DINING

Post food critic Tom Sietsema highlights longtime classics and dazzling newcomers in the region’s sparkling culinary scene.

Food critic Tom Sietsema picks Chicatana — a friendly, enticing Mexican spot in Columbia Heights — as the year’s best place to eat.

Amid the many newcomers to the D.C. dining scene, these 13 restaurants have established themselves as all-time greats.

An unofficial Crumbl cookies pop-up in Australia kicked up drama this week. We tried the viral sweets to see if they live up to the buzz.

The storied neighborhood offers everything from whimsical tasting menus to braised lamb neck tacos and cold-smoked burgers.

The casual Capitol Hill Italian eatery is run by a Salvadoran family with a background at A. Litteri.

At Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, chef Danny Chavez, a native of El Salvador, offers his most personal cooking yet.

Chef Ian Boden, co-owner of the Shack in Staunton, Va., adds another destination restaurant to his portfolio.

Fast-food chains have scrambled to offer value meals for customers angered by rising costs. We sampled six of them.

The new River Club serves Lebanese, Italian and Spanish small plates in a beautiful space at Washington Harbour in Georgetown.

Kappo features meat in the Palisades, Kiyomi Sushi by Uchi graces a food hall downtown, and Omakase @ Barracks Row delivers dinner and a show.

These eight D.C. steakhouses excel, even though the city long ago shed its meat-and-potatoes image. Here’s where to go and what to order.

You can save yourself from a bad restaurant experience if you know what to look out for.

Costco’s viral ‘emergency food’ bucket contains just-add-water pouches, and the resulting dishes taste as regrettable as you might imagine.

People are lining up for this chicken Caesar wrap. We had a question: Why?

Neutral Ground tastes as good as it looks, with top-notch cooking from David Guas of Bayou Bakery and a seductive, beach-inspired ambience.

The egg cream is also a must at this sleek Jewish deli near Nationals Park.