Dining in DC: Notes from a Week in the Capital
Drinks and Nibbles at this American Institution
We visited the Library of Congress on a Thursday afternoon, after a visit to the Capitol, the beautiful botanical gardens and the National Museum of the American Indian. While the Library of Congress is open to visitors weekly, on Thursday afternoons they have extended hours and also offer food and drinks for sale. It’s an opportunity to check out the atrium, a couple of galleries and look at the Main Reading Room, while feeling you are in the midst of a soiree.
We had dinner reservations for later in the evening, but it had been a while since lunch, so Mike got a snack tray that came with very tasty homemade bread with apple, brie and sweet onion jam or prosciutto, fig and mascarpone. It was actually quite decision, and a reasonable price (he thinks $12 or $14). Drink prices were also reasonable.
The one thing I wish I’d done is check in my coat before I started walking around.
Live! at the Library
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First Street SE
Washington, DC 20540
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