Hank's Oyster Bar

After the failure of our EU Open House tour, we needed some food. I have criss crossed the streets around Dupont Circle a lot in recent months, always envying the sidewalk cafe crowds enjoying the various fares in this bustling neighborhood, so we decided to sample a bit of it ourselves. After peeking at the menu's at a couple of these venues, we settled on Hank's Oyster Bar, whose name I had seen on the Commonwealth site several times and seemed very promising.


We ordered a couple of beers since they had Troegs on the menu, but since Sam did not like here Pilsner, ordered a bloody mary, leaving her beer for me. Bloody Mary's here are top notch. They brought out some goldfish crackers and some very fresh sour dough bread with butter and jam to snack on while we waited. The service was a bit slow when we arrived; they may have been a bit understaffed to handle the full table load. I ordered one of their specials, trout over a bed of escarole with a side of fries. Sam had a crab cake benedict. Mine was amazing and fries were very good to. Sam's... not so much. They brought out a bowl of dark chocalate chunks broken from a block with the check that were also of very high quality. Prices were moderate, $60 for the meal before tip.