a.kitchen + bar d.c.

a.kitchen + bar is a new restaurant opening within the new AKA hotel in Foggy Bottom.
We are an American restaurant that has a focus on seasonally inspired ingredients and a critically acclaimed natural wine program.
Part of the High Street Hospitality Group (Fork, High Street Philly and High Street Hoagies), a.kitchen Philadelphia has been named One of America’s Best Wine Restaurants by Wine Enthusiast, received an Award of Excellence by Wine Spectator and also Three Bells by Philadelphia Inquirer critic Craig LaBan. Our bar has one of the most innovative spirits programs in Philadelphia.
High Street Hospitality founder Ellen Yin, was named 2023 Outstanding Restaurateur by the James Beard Foundation, and the beverage program has been named James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for Outstanding Wine Program in 2022 and 2024.