loading…loading…If you want to understand what transformed Penn Quarter from empty streets into a neighborhood, sit at the bar and watch the Spanish ham get carved. It's where José Andrés proved DC was ready for something better than chain restaurants, and thirty years later it still feels like the kind of place where eating is actually a celebration.
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