The Washingtonian is asking for nominees. One commenter says Gazuza. Another replies, “Gazuza is a restaurant? I didn’t know douchebags were edible.” That commenter wins. I’d offer up two nominees. First, Zaytinya. Mediocre food at terrible prices. Almost everything that’s actually Mediterranean can be had better, bigger, and cheaper at Lebanese Taverna. In multiple dinners at Zaytinya, I have yet to have anything memorable, or even particularly good. Second, Central. Not terrible, just not great. It’s a restaurant whose concept — costly food at merely daunting rates — plays off a stratospherically expensive dining culture that DC simply doesn’t have. A haute tuna burger that clocks in at $19 simply isn’t a steal here, even if it may be a life-altering find in New York. What are your nominees? (More of this sort of thing, of course, at ye olde IFA.)
