Restaurant: Clyde's of Gallery Place

Restaurant: Clyde's, Gallery Place Location
Web Site: clydes.com
Address: 707 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 719-1901

Part of the Clyde's restaurant group, which has several locations in the Washington DC area. This location is almost directly attached to the Verizon Center downtown, so its really convenient if you are going to an event there. While that part of the city has boomed tremendously since the arena was built, if this is your location on an event night you would want to get there early since its proximity makes it a prime target for lots of people all at once.

All the Clyde's locations are nicely appointed, but also quite different in appearance. This one has an downstairs large bar, an upstairs dining room with another bar, and there are probably some private rooms buried in there somewhere. The bar areas were quite packed, as Clyde's is a bit of a meat market (maybe that's spelled "meet market"?) for the after work crowd. Reservations work best.

We had great service - an attentive but not too attentive waiter who could answer all our questions except details about the sparking wines (and quickly admitted this wasn't one of his areas of expertise). The wine list is not real extensive; this is a somewhat fast moving place and its positioned as a nice place to go but not a pretentious place to go. But, a peak in the back showed a number of selections we didn't see on the menu. Perhaps another wine list for use outside event times?

Clyde's has a menu that changes frequently, so no notion of specials really. But, a number of nice selections across a variety of types. We had the salmon, it was a generous piece and cooked the way we like. The rice had seaweed mixed in which wasn't needed. Also the paella, which was spicy and good on a cold rainy day.


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