DIG

The space at 1301 Wisconsin Avenue NW is bright and spare, the kind of fast-casual interior designed to move people through efficiently without making them feel processed. The menu board lists seasonal bowls, grain bases, proteins, and roasted vegetables. The kitchen behind the counter is visible and clearly organized. DIG opened here on April 30, 2023, as the brand’s first Washington location, and the 1301 Wisconsin address, at the busier end of Georgetown’s commercial corridor, gave it immediate access to the lunch and dinner crowd that M Street and its surrounding blocks generate.

Adam Eskin founded DIG in New York City in 2011, calling it Dig Inn through most of its first decade. The concept started from a specific conviction: that fast-casual food did not have to be fast-casual quality. Eskin built relationships with regional farms and committed to sourcing seasonal vegetables and proteins from suppliers within a defined radius, then built a kitchen operation that could cook those ingredients properly in a counter-service format. The model worked well enough in New York that the company expanded through Manhattan and into other cities, absorbed a difficult pandemic period that required significant restructuring, and emerged with a narrower footprint and a clearer identity. Georgetown was part of the expansion that followed.

The menu rotates with what is available and what the kitchen decides to build around it. The bowl format is customizable, with a base of grain or greens, a protein, a selection of roasted and prepared vegetables, and a sauce. The roasted vegetables are the distinguishing element: items like crispy Brussels sprouts, roasted beets, and caramelized sweet potatoes that hold up under real heat rather than steaming in a warming tray. House-made focaccia comes as a side and has developed its own reputation among regulars. Crispy chicken sandwiches on that same focaccia are the closest thing on the menu to a traditional fast-casual anchor item.

The Georgetown location draws the lunch crowd from the office buildings and the medical practices that cluster in the upper Wisconsin Avenue corridor, along with students from Georgetown University and the neighborhood residents who want a quick dinner that does not require a reservation or a long wait. Catering is available for groups. Online ordering through the website and the major delivery platforms covers pickup and delivery for those who want the food without the counter visit.

DIG is open daily from 11am to 9pm. The Wisconsin Avenue address does not have dedicated parking; the garages on M Street and the Georgetown Circulator stop on Wisconsin are the practical options for those driving in. For visitors who want a reasonable, fast, vegetable-forward meal in a neighborhood where most of the sit-down options run expensive and most of the truly cheap options run toward chains, the 1301 Wisconsin address fills a specific gap in the Georgetown dining landscape.