PyConDC2005/NearbyRestaurants¶
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This page will list restaurants near the PyCon conference site. If you have a particularly good or bad experience with a particular restaurant, or discover a good one that isn’t listed, please add your account to this page.
Georgetown, an upscale neighbourhood to the west of the Foggy Bottom area, has many fine restaurants as long as you’re willing to walk there; parking is scarce and buses aren’t particularly frequent. If you’re willing to walk somewhere for dinner, though, you could consider Georgetown.
Several Metro stops are connected to huge food courts. Union Station is probably the largest. Washington’s small Chinatown district surrounds the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro stop.
The Metro station closest to PyCon is Foggy Bottom; walk up to Eye Street and turn left, walking a few blocks west.
If you’re trying to use a store locator, the Cafritz Center’s Zip code is 20052.
In the building¶
See this page for more information.
(On Saturday/Sunday, it looks like the stores in the building are all closed; March Break was the previous week. They should be open on Monday.)
In the building’s food court on the first floor:
Baja Sol Tortilla Grill - Tex Mex
Burger King
DM Express - grocery store
Einstein Brothers Bagels
Jamba Juice – smoothies
Miso - Asian Cuisine
Starbucks
Subway
Tuscan Oven - Pizza and Pasta
Wendy’s
In the basement:
District Market: grocery store with sandwiches, fruit, etc.
Across the street¶
If you leave the building by the main entrance, you’ll see a large Tower Records across the street. This is actually part of a small mall (called “2000 Pennsylvania”) which has a number of additional choices.
Au Bon Pain
Bertucci’s – Italian. The bar is on the first floor; sit-down and carry-out is in the basement.
The Burro – Tex-Mex
Cone E. Island – ice cream
Kinkead’s – seafood, brasserie, live jazz nightly; entrees cost around $25, probably ruling it out for lunch.
La Prima – carry-out sandwiches, bagels, baked treats
Vaccaro’s Italian Pastry – pastries and coffee
Nearby¶
There are many restaurants in the blocks surrounding the conference center. They’re almost all located to the north of PyCon; southwards the area is mostly university buildings or residences.
In rough order of proximity (Eye Street is used as a more-readable synonym for I Street):
Lindy’s Bon Apetit, 2040 Eye Street (a block north) – sit-down style pub/grill, or carry-out. Good burgers (including a veggie burger).
Friday’s – NE corner of 21st & Eye Street
Penn Grill, 825 20th – sandwiches; not open for dinner
Capitol Grounds, corner Pennsylvania. and 21st – coffee, sandwiches, salads
Prima Piatti, 2011 Pennsylvania
Baja Fresh, NW corner of 20th & Eye
Charlie Chiang’s, 1912 Eye – buffet-style Chinese
Kaz Sushi Bistro, 1915 Eye
Aroma Indian Restaurant, 1919 Eye – ok, but a little pricey
Juice Zone, 1921 Eye
El Chalan, 1924 Eye
Karma, ~1900 Eye – new-agey coffee and drinks, sandwiches
Thai Place, 2134 Pennsylvania
Mehran House of Kabob, 2138 Pennsylvania
Panda Cafe, 2136 Pennsylvania
Froggy Bottom Pub, 2142 Pennsylvania
There are also restaurants on K Street. They tend to be pricier, so you may prefer to consider them only for dinner.
Bombay Palace
Mr. K’s – Chinese
Legal Sea Foods
The Prime Rib
Thai Kingdom
Vegetarians can consult the Washington DC section on VegGuide.org.
Other nearby resources¶
Drugstores¶
The District Market store located in the basement carries some toiletries and over-the-counter medications.
There is a CVS drugstore at 1901 Pennsylvania (corner of 19th and Penn), and another one at 1990 K Street.
If you find any others that are closer, please record them here.
Bookstores¶
Reiter’s is the largest technical and scientific bookstore in the DC area, and is definitely worth a visit; they also carry legal and professional titles. It’s a few blocks to the north of PyCon, at 2021 K Street.
The GW University bookstore is on the first floor of the Cafritz Center.
There is a Borders at 600 14th Street, and a three-floor Barnes&Noble in Georgetown at 3040 M Street.
If you prefer to spend your money at independent booksellers, there are a number of smaller independent bookstores located in Georgetown, such as Bridge Street Books at 2814 Pennsylvania. Consult Evelyn Leeper’s bookstore list for a complete list. (And don’t forget the museum gift shops, too; Shakespeare lovers *will* want to go visit the Folger, for example.)
Copying Services¶
There is a Fedex/Kinko’s in the basement of the Cafritz Center.
There is a UPS Store in 2000 Penn, the mall across the street (where the Tower Records is located).
For office supplies: a Staples is located at the corner of L and 19th, and an Office Depot is at the corner of K and 20th.