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🍣Perry’s, AdMo: good sushi, cute rooftop
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🐯Tiger Fork, Shaw Blagden Alley: good drinks, upscale Hong Kong street food $$
🥩Bar Spero, Penn Quarter/east end area: one of the best meals I’ve ever had, but definitely expensive. Seafood & grill food. Also was rated one of the top 5 new restaurants in the US last year $$$$
🌻Gypsy Kitchen, 14th St: really good small shareable plates, nice rooftop/outdoor seating esp. during sunset, good drinks $$$
✨Dlena, mt Vernon: amazing margs (10/10) and food. Good outdoor seating and inside is fun. $$
🌍Maydan, FL Ave: so good. Went with banana Dans $$$
🌵Vera, Ivy City (Mexican/Mediterranean fusion): SO good. Def upscale, went for kittys bday. Food was bomb and was served the largest gin drink in the world. If you go late enough, it turns into a full service bar upstairs and a separate club/bar downstairs $$$$
🥀El Secreto de Rosita, U Street: cute inside with nice booths/ambiance (good for a date), burratta flatbread was bomb, brunch on the weekends and a good happy hour, waitress told me their turning the extension next door into a fine dining section soon $$
👯♀️Jane Jane (14th street): great drinks and a cozy environment. Fills up fast, especially at night, and doesn’t take reservations but you can put your name on a waiting list. Right on 14th so you can hit Aslin or somewhere else while you wait.
🫒Green Zone (AdMo): one of my favorite bars in the city. Has awesome middle eastern music and small plates but fills up very fast. Indoor & outdoor seating, doesn’t take reservations so expect to stand somewhere upstairs unless you go early for a table.
💕Thip Khao (14th st): delicious Laotian food and really good portions. fair prices too
🐯Tiger Fork, Shaw Blagden Alley: good drinks, upscale Hong Kong street food $$
🥩Bar Spero, Penn Quarter/east end area: one of the best meals I’ve ever had, but definitely expensive. Seafood & grill food. Also was rated one of the top 5 new restaurants in the US last year $$$$
🌻Gypsy Kitchen, 14th St: really good small shareable plates, nice rooftop/outdoor seating esp. during sunset, good drinks $$$
✨Dlena, mt Vernon: amazing margs (10/10) and food. Good outdoor seating and inside is fun. $$
🌍Maydan, FL Ave: so good. Went with banana Dans $$$
🌵Vera, Ivy City (Mexican/Mediterranean fusion): SO good. Def upscale, went for kittys bday. Food was bomb and was served the largest gin drink in the world. If you go late enough, it turns into a full service bar upstairs and a separate club/bar downstairs $$$$
🥀El Secreto de Rosita, U Street: cute inside with nice booths/ambiance (good for a date), burratta flatbread was bomb, brunch on the weekends and a good happy hour, waitress told me their turning the extension next door into a fine dining section soon $$
👯♀️Jane Jane (14th street): great drinks and a cozy environment. Fills up fast, especially at night, and doesn’t take reservations but you can put your name on a waiting list. Right on 14th so you can hit Aslin or somewhere else while you wait.
🫒Green Zone (AdMo): one of my favorite bars in the city. Has awesome middle eastern music and small plates but fills up very fast. Indoor & outdoor seating, doesn’t take reservations so expect to stand somewhere upstairs unless you go early for a table.
💕Thip Khao (14th st): delicious Laotian food and really good portions. fair prices too
Mar 31, 2024
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My friends and I got takeout from Little Miner Taco (some of the best birria I’ve had) about 10 minutes away from there and ate in the huge Columns. There‘s a lot to see there and a Bonsai Garden and woods to explore. You can also rent bikes and go down some of the paths. Definitely a good way to spend the day.
Hiraya is a new Filipino restaurant that just opened and everything there is delicious. (I got their pork belly and an espresso martini) The first floor is a breakfast cafe with a huge bakery selection and they turn over to dinner service on the second floor. They have a lot of cool cocktails and there’s some pretty cool bars around them too.
