RESTAURANT RESEARCH
Here are some tools to help you explore restaurant options during your trip to DC. If your group decides to bag your lunch, remember that most restaurants won't allow you to bring in outside food. You may need to find a location outside (if the weather is nice) or locate a weather-sheltered area to eat. Check out the Smithsonian Dining link for a blurb about places where people with bagged lunch can eat near the museums.
Fast Food Restaurants Near the Verizon Center
If you are craving some McDonalds or Chipotle, this search will help you identify fast food joints around Verizon Center--which is just half a block up from the Spy Museum.
If you are craving some McDonalds or Chipotle, this search will help you identify fast food joints around Verizon Center--which is just half a block up from the Spy Museum.
Trip Advisor
When completing a search on this page, you will want to filter the restaurants by neighborhood. The neighborhoods you should choose are:
When completing a search on this page, you will want to filter the restaurants by neighborhood. The neighborhoods you should choose are:
- Penn Quarter
- Downtown/Chinatown
- National Mall
Trip Advisor - Best Place to Eat with Teens
This is a discussion thread where someone asks the Trip Advisor community where the best places in DC are to eat with teenagers. Many users give their opinions--and something might pique your interest. As always, make sure that if you choose the restaurant, it's something that you can reasonably walk to from the Spy Museum or the National Mall. Also double check that the restaurants mentioned are still there--this discussion is from 2013!
This is a discussion thread where someone asks the Trip Advisor community where the best places in DC are to eat with teenagers. Many users give their opinions--and something might pique your interest. As always, make sure that if you choose the restaurant, it's something that you can reasonably walk to from the Spy Museum or the National Mall. Also double check that the restaurants mentioned are still there--this discussion is from 2013!
Trip Advisor - The 10 Best Restaurants Near Verizon Center
The Verizon Center is half a block from the Spy Museum, so the restaurants listed here are within walking distance. Play with the filters to sort restaurants by price.
The Verizon Center is half a block from the Spy Museum, so the restaurants listed here are within walking distance. Play with the filters to sort restaurants by price.
Yelp! - Best Restaurants Near the Verizon Center
Yelp offers many of the same restaurants as the other sites, but with different insights into the quality of the food, etc.
Yelp offers many of the same restaurants as the other sites, but with different insights into the quality of the food, etc.
Eater DC - No Reservation Dining Guide
This link lists restaurants near the Verizon Center where you can dine without needing reservations--which can often mean a quick, inexpensive meal. Look through some of the options to see if something floats your boat!
This link lists restaurants near the Verizon Center where you can dine without needing reservations--which can often mean a quick, inexpensive meal. Look through some of the options to see if something floats your boat!
Washingtonian Magazine - 100 Very Best Restaurants
Make sure you double check where these restaurants are in relationship to the Spy Museum and the National Mall. Remember, if you can't walk there, you can't go there.
Make sure you double check where these restaurants are in relationship to the Spy Museum and the National Mall. Remember, if you can't walk there, you can't go there.
Food Truck Fiesta
If you're interested in trying out the food truck scene, this site will help you track different trucks around the DC area. Trucks tweet where they are or where they will be. Many trucks can be clicked on and will provide you with information about where they typically operate, prices, and food selection. To determine whether the trucks will be somewhere near you, compare their tweeted locations with the address provided for the museums that you will be visiting. |
Dining at the Smithsonian
This link gives information about the dining opportunities within the Smithsonian museums. Some museums have fast food restaurants inside of them as well.
This link gives information about the dining opportunities within the Smithsonian museums. Some museums have fast food restaurants inside of them as well.