Bar Del Monte runs out of a bar-format room on Mount Pleasant Street NW, with a kitchen that rewrites its Italian menu every day rather than keeping a fixed rotation. A back garden gives guests somewhere to sit with a drink when the small dining room fills up, and the wine list runs past 80 bottles.
The food has built a reputation among regulars for tasting genuinely Italian rather than Americanized, and the room draws its own praise alongside the cooking. Bon Appétit named it one of its Best New Restaurants in 2024, The Infatuation scored it an 8/10, and Washingtonian included it among the city's best restaurants of 2025.
The food has built a reputation among regulars for tasting genuinely Italian rather than Americanized, and the room draws its own praise alongside the cooking. Bon Appétit named it one of its Best New Restaurants in 2024, The Infatuation scored it an 8/10, and Washingtonian included it among the city's best restaurants of 2025.