
50 Best Restaurants: There’s more to The Wine Kitchen than the grapes
With local vintages and locally grown vegetables, The Wine Kitchen stays close to its Leesburg roots.

50 Best Restaurants: Bold flavors will make you come back for more at Thai Square
Thai food takes on a whole new identity thanks to honey-roasted duck, a crispy salad of pork and coconut milk-covered rice at Arlington-based Thai Square.

50 Best Restaurants: Thompson Italian gains success with its effortlessly cool vibe
Find modern American cuisine inspired by Italian flavors at this warm, hip, comfortable spot in Falls Church.

50 Best Restaurants: Malaysian Kopitiam’s move from DC to NoVA pays off
This Centreville spot is home to a long menu, flush with various rice and noodle dishes in soups and sauces, and a unique take on mochi.

50 Best Restaurants: Duo L’Auberge Chez François & Jacques’ Brasserie bring past to present with French cuisine
Enjoy lobster bisque, beef cheek stew and souffle in a restaurant inspired by a nostalgic French country inn plunked down in pastoral Virginia.

50 Best Restaurants: The injera at Makeda doesn’t disappoint
Everything is cooked soft-to-the-touch at this Ethiopian spot in Alexandria, so forget the forks and knives.