Johnny's Half Shell

Johnny's Half Shell is a highly acclaimed seafood restaurant in Washington DC located near Capitol Hill and Union Station. Ann Cashion, a James Beard award winning chef, uses organic produce, poultry, meat, and sustainable seafood to create memorable renditions of Chesapeake and Gulf Coast dishes. Pair the flavorful food with an amazing outdoor dining terrace, breathtaking views of the US...

Super-"fresh" seafood, seasoned with the "Congressional or Supreme Court gossip" that can be overheard at this Capitol Hill New American's "active bar" or in its "more reserved" dark-wood dining room, powers Ann Cashion and John Fulchino's "tightly run ship"; time-honored Gulf and Chesapeake recipes are "prepared with skill and served with speed", live jazz enlivens Saturdays and there's a...

In its Capitol Hill location, the reincarnation of Dupont Circle’s casual seafood place is all abuzz with after-hours staffers. If you can work your way past the hip bar crowd, you’ll find a familiar dining area (once the setting for La Colline), and a quieter place for private chats. The menu highlights seafood --- it’s hard to top the fried oysters appetizer, but the barbecued shrimp gets the...

A 2010 move from Dupont Circle to more spacious quarters on Capitol Hill may have diminished the neighborhood charm of this seafood bar, but it at least made it easier to get a table. The Southern-tinged mid-Atlantic fare—pristine Kumamoto oysters, flavorful seafood stews, fried oyster po'boys, and a stellar pickled-onion-and-blue-cheese-topped "Baltimore" hot dog, only available at lunch—is as...

Johnny's Half Shell is a highly acclaimed seafood restaurant in Washington DC located near Capitol Hill and Union Station. Ann Cashion, a James Beard award winning chef, uses organic produce, poultry, meat, and sustainable seafood to create memorable renditions of Chesapeake and Gulf Coast dishes. Pair the flavorful food with an amazing outdoor dining terrace, breathtaking views of the US...