100 Very Best 2017
100 Very Best 2019The restaurant scene in Cleveland Park had seen better days—until the arrival of this Indian street-food place, courtesy of Rasika chef Vikram Sunderam and Ashok Bajaj. The menu of shareable snacks is carefully paced. All the better to savor Sunderam’s tiny masterpieces, such as golgappas—airy puffs filled with avocado and spiced yogurt. The lineup is so tightly tuned that you can order with abandon. If we had one wish for the place, it’d be to turn down the volume. Moderate.
Also great: crab idiyappam; chicken kathi roll; steamed market fish; bacon-chili naan.
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.
