Posto

Inspired to create a casual Italian restaurant in their own neighborhood, the culinary team behind Washington, DC’s award-winning Ristorante Tosca opened the doors to Posto, “a modern Italian place to meet,” in December 2008. It is located in a beautiful, century-old building (which at one time was a car dealership!) on the newly re-energized 14th St. NW – right next door to The Studio Theater,...

Before saying ‘bravo' next door at Studio Theatre, practice saying "buono" at this "delicious" but "pricey" Italian near Logan Circle, a spin-off of Penn Quarter's Tosca; the "open, bright" "contemporary" digs "can get noisy", but "quality" service and a pre-theater menu help keep it a before-curtain "favorite."

Now that the Obama administration has anointed this breezy, classic Italian kitchen its new power-dining palace, keep one eye on the door in case the attorney general or White House political adviser comes popping in for a piece of wood-fired picante pizza. If spicy salami isn't your thing, the array of salads are convincing evidence that Italian food need not be carbohydrate-centric. The...

Posto is located along a theater-filled stretch of 14th Street ( Studio Theatre is right next door), so it's a popular spot for the theater-bound, especially since Posto has become rather expert at feeding them quickly and sending them off fat and happy. As those patrons exit stage left, new ones quickly fill the room in their place. It's a big room, too, with a lot going on: a couple of long...

Milan arrives in the gayborhood clutching a slim patent leather suitcase, wearing fabulous yet affordable shoes. Primo task at hand: overcome bad mojo of failed former establishment Viridian. New owners dim the lights, add a hundred slick chairs and surrealist wall art (ooh, sunflowers!) Logan boys in Lucky jeans love the slender pizza, the sexy octopus salad and the sultry vino. At last,...

Inspired to create a casual Italian restaurant in their own neighborhood, the culinary team behind Washington, DC's award-winning Ristorante Tosca opened the doors to Posto, "a modern Italian place to meet, " in December 2008. It is located in a beautiful, century-old building (which at one time was a car dealership!) on the newly re-energized 14th St. NW right next door to The Studio Theater,...