St. Anselm DC

VENUE TYPE: Restaurant-Steak

ADDRESS: 1250 5th St NE, Washington, DC 20002

NEIGHBORHOOD: Union Market/NOMA

Brooklyn’s narrow neighborhood tavern St. Anselm just expanded to Union Market, complete with similar playful patriotic references, oriental carpets, and 1970s playlists. But for its second home, the bigger D.C. sibling packs in twice as many wines, triple the seats, and way more seasoned grilled steaks than its nine-year-old New York counterpart.

The sexy new Northeast restaurant (1250 5th Street NE), which opened in a corner lot opposite the shopping hub on Monday, September 17, is a joint effort between founder Joe Carroll and James Beard Foundation Award-winning restaurateur Stephen Starr (perennially packed Le Diplomate; other critically acclaimed restaurants up north).

The industrial-meets-modern space — formerly an Army Navy store — also features vintage items collected by the team up and down the East Coast, including aging books stacked above the bar and a taxidermy bear rug and deer head leading guests to the bathroom.