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( 202-797-1819;
www.cashionseatplace.com
; 1819 Columbia Rd NW; mains $17-34; 5:30-11pm
Tue-Sun; Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan)
With an original menu and inviting decor,
this little bistro is lauded as one of the city's very best. The mismatched furniture and
flower boxes create an unpretentious setting for enjoying rich dishes such as scallion-
cream sauced crab and bison rib eye with wild mushroom
bordelaise
sauce. The bar
serves fancy late-night fare, such as pork cheek and goat's cheese quesadillas, till 2am on
Friday and Saturday.
Dupont Circle
Afterwords Cafe
AMERICAN$$$
( 202-387-3825;
www.kramers.com
;
1517 Connecticut Ave; mains $15-24; 7:30am-1:30am
Sun-Thu, 24hr Fri & Sat; Dupont Circle)
Not your average bookstore cafe, this buzzing
spot overflows with good cheer at its packed cafe tables and outdoor patio. The menu
features tasty bistro fare and an ample beer selection, making it a prime spot for happy
hour or brunch and all hours on weekends.
Bistrot du Coin
FRENCH$$$
( 202-234-6969;
www.bistrotducoin.com
;
1738 Connecticut Ave; mains $14-24;
11:30am-11pm, to 1am Thu-Sat; Dupont Circle)
For a quick culinary journey across the At-
lantic, the lively and much-loved Bistro du Coin delivers the goods. You'll find consist-
ently good onion soup, classic
steak-frites
(grilled steak and french fries), cassoulet,
open-faced sandwiches and nine varieties of its famous
moules
(mussels).
Blue Duck Tavern
AMERICAN$$$
( 202-419-6755;
www.blueducktavern.com
; 1201 24th St NW; mains $16-34; 6:30am-2:30pm
& 5:30-10:30pm Sun-Thu, till 11.30pm Fri & Sat; ; Dupont Circle)
The Blue Duck tries to
create a rustic kitchen ambience in the midst of one of M St's uber-urbanized concrete
corridors. The menu draws from farms across the country, mixing mains such as a pork
terrine and trotter croquette made from pigs in Virginia, and crab cakes sourced from
Louisiana.
Malaysia Kopitiam
MALAYSIAN$$$
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