Founding Farmers

Founding Farmers, the Greenest Restaurant in DC, is owned by the more than 40,000 family farmers of the NDFU, serving American inspired real food and drink with an emphasis and focus on cooking from scratch.

While our restaurant is supplied by hundreds of family farms everywhere, that doesn’t mean we know every farm, and that doesn’t mean we never have to buy product from the traditional...

Parking: Founding Farmers is a good place for street parking on the weekends. Spots are plentiful along Pennsylvania Ave. NW, both east and west of the restaurant. It's also a quick walk from the Foggy Bottom metro stop.

What to Drink: Most of Founding Farmers' cocktails and sodas come made-to-order: Try the house-made ginger ale or the bloody mary--it's got just enough spice and a perfect weekend drink.

You have got to go for the weekend brunch. The pastrami hash, the steak and eggs, the pancakes...all of it is PHENOMENAL!!

North Dakota food critic Marilyn Hagerty, whose missive about The Olive Garden went viral in 2012, has filed a pseudo-review of Founding Farmers. The critic asked her granddaughter, who is interning for a Senator this summer, to send a dispatch about the restaurant, due to its affiliation with the North Dakota Farmers Union.

She and a friend enjoyed such dishes as the cornbread and a turkey...

Thieves just can't seem to help themselves from stealing from Founding Farmers. They make off with forks, mini milk-carton shaped creamers, and mini mailbox-shaped check presenters, among other items. (Some guests take the honest route and are wiling to pay $40 for both the creamer and mailbox, a spokeswoman says). But the most frequently stolen item lately is a little mouse mascot displayed at...

Tom Sietsema fires off a rough First Bite of Agua 301 this week, accusing the kitchen of too much saltiness.

He adds that "the portions tilt large, which only emphasizes any flaws." [WaPo]

These "buzzing", cooperative-grower-owned all-Americans have planted their "farm-to-table"–themed comfort cuisine in "rustic-chic" digs in DC's IMF Building and Potomac, MD, where "homey" vittles like "awesome cornbread" and "bacon lollies" are ferried by "youthful" farmhands, while "artisanal" drinks are swilled at the "packed bars"; service is "solid but nothing stellar", and though many...

Founding Farmers offers fresh food straight from the farm in its elegant ambiance. The menu features typical American favorites of salads, sandwiches, pastas, burgers, steaks, meat and poultry dishes. Try out the signature dishes of Yankee pot roast, farmers meatloaf and rotisserie chicken. Weekday mornings guests can enjoy a nutritious breakfast. On weekends visit for a delectable brunch fare...