Let’s Eat Outside
Multiple reasons and dining options to eat outdoors this season:
901 Restaurant and Bar – Penn Quarter
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 55 people
For more information, click here or call 202.524.4433
Highlights: Largest sidewalk patio in Penn Quarter; two daily happy hours (5-7:30pm & 10pm-midnight
BRIO Tuscan Grille – Rockville
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 48 people
For more information, click here or call 240.221.2691
Highlights: Northern Italian cuisine; house made pasta specialties, bruschettas and flatbreads, prime steaks, chops, and seafood
Cafe Deluxe – Bethesda
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 50 people
For more information, click here or call 301.656.3131
Highlights: Bethesda Row; happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; classic cosmopolitans
Cafe Deluxe – NW DC
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 60 people
For more information, click here or call 202.686.2233
Highlights: Happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; Classic cosmopolitans
Cafe Deluxe – Gaithersburg
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 102 people
For more information, click here or call 240.403.7082
Highlights: Indoor/Outdoor bar seating with flat screen TVs; happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; classic cosmopolitans
Cafe Deluxe – Tysons Corner
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 60 people
For more information, click here or call 703.761.0600
Highlights: Second level patio views of Tysons; happy hour weekdays from 3:30-7pm; classic cosmopolitans
härth @ Hilton McLean Tysons Corner
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 50 people
For more information, click here or call 703.847.5000
Highlights: Glass enclosed fire pit; sunset views; breakfast until 11am, lunch from 11:30-2pm, afternoon menu from 2-5, and dinner from 5pm to close
Heights Courtyard @ Washington Hilton
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: Lounge seating 70 people; outdoor dining 100 people
For more information click here or call 202.483.3000
Highlights: Multiple fire pits; views of the DC skyline; Serving food from 6:30am – 10:30pm and bar services from 5pm – midnight
matchbox – Capitol Hill
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 18 people
For more information, click here or call 202.548.0369
Highlights: Street side people watching in Barracks Row; full menu offered at all times of service
matchbox – Chinatown
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 20 people
For more information, click here or call 202.289.4441
Highlights: Oven-fired pizza and mini-burgers
matchbox – Rockville
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 150 people
For more information, click here or call 301.816.0369
Highlights: One of the largest outdoor patios in Montgomery County; plenty of parking
Ping Pong Dim Sum – Dupont Circle
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 94 people
For more information click here or call 202.293.1268
Highlights: Contemporary twists on Chinese small plates; new spring specials; two options – street side or bar side patios
RIS – West End DC
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 64 people
For more information, click here or call 202.730.2500
Highlights: Market fresh all-day dining; spring cocktails; rush hour served weekdays 4:30-6pm and 9:30-11pm.
Ted’s BULLETIN – Capitol Hill
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 8 people
For more information, click here or call 202.544.8337
Highlights: Adult milkshakes and homemade pastries
Tortilla Coast – Logan Circle
Hours: Before 10pm Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri-Sat; Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 84 people
For more information, click here or call 202.629.3280
Highlights: Daily happy hour 3:30-7pm; Mexican cuisine and weekend brunch
Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro – Reston
Hours: Regular Business Hours, Weather Permitting
Seating Capacity: 70 people
For more information, click here or call 703.234.3550
Highlights: Over 300 wines by the glass or bottle; new small plate offerings; secluded and surrounded by Chef Bo’s seasonal vegetable and herb garden
Fiola
Hours: Regular Business hours; the restaurant is closed on Sundays.
Seating Capacity: 70 guests
For More Info, click here or call (202) 628-2888
Highlights: Bar Manager Jeff Faile’s cocktail menu includes his Hemingway in Peru, a combination of Pisco, lime and grapefruit juices and Ain’t that a Daisy, Faile’s spin on a classic margarita amped up with tequila, housemade hibiscus cordial and lime juice.
Category: Announcements, Food.Fun.Stuff., Washington D.C.
About the Author (Author Profile)
Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.Subscribe
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