The Needle: Cork

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Cork

1720 14th St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-265-2675

Cuisines:
American, Modern, Tapas/Small Plates

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
U St./African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo
Dupont Circle

Price Range:
Moderate

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Recommended

Special Features:
Late Night, Party Space

Website:
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Best Dishes
Braised mustard greens with pork tenderloin; roasted Brussels sprouts; croque madame; a stew of chickpeas with saffron; French fries with house-made ketchup; crustless goat-cheese-cake quenelles.

Price Details:
Small plates, $5 to $15.

Reader's Rating:

1 out of 5

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The menu at this tiny wine bar doesn’t change much. That’s not a bad thing when it comes to such small plates as creamy-sweet chicken-liver bruschetta and oiled tomatoes with chèvre—little gems that have been on the menu since day one. But a recent dinner’s fried calamari and rock shrimp spent too little time in the fryer and a plate of avocado bruschetta was too sparsely seasoned. Other than that, our chief complaint is the inevitable wait for a table.

-September 2009

Corduroy

Redwood

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Rude, rude, rude

rgg109 — March 20, 2009 7:39 PM

There was no greeting, no service. We never felt welcome. Only told "You can't sit at a table until 530pm" (in a condescending tone by who seemed to be a manager or owner, and it was 500pm and there was nobody else there) and all we wanted was a More ...

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Overrated, Really bad service

jcooney — February 9, 2009 11:52 AM

During our over 2 hour wait the hostess never was able to give us an estimate of how long the wait was (even from the beginning). Then when we finally sat down, our waiter forgot his corkscrew two separate times when he brought bottles of wine to More ...

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