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100 Best Restaurants 2008

Openings by celebrity chefs! A bistro renaissance! Twenty new restaurants! There’s plenty of excitement on this year’s list of very best restaurants, ranked from 1 to 100.

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100 Best Restaurants 2008

Try our easy-to-use database of this year's 100 best restaurants, where you can sort by ranking, star rating, or alphabetically.

Afghan

  1. Faryab

American/Modern American

  1. 1789 Restaurant
  2. 2941 Restaurant
  3. Black Market Bistro
  4. Black's Bar and Kitchen
  5. Blue Duck Tavern
  6. Buck's Fishing & Camping
  7. Butterfield 9
  8. Cashion's Eat Place
  9. Central Michel Richard
  10. Circle Bistro
  11. CityZen
  12. Colorado Kitchen
  13. Corduroy
  14. Cynthia's
  15. David Craig Bethesda
  16. DC Coast
  17. Equinox
  18. Farrah Olivia
  19. Foti's
  20. Grapeseed Bistro
  21. Inn at Little Washington
  1. Jackie's Restaurant
  2. Liberty Tavern
  3. The Majestic
  4. Mendocino Grille & Wine Bar
  5. New Heights
  6. Nicaro
  7. The Oval Room
  8. Palena
  9. Poste Moderne Brasserie
  10. Proof
  11. PS7's
  12. Ray's the Classics
  13. Restaurant Eve
  14. Rock Creek at Mazza
  15. The Source
  16. Tabard Inn
  17. Vermilion
  18. Vidalia
  19. Westend Bistro
  20. Willow

Belgian/Eastern European

  1. Brasserie Beck
  2. Leopold's Kafe & Konditorei
  1. Mannequin Pis

Chinese

  1. Bob's Noodle 66
  1. Hollywood East Cafe

Ethiopian

  1. Etete

French

  1. Bastille
  2. Bistro Bis
  3. Cafe Du Parc
  4. Citronelle
  5. L'Auberge Chez Francois
  1. Le Paradou
  2. Marcel's
  3. Montmartre
  4. Montsouris

Greek/Mediterranean

  1. Cava
  2. Komi
  1. Mourayo
  2. Zaytinya

Indian

  1. Bombay Indian Restaurant
  2. Indique Heights
  3. Heritage India
  1. Passage to India
  2. Rasika

Italian

  1. 2 Amys
  2. Amici Miei
  3. Bebo Trattoria
  4. Notti Bianche
  1. Obelisk
  2. Ristorante Spezie
  3. Ristorante Tosca

Japanese/Sushi

  1. Kaz Sushi Bistro
  2. Kotobuki
  1. Makoto
  2. Sushi-Ko

Pan-Asian

  1. Raku Bethesda

Seafood

  1. Black Salt
  2. Hank's Oyster Bar
  3. Hook
  1. Johnny's Half Shell
  2. Kinkead's

South American/Nuevo Latino

  1. Cafe Atlantico
  2. Jaleo
  1. Oyamel
  2. Zengo

Spanish

  1. Minibar
  1. Taberna del Alabardero

Steaks

  1. BLT Steak
  2. Charlie Palmer Steak
  3. Lewnes' Steakhouse
  1. The Prime Rib
  2. Ray's the Steaks

Thai/Malaysian

  1. Bangkok 54
  2. Malaysia Kopitiam
  1. Thai Square

Vietnamese

  1. Huong Viet
  2. Minh's
  1. Viet Royale
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