Live Oak
Southern fare has a way of satisfying like no other, and chef Justus Frank is ready to scratch that itch in Del Ray, where you’ll find skillet cornbread with maple butter; fried green tomatoes; buttermilk fried chicken with Benton’s bacon; pecan-crusted trout with collards and brown-butter-caper sauce; and Carolina shrimp and grits with andouille sausage and okra. Plus sweet finishes like buttermilk chess pie or peanut butter squares. //1603 Commonwealth Ave., Alexandria (Del Ray)