El Cielo

El Cielo is located in La Cosecha in the Union Market District of NOMA and offers a fine dining tasting menu that is a tribute to Colombian cuisine.  Recently receiving one Michelin star, you should expect whimsical experiences like Chocotherapy where you wash your hands with chocolate and enjoy it through all 5 senses. By combining ancestral and avant-garde cooking techniques, Colombian fruits and vegetables and local ingredients, Chef Juan Manuel Barrientos tells a story through the menu.

St. Anselm

St. Anselm located near Union Market is the second outpost of Joe Carroll's popular NYC restaurant that aims to bring some of the laid back vibes of Brooklyn to Washington, DC. This welcoming American tavern is devoted to the pleasures of "grilled meats and great ingredients simply cooked". Closest Metro is NoMA-Gallaudet.

Coconut Club

Coconut Club located behind Union Market is the new trendy vacation-inspired small plates and cocktail spot from four time Chopped champion and Beat Bobby Flay winner, Chef Adam Greenberg.  The mix of soft and bright color tones invoke 90's beach vibes and has been trending all over Instagram with cute selfies from DC's millennials.  Closest Metro is Gallaudet University.

Masseria

Masseria, located near Union Market, offers prix fixe menus (3 courses at $62 or 5 selections at $84) that showcase a deeply satisfying range of chef Nick Stefanelli’s signature cuisine: "inventive and elegant, inspired by his love of the Italian coast, and subject to masterful flights of his culinary imagination."  The relaxed coastal European vibe of the restaurant sets in the moment you pass through dramatic high-walled gates to the handsome, welcoming piazza.  Closest Metro is Gallaudet University.

Dolcezza Gelato Factory & Coffee Lab

Dolcezza is a gelato and coffee shop located in Washington DC serving daily-made gelato and expertly crafted coffee drinks in 5 shops and several downtown farmers’ markets. We recently visited the Dolcezza Gelato Factory & Coffee Lab, located in the Union Market neighborhood, that produces small batches of hand-made gelato every morning using the best available ingredients: local fruits, herbs, nuts, cheese, milk and cream.

Bidwell

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Bidwell's motto and mantra is "Responsibly Sourced", acknowledging the heritage of American cuisine and the offerings of neighboring artisanal Market vendors. The restaurant located within Union Market is named after General John Bidwell, a general in the U.S. Army in the 1800’s, a United States Presidential candidate in 1892, and founder of Chico, California. He was an avid farmer known for developing the Bidwell heirloom melon, a gold medal winning flour, and is credited for California’s first commercial raisin crop. Much of the produce served at Bidwell will come from its own crop of fruit and vegetables grown in over seventy aeroponic planters on the roof of Union Market; this is literally roof to table cuisine.  Closest Metro is NoMA-Gallaudet University.

Buffalo & Bergen

After years spent dazzling the DC mixology scene, Gina Chersevani opened her own venture in Union Market called Buffalo & Bergen. Enamored by the classic New York soda shops of yesteryear, Gina aims to bring her extreme and envied “mixtress” skills to the classics: egg creams, malts and phosphates. Her love of all things liquid promises to deliver an experience like nothing you’ve ever had before.  For a savory snack to go with your shake or malt, try one of the various knishes - a mashed potato-filled Jewish pastry.  Flavors such as bacon & cheddar, BBQ, and Reuben are available. Closest Metro is NoMA-Gallaudet University.

Rappahannock Oyster Bar

Rappahannock Oyster Co. has brought to Union Market their concept of artisanal small plates and their stunning variety of world-class oysters and clams with the Rappahannock Oyster Bar. A sleek black-brown wood bar surrounds a small kitchen where anywhere from 5-6 people will be shucking, cooking, or pouring at any given time. Sitting front-and-center in the market, it's not unfair to call it the anchor and centerpiece of the renovation. For more than 100 years, the Rappahannock Oyster Co. has been owned and operated by the Croxton family. Their oysters are served at hundreds of the world’s best restaurants. The current owners, Ryan and Travis, go beyond “sustainability” growing their oysters in a restorative way.  Closest Metro is NoMA-Gallaudet University.

Union Market

Union Market is a year-round indoor market featuring 40 local artisans that opened September 8, 2012. With fresh produce, dairy, fish and meat as well as juice and oyster bars, barrels of pickles and enough ice cream and sorbet to give half the city an ice cream headache, the market hopes to rival other area farmers markets and Eastern Market. Closest Metro is NoMA-Gallaudet University.