2025 RAMMYS: Vote for your favorite DMV bar, brunch, sandwich and more

UPDATE (May 31, 2025): Voting is now closed, and the winners will be announced this summer.

Which D.C.-area restaurant has the best brunch? Whose sandwich is a must-have? DMV-area foodies had the chance to weigh in on the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington's 2025 RAMMY awards.

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Ballots were cast in four public voting categories: best bar, best brunch, favorite gathering place and hottest sandwich spot.

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Favorite gathering place

• A Baked Joint
• Balos
• Chloe
• The Dew Drop Inn
• Vagabond Bar and Kitchen

Best brunch

• J. Hollinger's Waterman's Chophouse
• Josephine
• Le Diplomate
• Sequoia
• Vera Cocina & Bar

Hottest sandwich spot

• Ampersandwich at Shilling Canning Co.
• Queen Mother's
• Jetties
• Soko Butcher
• Your Only Friend

Best bar

• The Green Zone
• metrobar
• Service Bar
• Tune Inn Restaurant and Bar
• Royal Sands Social Club

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