The Room
Filomena opened on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown in 1983 — Washington's most-historic Italian-American dining room and the dining-room expression of Georgetown's Italian-American identity. Forty-two years later the room is one of DC's longest-running Italian institutions, with an iconic pasta-rolling window in the front of the building that has fascinated tourists and regulars for decades.
The Washington Post has held Filomena on its top-Georgetown rankings every year of operation.
The Food
The pasta programme is hand-rolled in the visible street-level pasta-rolling window. The Italian-American classics — the lasagna, the chicken parmigiana, the veal Marsala, the seasonal-rotating Italian preparations — run as the menu's spine.
Wine programme is heavily Italian. Cocktails are classic-Italian. Service is the long-running Italian-American family-restaurant brigade book.
Best Occasion Fit
Birthday: Birthdays at Filomena are warm, Italian-American, Georgetown-historic affairs the room has hosted for over four decades.
Impress Clients: International visitors recognise Filomena's pasta-rolling window and the Italian-American institution immediately.
Team Dinner: The dining rooms hold tables of ten to twenty.