Giulia on Elgin works best as a modern Italian pizza dinner: sharp starters, named wood-fired pies, a polished room, and enough dessert pull to make the meal feel complete.

Rabbit Hole is a Sparks Street cocktail-lounge restaurant built around oysters, pizza, polished drinks, a hidden Jackalope room, and a weather-dependent rooftop tiki bar.

Ember is a ByWard Market restaurant built around live-fire cooking, wood-fired pizza, polished Mediterranean-leaning plates, cocktails, and late-weekend hours.