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Fearless Critic restaurant review
DC
Food
Feel
Price
8.6
9.3
$80
Modern
Upmarket restaurant

Hours
Mon–Thu 6:00pm–10:00pm
Fri–Sat 5:30pm–10:30pm

Features Date-friendly, Wi-Fi
Bar Beer, wine, liquor
Credit cards Visa, MC, AmEx
Reservations Accepted

www.noras.com

Dupont
2132 Florida Ave. NW
Washington, DC
(202) 462-5143
Nora
Pricey and organic, yes, but—more importantly—warm, romantic, and consistently pretty good

This is the nation’s first certified organic restaurant, but Nora features the white linens, classically trained waiters, dimmed lighting, and high prices of any other very-top-end DC establishment. Although they may not mandate that you wear a tie, you probably won’t feel comfortable in a T-shirt.

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