Washington, D.C. - February 16, 2009

Secret Service

Eventide Restaurant Opens

Cloak and dagger, make some room for steak and swagger.

Eventide Restaurant has set up shop in a historic three-story building that once housed secret meetings of the Odd Fellows society (an underground fraternity).

So there’s no reason to keep the ground-floor bar under wraps. Share handcrafted cocktails made from house-made herb syrups, mixers, and bitters, and bites like fries with truffled fondue and foie gras-stuffed dates.

Upstairs, behold the giant main dining room walled with grooved terra-cotta blocks and long windows with retro blue velvet booths. There, feast on pork loin with sausage and preserved summer peaches or grilled barramundi over herbed quinoa.

Perhaps a dessert of cornmeal cake with huckleberry compote is best enjoyed on the roof deck sneaking views of the city skyline.

Good tidings, indeed.

Eventide Restaurant, 3165 Wilson Boulevard, Clarendon (703-276-3165 or eventiderestaurant.com).