
The Carry-out critic is City Paper‘s recurring restaurant review column focusing on D.C.’s rich carry-out culture. While the featured restaurants can have a couple of seats for eating meals while they’re piping hot, we’re celebrating businesses that focus exclusively on takeout. DMV native Crystal Fernanders will guide you to the carry-outs most worth seeking out, helping you find the best takeout and best carry-out in and around D.C.
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The Carry-out Critic Enjoys Ethiopian Pizza and Hospitality at Ice N Slice
Ice N Slice, a sister spot to Park View’s Heat Da Spot, serves pizzas with East African-influenced toppings and generous scoops of ice cream.
The Carry-Out Critic Indulges in Deep-Fried Seafood and Spiced Crab Cakes at Chef Skip
Chef Skip, a seafood spot on the Howard University campus, comes from cousins and co-owners Chantel and Christopher Skipper.
The Carry-out Critic Finds a Healthier Form of Funnel Cake at Bubbie’s Plant Burgers
Bubbie’s Plant Burgers, a plant-based, kosher-certified concept, serves burgers, fries, and other Americana-influenced dishes near Dupont Circle. Its founders, chef Margaux Riccio and general manager Shaun Sharkey, came up with the concept after successfully running Pow Pow, another plant-based fast casual eatery with Asian influences. Bubbie’s operated as a pop-up for a year inside Rock…
The Carry-out Critic Finds Beautiful Wings and Juicy Sandwiches at Soul Wingz
Black-owned soul food takeout spot Soul Wingz has operated near Howard University since April 2022, but owners Anthony Holmon and Menyana Williams started the concept in 2008, operating as a pop-up restaurant throughout the area before purchasing a food truck in 2016. The D.C. natives gained a lot of business after regularly visiting the Howard…
The Carry-Out Critic Enjoys Many Momos and a Surprising Curry at Moh Moh Licious
Moh Moh Licious, a small restaurant in Shepherd Park, serves Nepalese cuisine with an Indo-Chinese twist. Restaurant partners Sujil Dangol and Farooq Munir joined forces in 2015 while running separate businesses (the former Himalayan Heritage in Bethesda for Dangol, Jolt ’N Bolt Coffee in Adams Morgan for Munir). It started as a food truck before…