Don't miss lunch at Mitsitam inside the cafe! Features native foods from the americas, organized by region. Today's must have - Chicken tamale with peanut sauce, paired with Mexican Hot Chocolate. Read more.
The traditional Ethiopian bread sets this cafe/market/wedding destination/butcher/bakery apart from others. This place supplies just about every local Ethiopian joint with her spongy creations. Read more.
Called the oldest soul food restaurant in Washington, this Southern cookin’, U Street spot attracts everyone from politicians to college students for its hot cakes, grits and biscuits. Read more.
Start with the salt-crusted sardine smørrebrød on charred chocolate rye bread and do not pass up the dukkah-spiced lamb ribs, slow-cooked then grilled, yielding charred, barky bits on the outside. Read more.
The tapas restaurant features all the usual suspects -- patatas bravas (fried potatoes with aioli), gambas al ajillo (shrimp with garlic oil), salt-cod fritters and seafood paella. Read more.
Lay down your bullet-biting stereotypes and learn a little something. Learn about the ways in which the war incubated the modern hospital and plenty of other medical advances we take for granted. Read more.
You may need to press your server to receive an authentic Ethiopian experience, but your pushiness will be rewarded. Try it by ordering the kitfo raw. Read more.
Preserved bodies displaying exotic diseases and other conditions do appear in the collections. There’s plenty more to see, like historical artifacts on vaccinations and wartime medicine. Read more.
Head to this Vietnamese shopping center. There tends to be a lot of retail turnover here, but the soup can be found everywhere from Huong Viet to Rice Paper to Hai Doung to relative newcomer Pho Va. Read more.
This is an excellent, free (no admission) museum. They are open just about every day of the year. Be sure to check out the Hollywood Guns exhibit currently on display. Read more.
Martha Washington and Robert E. Lee used to pop in to this drug store, which boasts a massive collection of antique medical equipment and herbal remedies that were used centuries ago. Read more.