page_title: The Dabney
section_title: Restaurant
hierarchical_section_title: The Dabney / Restaurant
caption_attribution_description: Ending the year - dinner at The Dabney and New Year's Eve at The Stuarts
context_page_description: The Dabney is a restaurant located in Blagden Alley, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Chef-owner Jeremiah Langhorne opened the restaurant in 2015, focusing on Mid-Atlantic cuisine. The Dabney was named one of the Best New Restaurants of 2016 by Bon Appétit magazine, it was a awarded a Michelin Star in 2017, and Chef Langhorne won the James Beard Award for Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic in 2018.
context_section_description: The Dabney is a 55-seat restaurant focused on Mid-Atlantic cuisine. The open kitchen features a ten-foot long wood-burning stone hearth, visible from the dining room. The restaurant was built on the site of an old row house in historic Blagden Alley. In 2017, The Dabney opened a 30-seat bar in the basement.
  In the first few months after the restaurant's opening in October 2015, diners were frustrated by menus that changed completely from night to night, but the food became more consistent by the end of winter. Reviewers praised the use of local vegetables and meats, but were less impressed by the desserts.
  Bon Appétit placed The Dabney on the list of Best New Restaurants of 2016. It was named one of the South’s Best New Restaurants by Southern Living magazine. When the Michelin Guide reviewed restaurants in Washington, DC for the first time for 2017, The Dabney earned a Michelin star.
  The Dabney was among the restaurants where Barack and Michelle Obama were seen dining in the year after leaving the White House.
caption: A plated meal at The Dabney
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