2025 Centurion Award winner
Old Ebbitt Grill
Best Historic Saloon in Washington DC · Washington, DC
Best Historic Saloon in Washington DC · Washington, DC
Old Ebbitt Grill traces its roots to 1856, making it Washington's oldest saloon, and today occupies a grand Victorian-style room steps from the White House. Its marble Oyster Bar shucks by the thousands, and the mahogany booths have seated presidents from Grant and Cleveland onward.
Bustling from breakfast to late night, Old Ebbitt pairs a genuine 19th-century Washington pedigree with a raw bar and brass-and-velvet grandeur — the capital's classic power-dining institution.
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Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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