JUMPIN’ JUPITER $16/$20 BENNETT WALES & THE RELIEF $5 DHARMASOUL + CASSADAY CONCOTION $10/$12 JOHN BAUMANN BAND + JAMIE LIN WILSON $12/$15 VEGABONDS + HANNAH WICKLUND & THE STEPPIN’ STONES $12/$35 KIND COUNTRY $10/$12 TIME SAWYER & HANNAH JAYE & THE HIDEAWAYS $10/$12 JACKSON DEAN & THE OUTSIDERS & JIMMY CONNOR $12/$15 DADDY LONG LEGS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW $12/$20

HILL COUNTRY BARBECUE MARKET 410 Seventh St, NW • 202.556.2050 HillCountry.com/DC • Twitter @hillcountrylive

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ROCK

ELECTRONIC

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487. KT Tunstall. 8 p.m. $35–$99. unionstage.com.

JAZZ

ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 1353 H St. NE. (202) 388-7625.

Idles. 8 p.m. $15. rockandrollhoteldc.com.

Unexpected Italy A Celebration of Italian Culture Mario Biondi

May 21, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Terrace Theater Italy’s soul and jazz sensation Mario Biondi makes his Kennedy Center debut, showcasing his unmistakable deep, sensual voice. With more than a decade of consistent, platinum-selling R&B, soul, and disco material, the singer and composer makes music passionately, while at the same time lighthearted and ironic. Performing frequently around the world, he puts a new spin on jazz—his Italian heritage shaping his unique style.

Simona Molinari May 26, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Family Theater–

Simona Molinari is among the most well-loved singers on the Italian music scene. Currently, she’s on a tour of more than 100 concerts, selling out music halls around the world and playing venues like the New York Blue Note, the Estrada Theater, the Umbria Jazz Arena, and right here at the Kennedy Center!

Doctor 3

May 28, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Family Theater Danilo Rea, Enzo Pietropaoli, and Fabrizio Sferra make up jazz trio Doctor 3, the prolific three-time winner of Musica Jazz’s Best Italian Jazz Group of the Year. Their daring improvisations and reimagined compositions are influenced by artists ranging from The Beatles to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Righteous Brothers to Sting, and Domenico Modugno to Tom Waits.

SUNDAY CLASSICAL

PHILLIPS COLLECTION 1600 21st St. NW. (202) 3872151. Quatuor Danel. 1 p.m.; 4 p.m. $5–$45. phillipscollection.org.

OPERA

KENNEDY CENTER OPERA HOUSE 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Washington National Opera: Tosca. 2 p.m. $35–$300. kennedy-center.org.

ROCK

THE ANTHEM 901 Wharf St. SW. (202) 888-0020.

Judas Priest. 8 p.m. $75–$125. theanthemdc.com.

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. John Waite with Daniel Correa. 7:30 p.m. $32–$42. citywinery.com.

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

The Twilight Sad. 7 p.m. $18. ustreetmusichall.com.

MONDAY JAZZ

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. The Spell Casters. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.

ROCK

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Yungblud. 7 p.m. $16. ustreetmusichall.com.

TUESDAY BLUES

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. The B.B. King Blues Band featuring Michael Lee. 8 p.m. $22-$30. citywinery.com.

CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER TERRACE THEATER 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Iestyn Davies and Thomas Dunford. 7:30 p.m. $55. kennedy-center.org.

HIP-HOP

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

88GLAM: Twin Turbo Tour 2019. 7 p.m. $20. ustreetmusichall.com.

OPERA

KENNEDY CENTER OPERA HOUSE 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. Washington National Opera: Tosca.

7:30 p.m. $35–$300. kennedy-center.org.

ROCK

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. (301) 960-9999. Killswitch Engage and Parkway Drive. 6:30 p.m. $37.50–$175. fillmoresilverspring.com.

MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. (410) 715-5550. Slayer. 6 p.m. $39.50–$199. merriweathermusic.com.

WORLD

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Sanjay Mishra. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $22. bluesalley.com.

WEDNESDAY JAZZ

Kennedy-Center.org (202) 467-4600

Groups call (202) 416-8400 For all other ticket-related customer service inquiries, call the Advance Sales Box Office at (202) 416-8540

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UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487.

Jamal Moore. 7:30 p.m. $13–$15. unionstage.com.

POP

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. LANY. 7 p.m. $25. 930.com.

Unexpected Italy is presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Italy.

International programming at the Kennedy Center is made possible through the generosity of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Nicole Henry. 8 p.m. $25–$32. citywinery.com.

THURSDAY Embassy of Italy Washington

CLASSICAL

KENNEDY CENTER CONCERT HALL 2700 F St. NW. (202) 467-4600. National Symphony Orchestra: Unexpected Italy. 7 p.m. $15–$89. kennedy-center.org.

U STREET MUSIC HALL 1115 U St. NW. (202) 588-1889.

