1789 Restaurant Restaurant Review
1226 36th St. NW (Prospect St. NW) 
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Washington, DC 20007
202-965-1789 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightlyFeatures
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Valet parking
- Jackets suggested
Wine
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 Perhaps the grande dame of Washington restaurants, 1789 plays host to many of DC’s and the nation’s power players---and it was a favorite of the late Julia Child. Housed in an historic federalist residence, the restaurant retains its distinctive air of gentility while brash newcomers open, operate, and close. Open for dinners only and decadent holiday and graduation brunches, the restaurant has made its reputation on more than its good looks: it’s the cooking, as its fans can attest. The menu, formerly overseen by executive chef Daniel Giusti who has now left the restaurant, reflects seasonal adaptations, such as local Virginia beef tenderloin with Swiss chard, baby carrots, turnips, pearl onions, fingerling potatoes and bordelaise. First courses might include oyster gratin with Gruyère and house-smoked bacon or, on the lighter side, Tuscarora Organic Growers bitter greens, poached Bosc pears, blue cheese, hazelnuts and grain mustard vinaigrette. Toss calorie cares aside to enjoy one of the pastry chef’s treats: s’mores chocolate donuts with marshmallow filling and graham cracker ice cream, ricotta lime cheesecake, and a warm cookie plate with spiced hot chocolate.
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