Almost 400 restaurants, people! Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week runs August 24 through August 30, and this year’s lineup is massive, nearly 400 restaurants across DC, Maryland, and Virginia are participating. Here’s how it works: three-course lunch or brunch runs $25 to $35, and three-course dinner runs $40 to $65. That’s it.  A week to eat like it’s a special occasion, at a fraction of what it usually costs.Before you start booking, a few do’s to keep in mind:-Do: Read the menu before you go. Some restaurants run their regular menu for Restaurant Week, others build one exclusively for it. Know which one you’re walking into.-Do: Make a reservation. Showing up and hoping for a table during the busiest week of the season is not the move.-Do: Tip like it’s not Restaurant Week. Your server is working just as hard on a $35 menu as any other night.-Do: Be kind. To your server, your table, the kitchen running flat out all week. That’s the whole vibe, actually.Now, to help you plan, here’s my list of the newbies you’ll want to hit, and the oldies but goodies you don’t want to miss.Newbies to Check OutAgora BethesdaCanton DiscoCatahoulaEunoiaMalabarMaru SanNamak (new chef)OribuRosselliRye BunnySook DCTechno PalmsThe GraceUchiOldies But Incredibly GoodiesAlaraAmaAmazoniaAnjuBrasero AtlanticoBrescaCaruso’s GroceryCasamaraChikoChloeCork Wine BarCucina MoriniCut by Wolfgang PuckDaruDauphine’sDel MarDogonEl CieloFiola MareFish ShopIron GateIvy City SmokehouseJoonKappoKyojinLa Bonne VacheL’Avant-GardeLove, MakotoLucy BarMallardManduMarcusMoon RabbitRPM Italian For more restaurants, their menus and more information visit, The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington.

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On WTOP, Nycci Nellis of TheListAreYouOnIt.com celebrated National Oyster Day by sharing the different varieties of oysters, highlighting specials at Tony & Joe's Seafood Place, Old Ebbitt Grill, Nobu DC, The Salt Line, and Hank's Oyster Bar, while explaining how oysters help improve water quality and support marine life. She also spotlighted restaurants giving back through conservation efforts.

Jade Floyd walked into this DC food podcast conversation with a hard truth: most leadership advice is written by people who never had to survive the room. She spent two decades inside DC's most powerful rooms, and she is done keeping the lessons to herself.Jade Floyd is Senior Vice President at Bryson Gillette and the author of The Leadership Labyrinth, Women Navigating Power and Purpose in a Changing World. Nycci Nellis sat down with her live at Tony and Joe's on the Potomac for this DC food podcast conversation that somehow covers oysters, burnout, and boardrooms in the same hour. Jade spent twenty years building her career in Washington, from the Champagne Bureau to a decade as VP of Communications for Jean and Steve Case, before she started interviewing the women who shaped her own path. Seventy women considered, thirty interviewed, twenty made the final book, and twelve of them are Washingtonians. Jade and Nycci get into what the hospitality industry can teach corporate leaders about reading a room, why burnout stopped being something to brag about, and how to figure out the difference between what you want and what you actually deserve. This is a Washington DC restaurant insider's favorite kind of conversation, big ideas, no pretension, and a live oyster shucking lesson at the end. If you care about DC dining, DC leadership, or just want to hear two women who have been in the room tell the truth about what it took to get there, this one is for you.What You Will LearnJade Floyd explains how seventy considered women became the twenty leaders featured in TheLeadership Labyrinth.Restaurateur Stephen Starr taught Jade a lesson about reading a room that has stuck with her for years.Jade breaks down why burnout is no longer something leaders should treat as a badge of honor.Nycci and Jade talk about the difference between mentors and friendtors, and why every leader needs both.The book's workbook walks readers through separating what they want from what they actually deserve.Listen to the full episode, or watch it all here.