Guides and resources for dining in the D.C. area.

The list:

• Tom Sietsema's Dining Guide (current version, Fall 2019) and archive of restaurant reviews. Tom Sietsema is the Washington Post food critic.
• Tim Carman's Casual Dining Guide (2019) and other writings. Tim Carman is a Washington Post food journalist.
• Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide. Tyler Cowen is a well-known economist who works at Geoge Mason University (Mercatus Center). He also publishes the marginal revolution blog and hosts a free lecture series with notable guests, called Conversations with Tyler, that is sometimes held live (free to attend) at the GMU Arlington Campus.
• Don Rockwell's Washington D.C. Dining Guide and Forum. A really great resource for all things food in the DMV area. Don Rockwell says that his Washington D.C. Dining Guide is the largest single-city dining guide in the world. Access to the full, compiled Dining Guide is restricted to forum contributors (minimum 10 posts) but there is still a lot of information in the forums and they are worth exploring and searching.
• Washingtonian's Best Restaurants. Top reviewed restaurants from the Washingtonian magazine.
• Eater's 38 Essential Washington DC Restaurants. Part of the Eater 38 series of of top restaurants in major cities around the country.

— Links and text updated on 8/8/2020.