Let’s Eat Outside

[ 0 ] April 6, 2012 |

Multiple reasons and dining options to eat outdoors this season:

901 Restaurant and Bar – Penn Quarter

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 55 people

For more information, click here or call 202.524.4433

Highlights:  Largest sidewalk patio in Penn Quarter; two daily happy hours (5-7:30pm & 10pm-midnight

BRIO Tuscan Grille – Rockville

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 48 people

For more information, click here or call 240.221.2691

Highlights: Northern Italian cuisine; house made pasta specialties, bruschettas and flatbreads, prime steaks, chops, and seafood

Cafe Deluxe – Bethesda

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 50 people

For more information, click here or call 301.656.3131

Highlights: Bethesda Row; happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; classic cosmopolitans

Cafe Deluxe – NW DC

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 60 people

For more information, click here or call 202.686.2233

Highlights: Happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; Classic cosmopolitans

Cafe Deluxe – Gaithersburg

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 102 people

For more information, click here or call 240.403.7082

Highlights: Indoor/Outdoor bar seating with flat screen TVs; happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; classic cosmopolitans

Cafe Deluxe – Tysons Corner

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 60 people

For more information, click here or call 703.761.0600

Highlights: Second level patio views of Tysons; happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; classic cosmopolitans

härth @ Hilton McLean Tysons Corner

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 50 people

For more information, click here or call 703.847.5000

Highlights: Glass enclosed fire pit; sunset views; breakfast until 11am, lunch from 11:30-2pm, afternoon menu from 2-5, and dinner from 5pm to close

Heights Courtyard @ Washington Hilton

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: Lounge seating 70 people; outdoor dining 100 people

For more information click here or call 202.483.3000

Highlights: Multiple fire pits; views of the DC skyline; Serving food from 6:30am – 10:30pm and bar services from 5pm – midnight

matchbox – Capitol Hill

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 18 people

For more information, click here or call 202.548.0369

Highlights: Street side people watching in Barracks Row; full menu offered at all times of service

matchbox – Chinatown

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 20 people

For more information, click here or call 202.289.4441

Highlights: Oven-fired pizza and mini-burgers

matchbox – Rockville

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 150 people

For more information, click here or call 301.816.0369

Highlights: One of the largest outdoor patios in Montgomery County; plenty of parking

Ping Pong Dim Sum – Dupont Circle

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 94 people

For more information click here or call 202.293.1268

Highlights: Contemporary twists on Chinese small plates; new spring specials; two options – street side or bar side patios

RIS – West End DC

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 64 people

For more information, click here or call 202.730.2500

Highlights: Market fresh all-day dining; spring cocktails; rush hour served weekdays 4:30-6pm and 9:30-11pm.

Ted’s BULLETIN – Capitol Hill

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 8 people

For more information, click here or call 202.544.8337

Highlights: Adult milkshakes and homemade pastries

Tortilla Coast – Logan Circle

Hours: Before 10pm Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri-Sat; Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 84 people

For more information, click here or call 202.629.3280

Highlights: Daily happy hour 3:30-7pm; Mexican cuisine and weekend brunch

Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro – Reston

Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting

Seating Capacity: 70 people

For more information, click here or call 703.234.3550

Highlights: Over 300 wines by the glass or bottle;  new small plate offerings; secluded and surrounded by Chef Bo’s seasonal vegetable and herb garden

Fiola

Hours:  Regular Business hours; the restaurant is closed on Sundays.

Seating Capacity: 70 guests

For More Info, click here or call (202) 628-2888

Highlights:  Bar Manager Jeff Faile’s cocktail menu includes his Hemingway in Peru, a combination of Pisco, lime and grapefruit juices and Ain’t that a Daisy, Faile’s spin on a classic margarita amped up with tequila, housemade hibiscus cordial and lime juice.

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Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.

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