My wife and I will be spending the day in Washington DC next Friday as we head south for a week of relaxation. We'd like to spend the latter part of the day in Georgetown and would appreciate any recommendations for an early dinner at a nice restaurant with a good wine list that would accommodate our casual dress.

Thanks!

Bob

My favorite is Filomena. Fantastic Italian food. I ate there a year or two ago. If I recall the wine list was good, not great and almost all Italian wines.

I'm going to Georgetown as well this weekend.

Filomena's is a great recommendation.

1789 is a very nice restaurant up by the University, a go-to place for students when their parents come to town to visit.

I'll probably be at The Tombs, which is located downstairs from 1789.

Thanks to both of you for your feedback. I checked out both websites and they look great.

Bob

1789 will not comfortably accomodate casual dress. Or, at least, they used not to. I've not been to DC in a few years, but I used to live there and found that restaurant to be amongst the more formal in town.

I would consider having dinner somewhere that isn't Georgetown. Most of the great casual restaurants in the city are near Georgetown, just not in Georgetown... at least that used to be the case.

An excellent point, winetarelli about the dress code at 1789. It is pretty dressy.

So, Bdublu, where did you wind up going?

It's actually this Friday and we're considering Filomena's among some others that a friend mentioned. I may have mis-worded my original message or we could have met. You were in DC last Friday, right?

Bob

Yes, I was there last weekend.

Georgetown is such a great place. I have lots of fond memories.

No matter where you go, I am sure you'll have a great meal. If you want some good ice cream afterwards, walk up Wisconsin to P Street and have some Thomas Sweet's ice cream. Yum!

Filomena's was great! Great appetizer, great entree and great dessert. Nice touch with the complimentary sambucca or amaretto. We had the 2007 Il Poggione Rosso di Montalcino. Everything I had heard about the '07 Rosso's is right on. This wine is outstanding!

Thanks again. It was a nice ending to a fun day in DC.

Glad to hear that Filomena's was good.

When I was a student, I loved going to Filomena's because we would sit and drink coffee and free sambucca/amaretto after dinner and empty those decanters!