Guidebook for Alexandria

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Guidebook for Alexandria

Food Scene

This is walkable from house. Good spot for dinner if need something easy.
19 locals recommend
Rustico Alexandria
827 Slaters Ln
19 locals recommend
This is walkable from house. Good spot for dinner if need something easy.
Walkable. Nice spot for coffee or a dessert. Easy due to location.
42 locals recommend
Buzz Bakeshop
901 Slaters Ln
42 locals recommend
Walkable. Nice spot for coffee or a dessert. Easy due to location.
Close to home. I walk often walk. Great pasta and nice ambiance. Fun spot.
7 locals recommend
Hank's Pasta Bar
600 Montgomery St
7 locals recommend
Close to home. I walk often walk. Great pasta and nice ambiance. Fun spot.
One of my favorites. Good bar. Great oysters and other items.
43 locals recommend
Hank's Oyster Bar
818 North Saint Asaph Street
43 locals recommend
One of my favorites. Good bar. Great oysters and other items.
I love this spot. Small. Great mussels and flatbreads.
Brabo Tasting Room
1602 King St
I love this spot. Small. Great mussels and flatbreads.
In a hotel. I personally love it. Not everyone's cup of tea. Check out online. Food delicious. Ambience nautical.
Hummingbird
220 S Union St
In a hotel. I personally love it. Not everyone's cup of tea. Check out online. Food delicious. Ambience nautical.
Super cool coffee spot. Small, dark. Does have simple outdoor space in back weather allowing.
42 locals recommend
ESP Tea & Coffee
1012 King St
42 locals recommend
Super cool coffee spot. Small, dark. Does have simple outdoor space in back weather allowing.

Everything Else

This spot is a newer area in D.C. Can take the boat from Alexandria, drive or take uber/cab. Lots of restaurants, often acitivites on the peer and music. Not cheap- but can enjoy the area without getting dinner there. A few smaller coffee shops as well. Oldest fish market in the U.S.
158 locals recommend
Municipal Fish Market at The Wharf
1100 Maine Ave SW
158 locals recommend
This spot is a newer area in D.C. Can take the boat from Alexandria, drive or take uber/cab. Lots of restaurants, often acitivites on the peer and music. Not cheap- but can enjoy the area without getting dinner there. A few smaller coffee shops as well. Oldest fish market in the U.S.

Arts & Culture

Gorgeous space. Often incredible exhibits.
22 locals recommend
National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Ave NW
22 locals recommend
Gorgeous space. Often incredible exhibits.
Beautiful theater complex. They have free shows on the millenium stage every night of the week.
498 locals recommend
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St NW
498 locals recommend
Beautiful theater complex. They have free shows on the millenium stage every night of the week.