The Roost

The Roost is a hip, 12,500-square-foot food hall—a “dining and drinking consortium”—that celebrates the many flavors of the D.C. culinary community, from local chefs and coffee roasters to craft brewers, vintners and spirit producers. The seven current vendors sell everything from Grandma-style slices engineered by “Pizza Regina” Rachael Marie—who formerly worked the ovens at the New York institution Roberta’s—to sushi, tacos and plant-based plates. There’s also a large bar space from the minds behind Bluejacket and The Sovereign—Shelter—with 50 beers on tap (and lots of different glasses, in the Belgian tradition), as well as a standalone Italian-American restaurant, Caruso’s Grocery.