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Bistro Francais

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Reviewed by Robert Shoffner

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An up-all-night Georgetown institution.

Bistro Francais

3124-28 M Street, NW
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-338-3830

Cuisines:
French

Opening Hours:
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun:
Morning: 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat:
Afternoon: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Mon,Tue:
Evening: 10:00 PM - 01:00 AM Wed,Thu:
Evening: 10:00 PM - 03:00 AM Fri,Sat:
Evening: 10:00 PM - 04:00 AM

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Foggy Bottom-GWU

Price Range:
Moderate

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Rowdy

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Late Night, Weekend Brunch, Kid Friendly

Website:
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Best Dishes
Lamb sausage with eggplant salad; cassoulet; Morrocan-style couscous; rabbit with mustard sauce; roast pork with potato gratin; roast pigeon with truffle jus; dover sole; roast chicken with tarragon.

Price Details:
Three-course prix fixe dinner (between 5 and 7 PM and 10:30 PM and 1 AM), $19.95.


 

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From January 2002 100 Very Best Restaurants

This Georgetown landmark, which dates back to the bistro boom of the 1970s, has a lot of competition from the area's informal French restaurants, but it remains a good dining value. And if you are not in the mood for a midnight meal in Chinatown, Bistro Français is your best bet for good late-night dining in DC.

The set menu merits attention--you will always find Dover sole at a fair price, and much comfort is to be found in the roast chicken with tarragon jus--but the long list of daily specials is the main attraction. Some of the kitchen's best work is in such fine first courses as the lamb sausage with eggplant salad and such generously portioned main courses as cassoulet, Moroccan-style couscous, a sauté of rabbit with mustard sauce, roast pork with a deliciously crusty potato gratin, and an affordable roast pigeon with truffle jus.

Share | Print | January 01, 2002 | Reviewed by Robert Rapuano
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