Lebanese Taverna
The family-owned restaurant, an Arlington favorite, is donating $1 from every hommus sale to World Central Kitchen’s relief efforts in Beirut, so start with an order of that magical dip. Specials on the Restaurant Week menu also include fattoush salad, tabouleh, m’saka, samosas, kafta or shrimp kabobs, chicken curry and pistachio baklava. // 1101 S. Joyce Street, Arlington (Pentagon Row); 5900 Washington Blvd., Arlington (Westover); 2001 International Drive, McLean (Tysons)
Mussel Bar & Grille
The dinner menu is a seafood bonanza that includes peel-and-eat shrimp, crab dip, local oysters, roasted rockfish with ratatouille and four kinds of mussels preparations. Plus blueberry-peach pavlova, strawberry cheesecake or butterscotch creme brulee for dessert. // 800 N. Glebe Road, Arlington (Ballston)
Randy’s Prime Seafood & Steaks
Start with a baby kale and fresh fruit salad (berries, quinoa, pecorino, balsamic vinaigrette) and then move on to roasted branzino with tomatoes and grilled artichokes, or filet mignon with duck-fat fries. A lunch winner is the prime rib sandwich with gruyere, caramelized onions and truffled bearnaise aioli, which also comes with said fries. And for dessert? Chocolate cake with toffee crumbles. //805 Leesburg Pike, Vienna (Tysons)
Osteria da Nino
Italian classics at this neighborhood trattoria include fried calamari, arancini, caprese salad, grilled octopus, veal scaloppini, seafood risotto and several dishes featuring housemade pasta. //2900 S. Quincy St., Arlington (Shirlington)