Charlotte de Witte. 10:30 p.m. ustreetmusichall.com.

BLUES ALLEY 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW. (202) 3374141. Kenny Garrett Quintet. 8 p.m.; 10 p.m. $35–$40. bluesalley.com.

POP

9:30 CLUB 815 V St. NW. (202) 265-0930. LANY. 7 p.m. $25. 930.com.

THE HAMILTON 600 14th St. NW. (202) 787-1000.

Abbarama. 8 p.m. $15–$25. thehamiltondc.com.

ROCK

CITY WINERY 1350 Okie St. NE. (202) 250-2531. Jackie Greene. 8 p.m. $20–$30. citywinery.com.

WORLD

HOWARD THEATRE 620 T St. NW. (202) 803-2899.

Jacob Collier with Becca Stevens. 8 p.m. $30–$62.50. thehowardtheatre.com.

UNION STAGE 740 Water St. SW. (877) 987-6487.

Yemen Blues and Nani. 8 p.m. $30–$36. unionstage.com.

Books

MICHAEL WASHBURN Michael Washburn, director of programs at The New York Council for the Humanities, explores the history of Tom Petty’s 1985 album Southern Accents in this contribution to the 33 1/3 series. Solid State Books. 600 H St. NE. May 15. 7 p.m.

Free. (202) 897-4201.

FELICITY CASTAGNA In partnership with the Cheuse International Writers Center and in conversation with Courtney Angela Brkic, author Felicity Castagna discusses her novel No More Boats, a narrative about an unraveling family that collides with a refugee crisis.

Solid State Books. 600 H St. NE. May 13. 7 p.m. Free.

(202) 897-4201.

Theater

THE 39 STEPS A two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning spoof of the classic Hitchcock film, The 39 Steps features a cast of four who play multiple characters. Richard Hannay is mistakenly accused of murder and is forced to go on the run in an attempt to clear his name, a beautiful woman and a nefarious spy ring just a few obstacles along the way. Horowitz Center at Howard Community College. 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. To May 19. $10–$40.

(443) 518-1500. repstage.org.

ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN When small-town teen and science genius Annie Jump meets a new popular girl, she admits that she has great hair. It’s only when Annie discovers this girl might be an intergalactic super computer charged with uniting humanity with the stars that she must make a choice about her own future. Rorschach Theatre at Atlas Performing Arts Center. 1333 H St. NE. To May 19. $50–$80 for a season subscription. (202) 399-7993. rorschachtheatre.com.

THE BURN Outsider Mercedes and bully Tara are forced together for a high school production of The Crucible. As tensions escalate, a teacher and his students must confront an online witch-hunt. Next Stop Theatre. 269 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon. To May 11. $20–$32. (703) 481-5930. nextstoptheatre.org.

THE CHILDREN After a natural disaster, married retired nuclear physicists live out their days in a remote cottage on the British coast only to have an arrival from their past upend the balance they’ve carefully curated. Studio Theatre. 1501 14th St. NW. To June 2. $20–$90. (202) 332-3300. studiotheatre.org.

GOD OF CARNAGE After their adolescent sons get into a physical altercation on the playground, two Brooklyn couples meet up in an attempt to resolve the disputes of their offspring. As the night progresses and the alcohol flows, civilized courtesies devolve and taboo discussions materialize in the bitter air.

Keegan Theatre. 1742 Church St. NW. To May 25. $20– $50. (202) 265-3767. keegantheatre.com.

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OSLO Based on the true events surrounding the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords, the play that swept the 20162017 awards season illuminates the Norwegian husband-wife duo who assembled a team from the Middle East to negotiate peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Shrouded in secrecy and with international tensions mounting, the diplomats rely on empathy and personal connection. Round House Theatre Bethesda. 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. To May 19. $50–$71. (240) 644-1100. roundhousetheatre.org.

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THE WHITE SNAKE A snake spirit transforms into a woman in order to experience the human world and falls in love with a pharmacist’s assistant, only to have her newfound happiness threatened by a narrow-minded monk. Adapted from an ancient Chinese fable, The White Snake is a resonant romance and magic adventure story that deals in themes of loyalty, kindness, and redemption. Constellation Theatre at Source. 1835 14th St. NW. To May 26. $15–$45. (202) 204-7741. constellationtheatre.org.

WHINE DOWN Jana Kramer & Mike Caussin

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SPUNK A Guitar Man and Blues Speak Woman intertwine three stories of the black experience in early 20th century America (based on short stories by Zora Neale Hurston) to illustrate the endurance of the human spirit. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To June 23. $40–$85. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME Following the decimation at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel's heroes assemble once again to reverse the damage, save the planet from ruins, and defeat Thanos for good.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Scarlett Johansson. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

THE NILS LOFGREN BAND

THE AMY RAY BAND w/Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters

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THE HUSTLE Two very different scam artists team up to take down those who have done them wrong.

