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Thinking about going out to dinner this Valentine’s Day? Yes, you can still get reservations at of-the-moment restaurants such as Masa 14 or Ris—if you want to eat at 4:30. But a scan of OpenTable shows there are plenty of prime-time alternatives—a 6 PM table at Rasika; 7:30 at Corduroy—which will hide any traces of planning procrastination. We’ll keep the list updated frequently.
If you see a reservation you like, lock it down fast. And if you don’t see a restaurant you had in mind, always give it a call. Some places keep a chunk of reservations off OpenTable, or there could be a cancellation, especially if it’s still a snowy mess.
Updated at 6:26 PM (New additions include 1789, BlackSalt, Co Co. Sala, the Oval Room, and Siroc)
DC
701: 6:30
1789: 9
1905: 6, 6:30, 9Acadiana: 8Adour: 7
Ardeo/Bardeo: 6, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, 7:30 , 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30
Art and Soul: 6:30, 8:45, 9
Belga Cafe: 7:15, 8, 8:30Bibiana: 7:15Bistro Bis: 7, 7:45
BlackSalt: 9
BLT Steak: 8, 8:15, 8:30, 9Blue Duck Tavern: 5:30
Bourbon Steak: 8:30Brasserie Beck: 9
Cafe du Parc: 6:15, 6:30, 8:45, 9
Cashion’s Eat Place: 5:30
Cedar: 9
Ceiba: 8:30, 9
Circle Bistro: 6:30, 7, 7:30, 9Citronelle: 6:30
Co Co. Sala: 9
Commonwealth: 6, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9Corduroy: 7:30
Darlington House: 6:45, 8:15, 9DC Coast: 8, 9
Dino: 6, 6:15, 7:15, 8, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9Firefly: 9
Hudson: 6:15, 6:30, 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30Indique: 7:30, 8:45, 9Jaleo: 6
The Jockey Club: 6
Johnny’s Half Shell: 6, 6:15, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9
Kaz Sushi Bistro: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9Kellari: 6, 6:30, 9
Lavandou: 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9
Lebanese Taverna (Woodley Park): 6, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30
Legal Sea Foods (Penn Quarter): 6:15, 7, 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9Marvin: 7:30
Masa 14: 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 9
Matisse Cafe: 6, 7:30, 8:30, 9
Morton’s the Steakhouse (Downtown DC): 6, 7, 8:30, 9
Morton’s the Steakhouse (Georgetown): 6, 6:30, 8, 8:30, 9Nage: 6, 6:15, 9
New Heights: 6, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30
The Occidental: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9
The Oval Room: 8:30The Palm: 7
Petits Plats: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9Policy: 6Poste: 6, 7:30, 8, 8:30Posto: 6, 6:30, 9
The Prime Rib: 9Rasika: 6Ris: 8
Sei: 6, 6:30, 8, 8:30, 9
Siroc: 6Sonoma: 9
Sou’wester: 6:15, 6:30, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9
Spezie: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9Sushi-Ko (Glover Park): 9TenPenh: 6
Urbana: 6, 6:15, 6:30, 8, 8:15, 8:45, 9
Zengo: 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30, 9Zentan: 6, 9
Virginia
3 Bar and Grill: 8:45, 92941: 8:45
Assaggi Osteria: 6:15, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45
Bazin’s on Church: 8:30, 9
Evo Bistro: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9
Fyve: 6:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9
Harry’s Tap Room (Clarendon): 6:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30
Hooked: 7, 8:30, 8:30, 8:45, 9
Jackson 20: 8:15, 8:30, 8:45, 9
Jaleo (Crystal City): 6, 6:15, 6:45, 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30La Bergerie: 6:30, 9
Lebanese Taverna (Arlington): 6, 8
Lebanese Taverna (Pentagon Row): 6, 6:15, 6:30, 7, 7:15, 7:30, 8, 8:15, 8:30
Lebanese Taverna (Tysons Corner): 6, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:15, 8:30
Me Jana: 6, 7, 9
Morton’s the Steakhouse (Reston): 9 8:30, 9PassionFish: 9
Sette Bello: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:30, 9Trummer’s on Main: 8:15, 8:30, 9Willow: 8, 9
Maryland
Amici Miei: 8, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45
Assaggi Mozzarella Bar: 6, 8:30, 9Grapeseed: 8:30, 8:45, 9
Guardado’s: 6, 8
Indique Heights: 6, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, 7, 7:30, 8:15, 8:30
Irish Inn at Glen Echo: 6:30, 8, 8:30
Jaleo (Bethesda): 6, 6:15, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8, 8:30
Lebanese Taverna (Bethesda): 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9
M Cafe: 6, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45, 7, 7:15, 8, 8:15, 8:30Morton’s the Steakhouse (Bethesda): 9Persimmon: 6:30
Praline: 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9
Spice Xing: 6, 6:15, 6:30, 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30
Sushi Ko (Chevy Chase): 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9
Tower Oaks Lodge: 6:30, 6:45, 7, 7:15, 8, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45
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Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.
