Seize a celebratory picnic from Officina at the Wharf or in Georgetown. Photograph courtesy of Officina
Fairmont Washington DC
2401 M St., NW
DC locals can really feel like they’re on staycation with the luxe Foggy Base hotel’s straw picnic baskets—designed to suit conveniently on a bicycle even though you peddle to nearby Georgetown or Rock Creek Park. Decide between three kinds: an omnivorous unfold with muffuletta sandwiches, potato salad, cheeses, chocolate mousse, and berries a vegetarian model with grilled vegetable-burrata sandwiches or a falafel vegan distribute ($53 per person). Optional insert-ons consist of festive rosé bubbles ($14) or Moet Champagne ($23). Orders can be positioned on the internet right here.
Green Almond Pantry
3210 Grace St., NW
Georgetown is a person of the prettiest neighborhoods to picnic involving the leaf parks, waterfront, and tables together the canal. Match the scene with a attractive spread from chef Cagla Onal-Urel’s new Mediterranean gem, which provides grab-and-go dips and spreads, seasonal vegetable salads, freshly baked focaccia, and “little little in the middle” deals ($15) that give a smaller sampling of all. Picnickers can also get purely natural wines and ciders. Get on-line right here.
1309 Fifth St., NE
If you want a seriously easy “picnic” in which you don’t even have to choose where by to consider your takeout, look at Union Market’s new picnic-impressed rooftop bar and cafe. Patrons can reserve areas on the astroturf “lawn” or at colorful tables with umbrellas and dig into housemade chips and dips, brown-butter lobster rolls, and club sandwiches—all of which arrive in lovable basket/coolers. A grill turns out burgers and puppies that can be washed down with beer, wine, and fruity cocktails. It’s a great plan to reserve picnic spots in advance via Resy.
The Neighborhood Cafe Group’s house-delivery arm packs a wide variety of eye-catching bamboo baskets, whether you’re seeking to snack on Pink Apron charcuterie and cheeses ($80), strike the park for brunch with a sweet or savory biscuit box ($35), or love lunch for two with sandwiches and all the fixings ($40). For the complete experience, add aged-faculty checkered blankets ($30) as well as advised beer, wine, and bottled-cocktail pairings. Order at nrgprovisions.com for supply in DC, Arlington, Alexandria, and Montgomery County.
MoCo introduced its Picnic in the Park system final year to really encourage eating outdoors—and neighborhood restaurant patronage—at nine taking part parks (alcoholic beverages permitted). Site visitors will uncover indications with QR codes on the grassy lawns, which they can use to search by way of a roster of nearby eateries that supply to designated spots. Much more than 800 restaurants are mentioned, ranging from rapidly-casuals and delis to finer eating (take note: often through third-bash providers these as DoorDash or Uber Eats).
Officina
1120 Maine Ave., SW 1525 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Chef Nick Stefanelli packs two tiers of picnic baskets from his Italian marketplaces at the Wharf and in Georgetown: a day-deserving spread of selfmade focaccia, salumi, cheeses, and caprese or pasta salad ($53 for two), or an engagement-worthy Dom Perignon package that contains the aforementioned treats as well as a bottle of vintage Dom bubbles, four glasses, and a custom made reward box ($310 for 4). Buy on line here.
If you picnic for the ‘gram, this luxe pop-up picnic corporation is the way to go. Purchasers get the job done with a “picnicker-in-chief” to personalize Insta-deserving out of doors spreads with color themes, exclusive decor, flowers, and more. Deals for two-to-20 attendees involve a 90 minute picnic with all the attractive prospers, or a four-hour cabana setup—plus add-ons like s’mores kits, out of doors film projector set up, and a lot more. Selling prices commence at $249 and differ dependent on the range of folks and decor.
If your idea of a exciting picnic is a quaffable just one, this package from a single of the world’s prime bartenders is the grab. London-primarily based Ryan Chetiyawardana (a.k.a. Mr. Lyan), whose new DC cocktail bar is in the Riggs Lodge, has made a Japanese American cocktail box for two with Japanese beers, batched cocktails with sakura-infused cognac and Roku gin, as effectively as treats these as housemade jerky and matcha “Kit-Kats” ($80 for two). Buy by calling 202-638-1880 or on the internet right here.
Tia Pepa
801 18th St., NW
Picnic like a Spaniard with baskets from this new sector adjoining veteran downtown Spanish restaurant La Taberna Del Alabardero. A generous distribute for two ($45) or 4 ($85) involves a selection of snacks (olives, jamon chips), tinned seafood, sweets, and a broad wide variety of mollete (open-deal with) sandwiches topped with combination like avocado, egg, and tomato or grilled pork rib and mojo sauce. Add on sangria ($4) or Mahou beer ($1) for a whole distribute. Buy online below.
901 New York Ave., NW
Miami’s smash-strike Southern eatery just opened in DC—perfect for a fried-rooster craving. The Mount Vernon Triangle cafe dishes up significant household-type containers for takeout or even supply to your most loved park. Combos feed six and involve 24 items of crisp hen, mac and cheese, and heat biscuits ($98) or a backyard barbecue box that adds ribs, cracklings, and brisket to the poultry combine ($118). Purchase online below.
Le Diplomate
1601 14th St., NW
The well known Parisian brasserie packs pique-nique baskets for two with cheese, salami, foie gras parfait, olives, crostini, and rather pink blackberry-basil vodka cocktails. Dine à deux on an embroidered blanket, included in the deal ($140). Baskets, offered for the very first three weekends in July, can be purchased by contacting 202-332-3333 commencing June 28.
Foodstuff Editor
Anna Spiegel addresses the eating and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA system in New York, and held different cooking and crafting positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.