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First Look: Medium Rare
Outside of the restaurant in Cleveland Park. Photograph by Scott Suchman
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First Look: Medium Rare
The streamlined interior. Photograph by Scott Suchman
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First Look: Medium Rare
Bread, that’s made in house, is excellent. Photograph by Scott Suchman
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First Look: Medium Rare
The kitchen plates lots of steak-frites at once. Photograph by Scott Suchman
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First Look: Medium Rare
The thin fries get ready to go out to a table waiting for seconds. Photograph by Scott Suchman
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First Look: Medium Rare
The signature steak-frites with a secret—but delicious—sauce. Photograph by Scott Suchman
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First Look: Medium Rare
Customers dig in to the steak-frites and bread. Photograph by Scott Suchman