La Boheme

La Boheme occupies the second floor of the historic row home at 2622 P Street NW, above the Apero wine bar that fills the ground level of the same address. The two concepts operate under the ownership of Elli Benchimol, who built both rooms to function as distinct experiences while sharing a kitchen and the same wine-forward sensibility that defines the P Street address. Apero is for drinking and eating in the French bar register; La Boheme is for the more deliberate experience of a tasting menu built around the same commitment to quality ingredients and serious wine.

The format is four or six courses of modern American cuisine, with optional pairings in wine, cocktail, and beverage formats. The six-course menu allows the kitchen to develop a longer narrative across the meal, with more room for the kind of course-to-course transitions that a tasting format is designed to explore. The four-course version is the entry point for guests who want the tasting structure without the full length that six courses requires. Both formats include the beverage pairing option, which extends the Apero wine program into the upstairs dining experience.

The kitchen’s approach to modern American cuisine draws from the regional and seasonal availability that defines American cooking at its most specific, interpreted through the technical vocabulary that Benchimol’s operation reflects. The P Street address received Michelin attention alongside Apero in the first years of the guide’s Washington coverage, placing the combined building among the Georgetown dining destinations the guide identifies as worth a specific trip. That recognition reflects what both floors of the P Street address are doing: a wine bar and a tasting menu restaurant sharing a building and a commitment to quality that the Michelin process identifies with notable precision.

The upstairs room’s design uses the historic building’s proportions and materiality as the background for a dining room that does not try to compete with them. The P Street location is quieter than Georgetown’s main commercial strips, which suits the format: a tasting menu is a seated, extended, deliberate experience rather than the kind of dining that benefits from a high-traffic address. Guests tend to arrive knowing exactly why they are there.

Reservations are required and should be made well in advance, particularly for Friday and Saturday service. The restaurant is open Wednesday through Sunday, with Sunday service beginning at 4pm and the Wednesday through Saturday service starting at 5:30pm. A complete La Boheme tasting menu, paired with a pre-dinner drink at Apero downstairs, covers one of Georgetown’s most complete fine-dining evenings. Street parking on P Street is available in the evenings; the website at labohemedc.com carries menu information and the reservation system. The wine list at La Boheme extends to the full range that Elli Benchimol has assembled across both floors of the P Street address. The Wine Spectator Grand Award that the Apero program received in 2024 and 2025 reflects the depth of the selection that La Boheme tasting menus can draw from for their pairing options. A guest who orders the six-course format with wine pairing is receiving a sequence built from one of the more considered wine lists in the Georgetown dining market.