Founding Farmers - DC
Safety precautions
- Surfaces sanitized between seatings
- Common areas deep cleaned daily
- Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
- Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers
- Sealed or wrapped utensils used
- Limited number of seated diners
- Distancing maintained in common areas
- Extra space between tables
- Waitstaff wear masks
- Diners must wear masks unless eating or drinking
- Sick staff prohibited in the workplace
Popular dishes
Crispy Shrimp
fries, coleslaw, cornbread
35 reviews
Steak Frites
fries and choice of one crop list side
33 reviews
Skillet Cornbread
North Dakota honey butter
20 reviews
Food was excellent and felt very safe with their Covid precautions.
Thanks JoAnne for sharing this with us! We appreciate it and hope to welcome you back again soon! -Amy
A forever favorite in town. However, no heaters in the outdoor seating area, it was freezing cold:(
Lives up to the hype. We sat outside in tents and it was still wonderful.
Loved it. Great service. Great food. Great environment.
I love this restaurant. Great food. Super service.
Great services! The outdoor tent was a great way to eat out in the cool. The tent could have been a little warmer but the service was great. The food was delicious. They even quickly fixed an issue with one of our orders in a generous manner. Would totally return !
The food and service were fantastic. The atmosphere was nice considering the corona restrictions.
Honestly the food was just really disappointing. Pot pie had tons of onion and 1 piece of potato and little chicken. The pot roast was average. Both needed salt and pepper. The cornbread appetizer was very so so and the beignets were an oily mess. Service was great. Wines by the glass were very good but expensive $17 each. Wouldn’t go back.
Thanks Les for sharing your feedback with us and I am super sorry for the disappointments with our food & prices for wines by the glass. :( I would love to connect and hopefully turn around your decision to not return...I will be sending you a follow up note with my email address and look forward to connecting further. -Amy
This is a go to place in DC. The food is amazing. The service is first rate. We love everything about it. The only reason I made ambience a little low is because we were outside, which is not as nice as inside.
A res for 4, emailed from restaurant indicated heated tents. Tents were not heated. The wait for everything was very long, and the food was cold. We had to use an app on our cell phones for a menu and could not see prices. A $14 rum and coke? The servers were spread all over the place and therefore we didn’t see ours very often. But the worst part was the cold! Poor tent and propane heater layout. Way overpriced for the service and food provided. This may be a fine dining facility when all inside but they should consider other ways of serving or even menu changes to help deal with the current situation-heat & plate covers, anyone? A heated air fan, like many people use for tents? Quite sad for what should have been a nice dinner with small inconvenience due to COVID. Instead, the management brought it to a freezing table and cold food and overpriced cocktails didn’t impress. The server did recall our order without notes so she was good, but the layout and experience was miserable. The management needs to rethink this. Provide your team with the tools they need to bring the experience up.
I am super sorry for the disappointments with the food & ambience during this experience. :( You're absolutely right- we need to do better & your feedback will help get us there! Our intentions are to still provide a wonderful time by all counts for our guests (now more than ever!) and we sincerely apologize this was not the case this time. With this said, I'd love to touch base and hopefully turn around the poor impression we left you with. I will send you a DM with my email address. -Amy
Their outdoor tent was not heated where our table was and I froze.
Birthday dinner
Fantastic service and even better food! The outdoor tents were roomy and I always felt like my space was respected, would definitely go back again!
I recommend this restaurant! The food is amazing.
Hi Alina: I am very sorry for the wait outside when you had a reservation, and also apologize for the unavailable table indoors (right now, it is against DC regulation to seat tables inside). :( That said, I feel terrible this was unknown & your visit started off and ended up on a low note. I would love to turn this around and will send you a DM with my email address to continue this conversation. -Amy
Everything was delicious. It was very pricey though.
The restaurant did a fantastic job at accommodating outdoor seating during this pandemic. The food was incredible and reasonably priced!
Thank you, Trinity! We really appreciate you sharing this with our team and hope to have you back again soon! :) -Amy
Never disappoints ! Outdoor seating had heaters and service was great 👍🏽
Good food, more on the comfort food side. Great setup for outside dining.
Solid experience overall.
Had to wait even though we made a reservation
Hi Zae: I am very sorry there was a delay with your reservation this time. :( I would love the chance to connect with you and make this right! I will send you a DM with my email address to hopefully continue this conversation. -Amy
We had to wait 15 minutes outside despite the reservation time, and server was unfamiliar with the bartenders ability so ordering was a little challenging at first. After the rough start the meal and service were great.
La comida estuvo muy buena, el servicio tiene potencial de mejora, las políticas de bio seguridad para COVID son un poco ilógicas. Tenían como una fuga de gas en alguno de los calentadores y el carpa de cena en exterior olía mucho al mismo.
