28th Wedding Anniversary Dinner at Kapnos

Mike Isabella opened this Greek restaurant about a year ago and already his fans include First Lady Michelle Obama and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor both of whom have dined at Kapnos.


2201 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
at the corner of 14th & W Streets, NW
phone: 202-234-5000
email: eat@kapnosdc.com

After considering other venues, we decided to try this restaurant.  Our reservation was 7:30 PM; we arrived at 7:15 PM and found the restaurant be quiet busy and lively.  We were seated in the back room.  Our wait staff was a young Moroccan man whose previous job was at Zaytinia. It turned out that he had waited on us a few years ago when we were dining there!

For tonight, I'll rate each course/wine from 1 (least favorite) to 5 (most favorite) stars!
Overall experience- ****

Rotisserie oven in the kitchen at Kapnos- ****

Pikilia  sampling of three spreads-****

The 2012 Sancerre worked well with the first 4 courses- ****



Grilled asparagus  sun-dried tomato. green olive, cured orange- ****



Tuna tartare  yuzu, harissa, grilled avocado ****

Crispy Fried Root Vegetable- ****

Stone baked flatbread  garlic oil- ****
Sparkling Wine- prosecco “on tap,” montelvini, Italy, nv- ***

The 2011 Chianti was light bodied but very spicy and worked well with the red snapper and the meats- ****



Charred octopus  preserved lemon-chili glaze, fennel, stonefruit, pesto ***** 

Red snapper  smoked potato, charred onion, tomato- *****

Spiced baby goat  savoy cabbage, black-eyed peas, red pepper- ****
Suckling pig  orzo, dill, orange - ****
Marinated spring lamb  ancient grain salad- *****

Desert- Loukoumades  crispy fritters, pistachio, spiced honey- *** 

Desert- Greek yogurt panna cotta  kaitifi, pistachio,
mint, strawberry yuzu ice cream- ****

Double Espresso- **

And the present....