Fearless Critic restaurant review
1789
A stuffy, unjustly famous sinkhole for your wallet
Modern
Upmarket restaurant
Hours
Mon–Thu 6:00pm–10:00pm
Fri 6:00pm–11:00pm
Sat 5:30pm–11:00pm
Sun 5:30pm–10:00pm
Features Good wines, live music
Bar Beer, wine, liquorCredit cards Visa, MC, AmEx
Reservations Accepted
www.1789restaurant.com
Georgetown
1226 36th St. NW
Washington, DC
(202) 965-1789
One almost must resort to conspiracy theories to explain why this palace of stuffiness is thought of as one of DC’s best restaurants—and, perhaps even more bizarrely, as one of DC’s most romantic restaurants. These preposterous notions seem to have taken on a life of their own and spun out…
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