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Dining

Oct. 07, 2005
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READERS: Merkádo Kitchen

The restaurant’s name comes from the Spanish “mercado” (marketplace) and “The Mikado” (a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta set in Japan). Accordingly, Merkádo’s options are an unlikely yet scrumptious mash up of Asian and Latin dishes. Entrees include the “arroz con pollo,” roasted chicken in mojo with rice and beans, and the crispy, panko-crusted crab-and-shrimp cakes. Almost as ambitious as the culture fusing in Merkádo’s menu, is the restaurant’s design — a handsomely decorated venue with large portraits adorning the walls.


Merkádo Kitchen
1442 P St., NW
202-299-0018