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Obelisk Frommer's Exceptional

2029 P St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036

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Cuisine Italian
Hours Tues-Sat 6-10pm
Location At 21st St, Dupont Circle
Transportation Metro: Dupont Circle
Reservations Reservations required
Phone 202/872-1180
Prices Fixed-price 5-course dinner $72
Credit Cards MC,V

Obelisk Review

Obelisk is one the city's most consistently excellent restaurants. Service and food are simply superb. In this pleasantly spare room that seats only 30, the walls are decorated with 19th-century French botanical prints and Italian lithographs. Obelisk serves sophisticated Italian cuisine made of the freshest-possible ingredients. Each night, diners are offered two or three choices for each of five courses. Dinner might begin with an antipasti misti of zucchini fritters, deep-fried risotto croquettes, and garbanzo beans with tuna in olive oil; followed by sweetbread and porcini ravioli with sage butter; and then an artfully arranged dish of grilled stuffed quail and duck sausage with spinach, or black bass with peppers, fennel, and green sauce. A cheese course and dessert follow. Breads and desserts are all baked in-house. Chef/owner Peter Pastan's carefully crafted wine list represents varied regions of Italy, as well as California vintages.

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