Starring Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, and Tim Blake Nelson. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

An Evening with

THE SELDOM SCENE "CD Release Show!"

WALTER BEASLEY Pressing 30 JOANNE SHAW-TAYLOR Strings Steve 31 PAUL THORN Poltz

LONG SHOT When a man is hired as a speechwriter for his childhood crush, a high profile woman making a run for the presidency, sparks fly. Starring Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, and June Diane Raphael. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU Ryan Reynolds stars as talking, wise-cracking Detective Pikachu, out to solve a mysterious disappearance in this Pokémon adventure. Co-starring Justice Smith and Kathryn Newton. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

“Ain’t Love Strange” 20th Anniversary Tour

June 1

Chelsea MARC COHN Williams

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THE MUSICAL BOX "A Genesis Extravaganza"

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DAVID CROSBY & The Sky Trails Band US Tour 2019

THE ENGLISH BEAT 6 MINDI ABAIR & The Boneshakers 7 the subdudes 8 JUNIOR BROWN 9 FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE 5

Willis KEB' MO' Jontavious 14 THE NEW BIRTH 15 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES

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Julie Packard at the National Portrait Gallery to Nov. 30 GRAND HOTEL, THE MUSICAL Berlin’s Grand Hotel is the locus of a lavish world in 1928. This lively musical follows the hotel’s collection of guests and staff— including a fading prima ballerina, a fatally ill bookkeeper, a handsome but poor baron, and a typist with dreams of Hollywood fame—as they move through the high life. Signature Theatre. 4200 Campbell Ave., Arlington. To May 12. $40–$99. (703) 820-9771. sigtheatre.org.

INTO THE WOODS Stephen Sondheim’s beloved, Tony-winning musical is a blackly comic medley of well-known fairy tale characters like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack (of the Beanstalk). At the heart of the story is The Baker and his Wife, their quest to reverse a witch’s curse and have a child of their own the driving force behind this twisted tale of wish fulfillment and the relationship between parents and children. Ford’s Theatre. 511 10th St. NW. To May 22. $27–$81. (202) 347-4833. fords.org.

JUBILEE First organized in 1871 on the Fisk University campus, the Fisk Jubilee Singers—an African-American a cappella ensemble—triumphed in the face of racism and prejudice in the U.S. and abroad. This a cappella musical boasts more than three dozen songs (including spirituals and hymns like “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Wade in the Water”) to bring the enduring legacy of the Singers to life. Arena

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Stage. 1101 6th St. SW. To June 2. $96–$115. (202) 4883300. arenastage.org.

LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST The King of Navarre and his three compatriots swear off women for three years of focused study and humble fasting in this early Shakespeare comedy. The Princess of France and her ladies render their lofty ambitions precarious; hijinks and affairs of the heart ensue. Folger Shakespeare Library. 201 E. Capitol St. SE. To June 9. $42–$79. (202) 544-7077. folger.edu.

MARY STUART With only six performers and a minimalist set, Mary Stuart examines the complex relationship of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots through the contemporary lens of the #MeToo movement. Sex, court intrigue, and the minds and hearts of the most powerful women in the world collide. Olney Theatre Center. 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. To June 9. $44–$64. (301) 924-3400. olneytheatre.org.

THE ORESTEIA A new version of the only surviving Greek tragedy, The Oresteia poetically combines the works of Aeschylus to tell the ten year tale of grief and murder that characterizes the interlocking lives of Queen Clytemnestra, her husband Agamemnon, and Orestes. Shakespeare Theatre Company Studios.

610 F Street NW. To June 30. $44–$118. 202-547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org.

POMS A group of older women form a cheerleading squad at their retirement community. Starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, and Pam Grier. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) TOLKIEN This biopic chronicles the formative years of author J. R. R. Tolkien as he befriends fellow outcasts at school. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, and Patrick Gibson. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) UGLYDOLLS A group of spirited, unlikely heroes, so called “ugly dolls,” struggle with being different and learn what matters most in life in this animated adventure. Starring Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, and Janelle Monáe. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) THE WHITE CROW This biographical drama tells the tale of famous Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev and his defection to the West, which made waves.

Starring Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, and Louis Hofmann. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information) WINE COUNTRY When traveling to Napa Valley to celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday, a group of women question their friendships and futures in this Netflix release. Starring Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Maya Rudolph. (See washingtoncitypaper.com for venue information)

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Mason Bates’s KC Jukebox

IT'S A LOT

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

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41 One-named conservative street artist 42 What a skeleton key provides 43 Whence Henry VIII's first wife Catherine 47 Patsy's Ab Fab pal 49 Some video files 50 Speak on the dais 52 Tagged 53 Vegas actions 54 Way out?

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25 Coral ___ 27 Acted as tour guide 28 NBA star Anthony's a coward?

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