Neighborhood Eats: Belga Cafe

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Belga Cafe

514 8th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: 202-544-0100

Cuisines:
Belgian

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
Eastern Market

Price Range:
Moderate

Dress:
Informal

Crowd:
Hill staffers, neighborhood dwellers, and beer connoisseurs.

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Recommended

Special Features:
Weekend Brunch

Website:
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Best Dishes
Pastry "cigars" stuffed with chicken and crab; duck liver with tutti-frutti; chicken Waterzooi; beef stew; cod with Brussels sprouts and brandade; fried veal sweetbreads; pommes frites; asparagus fritters with asparagus ice cream; endive tarte Tatin.

Price Details:
Dinner entrees, $16 to $22.

Reader's Rating:

4 out of 5

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The menu at this brick-walled cafe is divided between Euro-fusion—chef Bart Vandaele’s spins on his native Belgian cuisine—and classic Flemish dishes. The latter are better: mustardy potato croquettes, sweet-sour beef stew with braised cabbage, and mussels steamed in ale. The list of draft and bottled beers is long and well considered—one interesting choice is Kasteel Rouge, a cherry-flavored beer that’s not so sweet that you’d mistake it for dessert.

-March, 2008

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Belga is awesome!

puglismc — October 27, 2009 8:51 AM

Recently went to Belga Cafe and had an amazing experience. The food was awesome (especially the mussels), service was friendly and helpful. Beer list was out of this world. Chef Bart clearly knows how to please his guests! I will definitely be More ...

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