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Beloved BBQ

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Judiciary Square
Japanese
Grill your own cuts of short rib and spicy miso hanger steak at this yakiniku restaurant inside the Japanese food hall Love, Makoto. An omakase option includes a sampler of beef, a colorful array of pickles, and a mango-shiso popsicle. We prefer to order à la carte, if only to indulge in the menu’s other showstoppers: milk buns with miso-honey butter, slaw tossed tableside with wasabi-ume dressing, Wagyu fried rice, and mochi potatoes.
Price
Based on dinner for two, including tax and 20-percent tip:
Expensive: $201 to $299
Locations
200 Massachusetts Ave NW , Suite 150, Washington DC, 20001