Stuffed chicken at Petite Cerise. | Petite Cerise/Facebook Where to go now for wood-fired vegetables, elaborately prepared meats, crispy arancini, and much more The Eater 38 is our attempt to answer any question that begins, “Can you recommend a restaurant?” It’s a curated list that includes a diverse range of cuisines and price points throughout the nation’s capital and its many surrounding suburbs, from northern Virginia to suburban Maryland. Restaurants on this map must be open for at least six months. For the most exciting new restaurants in town, check out the heatmap. For the fall 2024 refresh, new additions to the 38 include: Pascual, for carrot tlayudas and expert mole on Capitol Hill; Purple Patch, for sizzling sisigs in Mount Pleasant; Tonari, for inventive Japanese-Italian pizzas and pastas in Chinatown; Tabard Inn, for a reinvigorated mid-Atlantic menu in historic Dupont digs; and Petite Cerise, for all-day French fare in Shaw. The following restaurants, while definitely still worth a trip, are leaving the 38: Daikaya 1F + The Izakaya 2F, Rooster & Owl, Kappo DC, and Lutèce.