From the restaurant's website:
"Discover a warm-hearted bistro abundant in whimsy and modern in style. Central Michel Richard embodies a new and chic gathering place, where cheerful spirits are combined with American cuisine, lovingly topped off with a French twist."
Full bar. Serving lunch Mon-Fri, dinner nightly.
Washingtonian: 100 Very Best Restaurants, 2011
James Beard Foundation: Best New Restaurant (national), 2008
"Central is the warmhearted bistro [Michel] Richard says he has long wanted to launch and the restaurant that so many of us crave nowadays."
—Tom Sietsema, The Washington Post, March 25, 2007