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The Resy Guide to the Women-Owned Restaurants of Washington, D.C.

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For Rose Previte, owner of Compass Rose and Maydān, being a restaurant owner is a personal endeavor that’s deeply connected to her experience growing up as a daughter of a Sicilian father and Lebanese mother.

“I’m in this for every woman who felt less than growing up because she looked different or someone told them that being different was bad,” said Previte, when she participated in Resy’s 2020 Women of Food series. “I started making food for people that was the food that made me ‘weird’ growing up, and the world finally understood, appreciated and now celebrates those differences.”

Behind every great restaurant is a woman. The following women-owned restaurants in DC, all available to book on Resy, are proof of that.

45 venues

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Deniz Güllüoglu

Apéro DC
Elli Benchimol

Bar Charley
Jackie Greenbaum

Beau Thai – Shaw
Aschara Vigsittaboot

Bistro Cacao
Hulya Bolukbasi

Bottles Wines Garden
Angie Duran and Erika Parjus

Brightwood Pizza by ANXO
Rachel Fitz

Celebration by Rupa Vira
Rupa Vira

Centrolina
Amy Brandwein

Compass Rose
Rose Previte

Crazy Aunt Helen’s
Mary Quillian Helms

Creole on 14th
Shatorya Miskiri

DC Vegan
Leah Curran Moon

Destino
Kelly Phillips

El Chucho
Jackie Greenbaum

Ellē
Lizzy Evelyn

Emmy Squared Navy Yards
Emily Hyland

établi
Kathleen Davis

Fancy Radish
Kate Jacoby

Granville Moore’s
Roneeka Bhagotra

Hank’s Oyster Bar (Alexandria)
Hank’s Oyster Bar (Capitol Hill) 
Hank’s Oyster Bar (Dupont) 
Hank’s Oyster Bar (The Wharf)
Jamie Leeds

Immigrant Food+
Téa Ivanovic

Immigrant Food White House
Téa Ivanovic

Jiwa Singapura
Aishah Moncayo

Kirby Club
Rose Previte

Little Coco’s
Jackie Greenbaum

Mariscos 1133
Jessica Solis

Martha Dear
Tara Smith

Maydān
Rose Previte

Mercy Me
Daniela Moreira

Miss Toya’s Creole House
Shatorya Miskiri

Pirouette Café and Wine Shop
Jackie Loustaunau

Purple Patch
Patrice Cleary

Reveler’s Hour
Jill Tyler

Rooster & Owl
Carey Tang

Soi 38
Dia Khanthongthip

St. James
Jeanine Prime

Tail Up Goat
Jill Tyler

Thompson Italian Alexandria
Katherine Thompson

Thompson Italian Falls Church
Katherine Thompson

Virginia’s Darling
Nicole Jones

1310 Kitchen & Bar
Jenn Crovato

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The Women of Food in Washington, D.C.

Purple Patch

Purple Patch

4.7 · Filipino · $$

Mt. Pleasant
Ellē

Ellē

4.8 · American · $$

Mount Pleasant
Compass Rose

Compass Rose

4.7 · International · $$

Shaw
Hank's Oyster Bar - Dupont

Hank’s Oyster Bar – Dupont

4.6 · Seafood · $$

Dupont Circle
Hank's Oyster Bar - The Wharf

Hank’s Oyster Bar – The Wharf

4.3 · Seafood · $$

The Wharf
Rooster & Owl

Rooster & Owl

4.8 · American · $$$

14th Street NW
Bar Charley

Bar Charley

4.6 · American · $$

Adams Morgan
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