Skip the dull first-level “jungle room.” Instead, check out the main room upstairs, where—in addition to the large fish tanks that give the bar its name—you’ll find a sizable selection of beers ranging from Milwaukee’s finest to Belgian favorites Chimay and De Koninck—all on tap. The pearl at the Reef is the heated roof deck overlooking a vista of downtown DC—a view well worth seeing even if you have to bulldoze through Adams Morgan crowds on the weekend.
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Executive Food Editor/Critic
Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.
