6) Mixed-Use Spaces

Restaurants aren’t just restaurants. Many of them double as markets like Menu MBK (pictured). The first of the restaurant's three floors offers everything from fresh produce and gourmet cheese to prepared meals. “What's great about having a multi-concept space is that people who wander in to peruse the market may discover there’s a restaurant and bar upstairs and vice versa,” chef Frederick de Pue tells us. Black Whiskey in Logan Circle has a downstairs goods and clothing shop, and so will Maketto when it opens.

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