Also this one’s kinda obvious but there’s this app called TickPick, basically stubhub for last min tickets and I saw Maya Hawke and Raffaella at 9:30 Club for $12 not knowing either of their music and ended up having a great time so always worth checking if any artist catches your interest.
Hiraya is a new Filipino restaurant that just opened and everything there is delicious. (I got their pork belly and an espresso martini) The first floor is a breakfast cafe with a huge bakery selection and they turn over to dinner service on the second floor. They have a lot of cool cocktails and there’s some pretty cool bars around them too.
Also this one’s kinda obvious but there’s this app called TickPick, basically stubhub for last min tickets and I saw Maya Hawke and Raffaella at 9:30 Club for $12 not knowing either of their music and ended up having a great time so always worth checking if any artist catches your interest.
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🍸Medina’s espresso martini made with Turkish coffee ice cream and cardamom. One of my favorite ones I’ve ever had!! Also a very cool atmosphere and their sister restaurant is right next door.
Other places: obviously all the free museums, especially the art ones are amazing.
Pastis DC is a French restaurant, good food and killer desserts and cocktails (amazing dirty martinis and chocolate mousse) reservations recommended or sitting at the bar is first come first serve. Also great ambiance.
Jinya ramen bar is good, soupy dumplings is a cheap and easy place for soup dumplings and things. You can order at the table with your phone and the QR code at will until you’re done.
Baseball games are fun, even if it’s a cheap ticket.
Other places: obviously all the free museums, especially the art ones are amazing.
Pastis DC is a French restaurant, good food and killer desserts and cocktails (amazing dirty martinis and chocolate mousse) reservations recommended or sitting at the bar is first come first serve. Also great ambiance.
Jinya ramen bar is good, soupy dumplings is a cheap and easy place for soup dumplings and things. You can order at the table with your phone and the QR code at will until you’re done.
Baseball games are fun, even if it’s a cheap ticket.
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📸food~
best thai food is jai thai no contest
mirch masala(north indian, never been disappointed deffo rec the ras malai and baingan bhartha)
roccos(cousin margaret #1) or big marios if ur budget (pizza)
oriental mart @the market or 88 cues @SLU market(filipino)
falafel king, the golden olive, albashas
viet house best vietnamese food in the US👏👏👏
only good hispanic food comes from the food trucks scattered around, the restaurants suck
cafe~ sadly my fav closed a year ago so i dont go out much now but these have been good as of recently
for pastries- fuji bakery, three sisters, morfy’s cakes, mitten sweets & coffee
for coffee- analog coffee, fremont coffee co., cafe allegro(the true OG cafe of seattle)
the lazy cow (both and operate on a pay-if-you-can basis)
biscuit bitch (🤤 not even funny how slutty those breakfast sandwiches are)
stay away from the big franchises and the places that are a little too clean-they bully their baristas, anywhere that uses lighthouse roasters is probably gonna have okay coffee
bars~ i dont go out much but
jupiter (ive got 4th place on galaga rn)
kangaroo & kiwi
blue moon tavern (mostly for the music)
belltown yacht club (just the music)
unicorn (drag bingo tuesdays)
cool hangouts especially in summer are gasworks and discovery park-if u dont bother hitting up the islands then late summer is when the orcas pass the bay and you can watch from discovery if ur going to the market best time is wednesday like 9:45-11:30 am if i think of anything else ill add this is just top of my head
cool hangouts especially in summer are gasworks and discovery park-if u dont bother hitting up the islands then late summer is when the orcas pass the bay and you can watch from discovery if ur going to the market best time is wednesday like 9:45-11:30 am if i think of anything else ill add this is just top of my head
May 15, 2025
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🔕bar bathrooms, guest bedroom, rooftops, around the corner, empty alleys, pantries, take your pick