Most Anticipated Restaurants List 2020: 5 Are In Washington DC

WASHINGTON, DC — If you love the excitement of trying a delicious new dining option, we've got some good news for you.

The Daily Meal recently unveiled its "The Most Anticipated Restaurants of 2020" list, and the online food and dining site included five restaurants from Washington, D.C.

Here are the new restaurants in the Washington area that on the Daily Meal's most anticipated list:

• Dauphine's, Washington. D.C.
• Gatsby, Washington, D.C.
• The Grill, Washington, D.C.
• Maialino Mare and Anchovy Social, Washington, D.C.
• Philotimo, Washington, D.C.

Here are descriptions from the Daily Meal for each venue:

Dauphine's: Dauphine’s, which will be opening in winter 2020, will anchor Washington’s Midtown Center, one of the largest construction projects the capital has seen in years. This new concept is the result of a partnership between the teams behind Washington’s The Salt Line and New Orleans cocktail bar Cure, one of the best bars in America. Dauphine’s is inspired by NOLA’s “grande dame” restaurants and will serve Big Easy-inspired cuisine and cocktails.

Gatsby: The three-floor, 300-seat Gatsby is set to open up the street from Nationals Park in early 2020. It will serve lunch and dinner menus with a focus on simple, locally sourced new American food and will also include the second location of Umber Ahmad’s popular New York City bakery Mah-Ze-Dahr.

The Grill: Chef Roberto Santibañez will open a 200-seat, 5,400-square-foot upscale American bar and grill in Washington’s District Wharf. The Grill will feature an open kitchen serving a menu of wood-fired steaks and seafood as well as lighter, California-inspired fare. There will be plenty of California wines on offer as well as a gin-centric cocktail program. The Grill is set to have stunning views, with an indoor-outdoor bar and a patio facing the water.

Maialino Mare and Anchovy Social: Chef Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group will open its first fine-dining concept in Washington, D.C. in January. A “coastal sister” to his Maialino in New York, the Roman-influenced Maialino Mare, located inside the Thompson Washington D.C., will emphasize whole grilled fish, seafood and pasta. Chef Rose Noel will head up the kitchen. There will also be a rooftop bar called Anchovy Social that will serve classic Italian cocktails with seasonal twists.

Philotimo: Chef Nicholas Stefanelli of Masseria and Officina will debut a Greek restaurant in Washington’s Midtown Center in early 2020. The restaurant will highlight the culinary diversity of Greece.

To compile its most anticipated restaurants list — which has 42 restaurants in all— the Daily Meal reached out to dining publicists and industry insiders.

"Plenty of exciting new concepts are coming, from food halls and tasting counters to Neapolitan pizzerias, ramen shops and touristy spots from super-famous chefs, but they all have a couple things in common," according to the Daily Meal writers. "They are all expected to open in 2020, and we can't wait for any of them."

See the full list of most anticipated restaurants of 2020 on the Daily Meal.

— By Gus Saltonstall and Deb Belt