The esteemed Michelin Guide has given two new restaurants a coveted star, taking the number of D.C. restaurants with at least one Michelin star to 14.

From the best fine dining to the new eateries on our radar, here are the best restaurants in D.C.

Little Serow isn’t just good—it’s the best restaurant in the country, says one critic.

D.C. got swept at last night’s James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony.

Photo by Eric Denman D.C. has always had a reputation as a drinking town. Maybe it’s because of all the lobbyists, lawyers, and politicians, but in the heyday of the cocktail, before Prohibition, residents of the District supposedly out-drank their counterparts in other areas of the country several times over. We even have our own cocktail that was named after a lobbyist. These days, many of the top restaurants in the city now have…

It’s been a delicious year in D.C. The city has seen a number of interesting new restaurants and eatieries, including spots like CommonWealth, Art and Soul, Cork Wine Bar, Adour, and Ray’s Hell-Burger. The DCist food staff got together to look back on their favorite dishes, desserts, and drinks of 2008. Cork served up one of Eric Denman’s favorites — Pernod-braised lamb. The dish is a tender pile of shredded lamb shank atop small flagelots…

Dish of the Week: Mascarpone-stuffed dates with sea salt Where: Komi Congratulations to Komi, which received a fourth star in the 2008 Washington Post Dining Guide. A definite splurge for most diners, most visitors to Komi find themselves wowed by the clean, simple flavors of the dishes and great technique. More than just fine dining, it is a place to take pleasure in really good, simple things. One of Komi’s signature dishes is the mascarpone-stuffed…