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Downtown Review
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Downtown
Shopping Neighborhoods, Downtown
Fodor's Review:
With its many offices, downtown tends to shut down at 5 PM sharp with the exception of the larger department stores. A jolly happy hour crowd springs up after working hours and families and fans fill the streets during the weekend sporting events. The revitalized Penn Quarter has some of the best restaurants in town peppered among its galleries and specialty stores.
Downtown D.C. is spread out and sprinkled with federal buildings and museums, and the worthwhile shops are not concentrated in one area. The Gallery Place metro stop provides the most central starting point -- you can walk south to the galleries and design shops, or west toward Metro Center and Farragut North, though this trek is only for the ambitious. Although Gallery Place is a nightlife hot spot, Metro Center and the Farragut area are largely silent after working hours.
INFO
- Address: North of Pennsylvania Ave. between 7th and 18th Sts., up to Connecticut Ave. below L St., Downtown, Washington, DC
- Metro: Archives/Navy Memorial, Farragut N and W, Gallery Pl., McPherson Sq., or Metro Center
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