Best of D.C. Restaurant Week

6641 Old Dominion Dr., McLean, Va. 22101

Hours: Daily lunch, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m., and dinner Monday-Thursday, 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 4 p.m.- 10 p.m.

Assaggi Osteria is a quaint Italian inn tucked in a corner of Mclean, Va., where chef and owner Domenico Cornacchia is offering a special Restaurant Week menu featuring his best Italian cuisine for lunch and dinner.

Menu standouts include Vellutata di Patate Dolci, a sweet potato "vellutata" with cotechino sausage, Braised Veal and Asparagus Risotto finished with parmiggiano and black peper and Spigola, a wild rockfish filet with porchini mushroom and cauliflower ragu. For a perfectly sweet ending, guests can choose from Orange and Almond Semifreddo with dark chocolate sauce or the Vanilla Panna Cotta with cranberry coulis and lady fingers.

(Photo courtesy of Assaggi Osteria)

1825 14th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009

Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 5 p.m.-11 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 5 p.m.-midnight.

Masa14 specializes in the curious blend of Latin and Asian cuisines. The Restaurant Week menu Masa14 offers four sections, including dessert, from which diners can choose one item.

Executive Chef Adam Goldman prepared all the special dishes, which include a Hot and Sour Egg Drop Soup with shrimp dumplings, tofu and "wood ear" mushrooms, Hoisin and Chipotle Glazed Salmon with cilantro-mint rice, red Thai curry-coconut sauce and herb salad and Cornmeal Crusted Oysters with butter lettuce, lemon-togarashi aioli and green papaya slaw. Desserts are not as ethnically-flavored, going for the traditional Banana Cake with dulche de leche ice cream and tequila banana foster sauce; or a Strawberry Cheesecake with rhubarb salsa and almond crumble.

(Photo courtesy of Masa14)

8010 Towers Crescent Dr., Tysons Corner, Va. 22182

Hours: Monday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Chima Brazilian Steakhouse, which offers the unique experience of a traditional Brazilian rodizio dining service in a classy restaurant setting, is participating in Restaurant Week. Instead of offering an appetizer, entree and dessert for its three courses, Chima has a wide variety of meats and side dishes from which a diner can choose several different items.

First course items include lighter fare, such as beef croquettes, mixed green salad, chick pea salad or corn mousse. Second course items allow customers the choice of side dishes such as white rice, prosciutto, smoked salmon, mashed potatoes or fried polenta. And finally, third course items delve into the meaty part of the meal, with choices like Picanha (top sirloin), Costela de Boi beef ribs), Carneiro (leg of lamb) or Lombinho com Parmesao (pork loin with parmesan cheese).

(Photo courtesy of Chima)

818 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Hours: Lunch Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Dinner Monday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 5:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Sunday 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

Chef and co-owner Todd Gray's restaurant Equinox, is bringing its mid-Atlantic-flavored menu to Restaurant Week. In addition to the standard three-course prix-fixe menu, Equinox is offering a vegan menu, which includes items like the Artichoke and Red Lentil Bisque, the Chickpea Burger and a Double Chocolate Brownie.

The regular menu includes appetizers such as the Grilled Louisiana White Shrimp or the Radicchio and Winter Green Salad, and entrees like the Maple-Bourbon Glazed Tenderloin of Pork, "Riso Nero" Crusted Skuna Bay Salmon, Angus Beef Shortrib and Whole Wheat Pappardelle Noodles. To top of the menu, the restaurant is offering desserts like the Greek Yogurt Panna Cotta and the Lemon Coconut Torte.

(Photo courtesy of Equinox)

1063 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20007

Hours: Lunch 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. daily, Dinner 3:30 p.m.-11 p.m. daily

Traditional Italian restaurant Filomena is offering both a lunch and dinner prix-fixe menu for Restaurant Week. Guests can dine on appetizers like the Salsicce Alla Toscana, a grilled house-made sweet Italian sausage served with Tuscan-style cannellini beans, grilled onion and roasted pepper salad and extra virgin olive oil, or main entrees like the Lasagna Alla Vegetali, which is a pasta layered with roasted red and yellow peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, spinach, button mushrooms, ricotta, mozzarella and parmigiana cheese and creamy vodka tomato sauce. Diners can choose between sweet or sweeter for dessert, with either a triple chocolate mousse cake or a white chocolate mousse cake.

(Photo courtesy of Filomena)

781 Seventh St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Hours: Lunch Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., dinner Sunday-Thursday, 5 p.m.-10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m.-10:30 p.m.

The Chinatown-based restaurant offers a blend of Latin and Asian-style dishes, many of which are often designed for sharing. Its Restaurant Week menu, crafted by chef Richard Sandoval, offers a plethora of Latin and Asian dishes from Thai Chicken Empanadas to Charred Tuna Won Won Tacos. Main dishes include more ethnically-fused items such as Bacolod Filipino BBQ Chicken, Crispy Tofu and Tagalog Style Churrasco Steak.

(Photo courtesy of Zengo)