About Conosci
Months after opening, there was still no sign outside restaurateur Michael Schlow’s seafood spot—designed to be a hidden gem. Word is out, though the candlelit tasting room still exudes the charm of an undiscovered find. (Also: date night with soft jazz and sake cocktails from a tableside bar cart.) A model parade of seafood dishes—raw to gently cooked—arrive in three prix fixe options. The wallet-friendly $45 tasting might include tuna poke and octopus salad with fermented chilies and mango, while a $135 splurge can bring gin-spritzed oysters and hamachi crowned with uni and caviar. If the ambience doesn’t make you swoon, the crab risotto will. Expensive to very expensive.
Also great: Arctic-char crudo with celery and chilies; snapper ceviche with purple potato; sweet shrimp crostini with lardo; Negroni-san (sake, gin, plum wine).
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.
Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.
Jessica Sidman covers the people and trends behind D.C.’s food and drink scene. Before joining Washingtonian in July 2016, she was Food Editor and Young & Hungry columnist at Washington City Paper. She is a Colorado native and University of Pennsylvania grad.
Kristen Hinman has been editing Washingtonian’s features since 2014. She joined the magazine after editing politics & policy coverage for Bloomberg Businessweek and working as a staff writer for Voice Media Group/Riverfront Times.
