Kellari Taverna

When we first rolled into DC we were exhausted since we didn't have a decent night sleep on the train. By the time we wake up from our nap and get into town, not a whole lot were open. It was between lunch and happy hour, so kitchen doesn't exactly have freshly prepared anything.

We walked and walked and walked, and found Kellari. Figured: Greek, we can do that. Urm... this was not your normal Greek. As a matter of fact, this place can put a normal steak house to shame.

Aside from the awesome decor, you can see them putting the day's catch on display and they do have a scale sitting right there to weigh your prized dinner.
I ordered the eggplant with goat cheese on top with tomato sauce at the bottom (top photo). The combo was nice, the eggplant wasn't over done, there's some crisp to it, and with the tomato sauce plus goat cheese combo it was a nice. I will have that combo on anything if they're willing to cook it.

The other small dish was the calamari. It's not like the Italian style where it's fried. It was grilled with olive oil and a hint of lemon. It was not gamey or over empowering, I would say it's just right.

David got a lamb burger (not pictured), and that is only served at lunch, but seeing how no one was ordering food at the restaurant, the chef didn't mind getting one made for him. And what a great choice that was. The meat was nicely spiced and I would order that just by itself.

Kellari

1700 K Street NW

Washington DC 20006

202-535-5274

http://www.kellaridc.com/