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Chew on This: What’s the Quintessential Washington Restaurant?

Written by Kate Nerenberg | Published on January 27, 2010
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To prepare for out-of-town visitors, a reader wrote into Todd Kliman’s chat today to ask which restaurants he thinks would “scream DC” for her guests. Kliman suggested visiting the types of places that are rare in other cities (i.e., Etete, Four Sisters, Ben’s Chili Bowl), and his personal choice was Central because “there’s nothing like it anywhere else.” What restaurant do you think best shows off our city?

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