The Room
The Tabard Inn's dining room has operated in Dupont Circle since 1922 — Washington's longest-running inn-restaurant. The dining room is unchanged from the 1920s renovation: hand-painted murals, hardwood floors, framed photographs of the inn's century-and-then-some history.
The Washington Post has held the Tabard Inn on its top-historic-restaurant rankings every year of operation.
The Food
The menu runs modern-American with Mid-Atlantic sourcing. The seasonal-rotating preparations, the wood-grilled secondi, the brunch programme run as the menu's spine.
Wine programme is American with a small French bench. Cocktails are classic-American. Service is the long-running inn-restaurant brigade book.
Best Occasion Fit
Proposal: The corner table at the Tabard Inn on a clear evening is one of DC's most-discreet historic proposal venues.
Birthday: Birthdays at the Tabard Inn are warm, historic-American affairs the room has hosted for over a century.
Impress Clients: International visitors recognise the Tabard's century-old history.