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egg and truffle open-faced sandwich. Wash it down with some traditional
calimocho
(red
wine and coke).
Veranda on P
MEDITERRANEAN$$$
( 202-234-6870; 1100 P St NW; mains $12-25; 5pm-12:30am Mon-Thu, later Sat & Sun; ;
U Street-Cardozo)
The interior of this cozy little nook vaguely brings a Greek Island to
mind, but we prefer the outdoor eponymous veranda, which sits amid the handsome red-
brick townhouses of Logan Circle. The food is Mediterranean and quite good value;
melted Kefalograviera cheese is an excellent appetizer to set up for a main event of silky
moussaka.
Pig
AMERICAN$$$
( 202-290-2821; 1320 14th St NW; mains $12-21; noon-10:30pm Mon & Tue, to 11pm Wed &
Thu, to 11:30pm Fri, 11am-11:30pm Sat, to 10pm Sun; U Street-Cardozo)
The Pig lives up to its
name, offering plenty of porcine-inspired treats from crispy shank to a decadent cutlet-
and-gruyere sandwich that will leave you lost for words. There's nonporky goodness as
well, including some wonderful cornmeal-dusted oysters and a surprisingly vegetarian-
friendly chickpea hash (that said, this isn't the best spot for herbivores).
Eatonville
SOUTHERN$$$
( 202-332-9672;
www.eatonvillerestaurant.com
; 2121 U St NW; mains $9-21; 11am-11pm Mon-
Thu, to midnight Fri, 3pm-midnight Sat, 3-11pm Sun; U Street-Cardozo)
Novelist Zora Neal
Hurston is the unconventional theme at this restaurant. The atmosphere is superb, a sort
of bayou dripped through impressionist-style murals of the South, then resurrected upon
a modernist, cavernous dining hall that looks like nothing less than a cathedral to black
intelligentsia. Catfish come correct with cheese grits, and the andouille-and-sweet-potato
hash…don't get us started. Wash it down with lavender lemonade, which, on hot summer
days, is sort of like drinking sex.
Pearl Dive Oyster Palace
SEAFOOD$$$
(
www.pearldivedc.com
;
1612 14th St NW; mains $19-25; noon-3pm Fri & Sat, 11am-3pm Sun,
5-10pm daily; U Street-Cardozo)
Flashy Pearl Dive serves exceptional sustainable
oysters from both coasts, along with braised duck and oyster gumbo, crab cakes and in-
