Lupo Verde Cucina and Bar
It’s easy to fall in love with Lupo Verde before you even look at the menu. Set in an old row house on busy 14th Street, the restaurant transports you to a rustic Italian osteria, from its leafy patio strung with twinkling cafe lights to its two floors of warmly lit exposed-brick dining rooms to the bottles of wine stashed in nooks reaching up to the ceiling. But you can’t eat ambiance, so let’s talk about the food. Pasta lovers: this is the place for you. The house-made pastas are cooked to the perfect degree of al dente. Try the cacio e pepe—it rivals those in Rome; simple and not too heavy—or the gemelli al Lupo ragu, an original recipe from when the restaurant opened in 2014. Rounding out the menu are a large assortment of antipasti, like grilled octopus, burrata, and fried artichokes, salads, and meat and seafood dishes, like pork saltimbocca or a whole, deboned fish. Top it off with Italian style dessert (tiramisu is a favorite), or selection of cheeses from the mini on-site cheese shop and salumeria. Lupo Verde has another location near Glover Park, as well as a recently opened pizza shop, Lupo Pizzeria (1908 1st St. NW; tel. 202/506-6137), right next to the restaurant on 14th Street.
It’s easy to fall in love with Lupo Verde before you even look at the menu. Set in an old row house on busy 14th Street, the restaurant transports you to a rustic Italian osteria, from its leafy patio strung with twinkling cafe lights to its two floors of warmly lit exposed-brick dining rooms to the bottles of wine stashed in nooks reaching up to the ceiling. But you can’t eat ambiance, so let’s talk about the food. Pasta lovers: this is the place for you. The house-made pastas are cooked to the perfect degree of al dente. Try the cacio e pepe—it rivals those in Rome; simple and not too heavy—or the gemelli al Lupo ragu, an original recipe from when the restaurant opened in 2014. Rounding out the menu are a large assortment of antipasti, like grilled octopus, burrata, and fried artichokes, salads, and meat and seafood dishes, like pork saltimbocca or a whole, deboned fish. Top it off with Italian style dessert (tiramisu is a favorite), or selection of cheeses from the mini on-site cheese shop and salumeria. Lupo Verde has another location near Glover Park, as well as a recently opened pizza shop, Lupo Pizzeria (1908 1st St. NW; tel. 202/506-6137), right next to the restaurant on 14th Street.
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