Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson opens new DC restaurant

Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson’s restaurant opened Tuesday inside The Morrow Hotel in D.C.’s Union Market District.

The menu at the New American restaurant, Marcus D.C. , combines Samuelsson’s “personal” international flavors with local influences from Executive Chef Anthony Jones, who is a Maryland native.

What’s on the menu

Samuelsson told WTOP that 60% of the menu is “of the sea,” with notable dishes such as “Mel’s Crab Rice” with pickled okra and an uni béarnaise — an ode to Jones’ childhood growing up near the Chesapeake Bay.

Another standout is the “Swediopian,” a dish of cured salmon, goldenberry broth, fennel and a teff crisp — a clear nod to Samuelsson’s upbringing as an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef.

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