Guidebook for Washington
Food Scene
Union Market is terrific! If you like wholesale food and wines from Italy, check out the little Italian dive/hideaway across from Union Market, behind the gas station. Worth it. Also the bakery near the Trader Joes. There are so many new restaurants in this enclave that it’s hard to keep up.
906 locals recommend
Union Market
1309 5th St NEUnion Market is terrific! If you like wholesale food and wines from Italy, check out the little Italian dive/hideaway across from Union Market, behind the gas station. Worth it. Also the bakery near the Trader Joes. There are so many new restaurants in this enclave that it’s hard to keep up.
Great space for individuals -- and there's a family friendly bookshop next door too, Solid State Books.
67 locals recommend
The Wydown Coffee Bar
1924 14th St NWGreat space for individuals -- and there's a family friendly bookshop next door too, Solid State Books.
Sightseeing
The Burning Man Exhibition is worth it.
159 locals recommend
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NWThe Burning Man Exhibition is worth it.
Parks & Nature
The national arboretum has a cool bonzai garden, worth seeing, and you can rent bikes at the front gate (which is mislabeled on this map). You can also access the arboretum from the very end of a long path at the end of my street, but shhh, that's a secret entrance... Good for your morning run.
350 locals recommend
United States National Arboretum
3501 New York Ave NEThe national arboretum has a cool bonzai garden, worth seeing, and you can rent bikes at the front gate (which is mislabeled on this map). You can also access the arboretum from the very end of a long path at the end of my street, but shhh, that's a secret entrance... Good for your morning run.