Eat DC - 5 Things You Have to Eat in Washington, DC

The nation's capital is full of amazing restaurants and tons of international food for travelers to enjoy. Here we give you our five favorite foods to enjoy when we visit Washington, DC.
1. Ethiopian Food: DC has an enormous range of great international restaurants, but one that stands out as quite unique is the abundance of Ethiopian restaurants in The District. If you get a chance check one out and make sure you wash your hands before you eat, because you don't use a fork and knife, you use your hands and your bread to enjoy the stews, meats and veggies on offer.
2. Maryland Crab: whether it is amazing Maryland Crab Cakes or just plain old tasty crab in anything DC has a lot of crab options for you. So if you see some one selling some crab cakes on the street or on the menu you will get a fresh and local tasty treat.
3. Oysters: the oysters from Chesapeake Bay are worth their weight in tastiness. And what is great oysters are a popular happy hour treat at a number of restuarants around town. So enjoy some oysters and a local beer.
4. Half-Smoked Sausage: whether you are wandering around the national mall looking at museums or you head up to Ben's Chili Bowl there are plenty of options of eating this local sausage.
5. Other Local Treats: Chicken wings with Mumbo sauce is popular when you can find it. The Mumbo sauce is a combination of sweet and sour sauce and BBQ sauce in my opinion. You can always grab a cupcake in Georgetown (they are famous there), or you can head out to Mount Vernon and grab some peanut soup and some bread pudding.
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[TripHacksDC]

Ethiopian food is highly recommended for any visitor to DC! Dukem is good and easy to get to from Metro but there are tons of great Ethiopian places. Ask a local when you come because we often have our own personal favorites.

[xkcash_]

This man is valid! He knows everything abt all these places all over the world. This video was spot on once again.

[wendysherbert]

I live in the DC Metro area and your advice is SPOT on! Great advice for visitors...

[MekoBlu]

As a washingtonian, this was surprisingly spot on! ❤️

[pulsehead]

Granted I didn't do the Smithsonian much when I lived in the DC 'burbs but whenever I went to the mall or the Smithsonian museums, I would grab lunch at one of the cafeterias. Most are your simple burgers, dogs, etc. but the one that is amazing is the American Indian Museum's cafeteria. They took the various indigenous regions (Pac NW, Great plains, SW, North Atlantic, S Atlantic; if I remember correctly) and curated dishes from the region to put on the menu. So smoked salmon from Pac NW, Buffalo from the great plains, etc. They also had the simple burgers/dogs/etc if you weren't a brave eater...

Thanks for reminding me of my favorite museum cafeteria now that I live about 500 miles away from them. :(

[rooooooby]

I love how you mention mumbo sauce. You only find that in real dc, hood dc. A lot of suburban people in the area don't even know what that is.

[bmoreboy]

This just makes me miss home D.C. Bmore corridor. Missed a few spots but still makes me homesick.

[janewright]

Hip city veg in dc is literally the best thing ever...

[sabbycat]

I live in DC and the absolute best raw bar in the city is at Old Ebbitt Grill. They have half price raw bar after 11:30 pm too.They're jumbo lump crabcakes are amazing as well.

[DroppinJewelzz]

He said oysters and my mouth instantaneously started to water🤤

[denisefromdc]

For Ethiopian try Dukem or Ethiopic. On the National Mall, go to the restaurant at the Museum of the American Indian.

[lifeiszain]

Miss my days at Georgetown and living Arlington and walking to Mst everyday

[francish]

Greetings from Dublin in the Rep of Ireland.would you recommend Washington hoping to visit the capital.

[jimmobley]

The Peking Duck at Peking Gourmet Inn is worth the trip across the river. Skip the cupcakes. Old Ebbit if near the mall (get a reservation even for lunch). Clydes or Filomena if in Georgetown. Le Diplomate if you want french. Ser in Arlington. Landini Brothers in Alexandria. Two Amys if you want pizza. You will not go wrong with any of these.

[lifebrarian]

Local here. Arlington, VA (Courthouse metro stop) has some fantastic restaurants as well.

[FastMellow]

Yeah, the food trucks here are very good and they have nice prices also. Our office was until last year located in downtown DC and usually I dropped my co-worker off while he was getting the food and called me when he was done with his route. Meanwhile I was driving around to avoid terrible high parking costs.. These days our office is located in Tysons Corner, but I do miss the food trucks..

[hassanawodi]

At the Smithsonian, there are restaurants at the national museum of American Indians not far from the Air and Space museum and they serve some very very sumptuous food.

[AyoEHere]

Loveee this video 👍🏻 i can't wait to visit DC next month!!

[brunoschenkman]

Hitting the bars for Happy Hour food specials is a great tips.
If you like a European style indoor/outdoor beer garden there are a several to check out incl. Wunder Garten, Biergarten Haus, and Dacha Beer Garden.

[AdevăruriIstoriceAscunse]

Wonderful video! 💗 Greetings from London! 🇬🇧