3 Washington DC Restaurants On 'America's Favorite' List

WASHINGTON, DC — Most people know the popular eateries or hot spots in their city, but Bon Appétit is sharing America's Favorite Neighborhood Restaurants thanks to the opinions of dozens of interesting people across the country. Bon Appétit said they asked 80 people - writers, novelists, chefs, comedians, NBA players and more - to give the scoop on their go-to haunts.

Washington, D.C., has three restaurants on the list, including cultural and foodie hotspot Busboys and Poets, soul food venue Florida Avenue Grill and . No Virginia restaurants made the list.

"These are the spots we return to again and again, the places that make no claim to be the newest or the trendiest, and that’s precisely why we love them," Bon Appétit's editors said.

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Here are the DC eateries deemed treasures by the experts at Bon Appétit:

Busboys and Poets: “I love Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C.," says writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. "It has a warm, lived in charm, photos of black gorgeousness on the walls, a little bookshop tucked in the corner so that you walk in to see novels spread out on a table near the entrance. Poetry hangs in the air, the poached pear salad is the kind of sweet that still feels safe, the chicken wings tang and bite, the hummus is wonderfully creamy, and my first ‘better than tolerable’ quinoa dish was had there."

Florida Avenue Grill: “Florida Avenue Grill in D.C. is a historic treasure and one of the oldest soul food restaurants in America; you can literally feel the history in the furniture of the place," says Edward Lee, chef at Succotash. "I live nearby, so I try to go in the late afternoons when the lines aren’t too long. I always get pig’s feet, tender and oh so gelatinous, with a little hot sauce and some cornbread. It does the trick every time.”

Pete’s Diner: “Pete’s Diner is a greasy spoon, a small, weird diner in the middle of the government buildings. ... "My Sunday ritual was to treat myself to a solo brunch of banana chocolate chip pancakes the size of my face," says actress and writer Natasha Rothwell. "They were so cheap and filling, which was great since I was post college and broke as hell! The whole thing couldn’t have cost more than $8, it was packaged up on the menu as something like ‘The Breakfast Platter’: eggs, bacon, and pancakes. I paid a little extra to get chocolate chips. They were worth every penny."

Look through all the entries in the America's Favorite Neighborhood Restaurant project.

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