Karrl, do you know of the Hotel Palomar? We have reservations there over the holidays. What are some of you favorite restaurants in the area?

Hotel Palomar in DC (there is also one in Arlington) is nice. They have a wine reception every evening (with snacks of some sort) and are a few blocks from the Dupont Cirlc Metro station.

That sounds really nice! A good way to start the evening before the theater...