The Room
Eric Ziebold — formerly the chef de cuisine at Thomas Keller's Per Se and a French Laundry sous-chef — opened Kinship in Mt. Vernon Triangle in 2015. The Michelin DC guide awarded Kinship One Star in 2017 and the room has held the rating ever since. The James Beard Foundation has named Ziebold Best Chef Mid-Atlantic.
The dining room is intentionally formal: white-tablecloth, leather banquettes, hand-painted murals depicting the city's classical architecture. The format reads as Per Se DC.
The Food
The menu is modern-American with French technique. The wood-grilled bavette, the seasonal-rotating Mid-Atlantic seafood, the duck preparations, the rotating tasting menu run as the menu's spine.
Wine programme is one of DC's deepest. Cocktails are classic-American. Service is the Per-Se-trained brigade book.
Best Occasion Fit
Birthday: Birthdays at Kinship are formal, modern-American-fine-dining, candle-on-the-tasting-menu affairs the room handles with ten years of practice.
Close a Deal: Kinship is the Mt. Vernon Triangle deal-dinner address for the meeting that requires the chef-driven Michelin-starred register.
Impress Clients: International visitors recognise Ziebold's Per Se pedigree and the Michelin-starred American-fine-dining language immediately.