Heaters didn’t work, was freezing
Amazing food in a relaxed atmosphere. We visited during Christmas weekend 2020 (crazy times) and we only could sit outside due to Covid regulations. The staff went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable. We greatly enjoyed our brunch there. I highly recommend it.
Food and service were excellent. Sitting in a tent in freezing weather with both doors open and no heat was an experience we wont forget
I am very sorry the temperature in our tent was super cold during your visit. :( With new restrictions in place, we now must have 2 of the tent sides open at all times, and trust us- we feel badly this compromised your overall experience and lead to a 2-STAR rating overall. This said, I'd love to make this right and will send you a DM with my email address. -Amy
Tents are NOT heated, despite large banner on home page. Haven’t eaten that fast since basic training. Food cools in minutes, no chance with coffee.
Hi Bailey-Ann: I am super sorry for the disappointing ambiance during your recent visit. :( The tent is heated as advertised, however with new restrictions in place, we must leave 2 of the tent sides open. That said, you are absolutely right to share the atmosphere of the tent was cold and we feel badly this compromised your experience. This said, I'd love to make this right and will send you a DM with my email address. -Amy
We ate in a tent on Christmas morning while the snow fell outside! Thank you for a memorable experience for my family!
The weather was cold. My partner asked someone to put a heather outside for all the people and he refused to. With this COVID pandemic we totally understand the fact of eating outside but at least keep families warm outside. Thats my only observation. Other than that, food was great. Thank you.
We had a beautiful brunch on Christmas Day. They made the best of their COVID restrictions. The food was worth sitting in the freezing cold tent. Only suggestion- bring a cushion if it’s cold. Metal chairs in freezing temps aren’t fun
The food and service were great. However, the light was out in the tent, making for not so great ambience.
When I called for reservations, I was told there would be heat lamps. There wasn’t a single heat lamp in sight and I wore a dress.
Hi Agguzman: Thank you for your review and we appreciate your kind remarks about the food & service. We are of course, super sorry the tent was cold & dark, and I would love the chance to follow up to make this right! I will send you a DM with my email address to hopefully continue this conversation. -Amy
Fantastic impossible burgers. Great atmosphere, the Pegasus and the floating cloud lights are awesome. Definitely going back for the drinks.
Took 20 min for our waiter to arrive and take our drink order. Appetizers came out before our drinks and our drinks came a few min before our entres arrived. I assume waitstaff was overwhelmed and that’s what caused delays in service. Even though the service was less than expected, the food was good.
Good comfort food, good portions, and good service.
My Chicken Pot Pie did not have a single piece of chicken in it. How is this possible?
Also, our cookies were dry. Overall, even though we did not create a scene, we were quite dissappointed.
Hi Rupen: I am super sorry for the disappointment with the Chicken Pot Pie and cookies ordered this time. :( We are super appreciative to know this, and now given the opportunity to address this with our team, as well as make this right. That said, I will send you a DM with my email address to continue this conversation. -Amy
KK was a good waitress. Food had no taste. Chicken was decent.
Hi Elaysia: I am very sorry to read the food ordered had no taste. :( I would love to know more about what dishes fell short and will send you a DM with my email address to hopefully touch base. Thank you and I look forward to connecting soon! -Amy
This was our second visit for breakfast/brunch and it was excellent. The food is delicious and the portions are huge. The service is excellent as well. We’ll definitely be back again
The food was wonderful. I can't wait to go back and try other dishes on the menu. Would recommend to all my friends to go there.
Lovely space and attentive server!!!
The food was good and menu has great options. However, the service was terrible! Table was dirty when we were sat by the hostess. Waited forever for water, drinks, and everything else. Half of our table received food and the other half waited another 20 minutes for their entrees. Had to track down utensils. Reserved an indoor table but sat in one of the tents - Heater was unable to get the space warm. Sadly, won’t be going back.
Hi Anne: Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Our team is real sorry the service & ambiance failed to measure up to the food ordered, and we appreciate you letting us know. :( That said, I would love the opportunity to follow up with you and turn this around! I will send you a DM with my email address. -Amy
Good experience overall. We enjoyed meeting for lunch and eating outside in the heated tent, especially since it was quite cold that day, with no sun out. That was an amazing experience, in itself. The service was seemingly slow considering our server was the only server for at least 4 different tables. I can imagine it may have been a little difficult because he was traveling from inside the restaurant to outside to inside of the tent. But overall the food was good, the ambiance was good, and the tent experience was good (until one of the heaters went out). Thank you for the experience.
FAQs
Founding Farmers - DC does offer delivery in partnership with Uber Eats. Founding Farmers - DC also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (202) 822-8783.
Founding Farmers - DC is rated 4.6 stars by 29501 OpenTable diners.
Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable. Due to local restrictions, this restaurant may not be accepting reservations at the moment.