Michael Rafidi's Michelin-starred Navy Yard restaurant treats Levantine cooking with the seriousness most American restaurants reserve for European tradition — live-fire kebabs, hand-rolled flatbreads from a wood-burning oven, and a tasting menu that walks through the Palestinian heritage Rafidi grew up in. Won the 2024 James Beard Best Chef Mid-Atlantic. One of the most original-feeling restaurants in DC and a real argument for what modern Middle Eastern fine dining can be.