Pineapple & Pearls

Pineapple & Pearls is a restaurant located on Barracks Row in Washington, D.C., serving a fixed-price multi-course dinner. The Washington Post gave the restaurant a four-star review, writing that Aaron Silverman, the chef and owner, "...pushes the fine-dining cause in only exquisite directions."^[1] Pineapple & Pearls was a semifinalist in the Outstanding Restaurant category of the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2024.^[2]

Pineapple & Pearls
Restaurant information
Established	2016
Owner(s)	Aaron Silverman
Rating	(Michelin Guide)
Street address	715 8th Street SE
City	Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°52′50.5″N 76°59′43.2″W

Whole roasted Alina duck at Pineapple & Pearls

The restaurant is next door to its sister restaurant, Rose's Luxury.^[3] A more casual daytime cafe operated in the front bar area of Pineapple & Pearls until December 2017, when the cafe, known as Little Pearl, opened its location a few blocks away.^[4]

Awards

• 2016 Best New Restaurants, No.1, The Washington Post.^[5]
• 2017 Very Best Restaurants in Washington, No.1, Washingtonian (magazine).^[6]
• 2017 Michelin Stars , the Michelin Guide.^[7]
• 2018 Five Diamond Rating, the American Automobile Association.^[8]
• 2020 - 2023 Michelin Star (Little Pearl), the Michelin Guide.^[9]

See also

• List of Michelin starred restaurants in Washington, D.C.

References

1. Sietsema, Tom (10 October 2017). "Pineapple and Pearls is delicious proof that fine dining can be a blast". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
2. "These Are the James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists, 2024". Bon Appétit. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
3. Carman, Tim; Carman, Tim (2016-03-07). "Pineapple and Pearls will open April 7 with dinner priced at $250 per person". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.
4. Carman, Tim (7 December 2017). "Little Pearl will be a coffee shop and wine bar like no other in Washington". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
5. Sietsema, Tom (May 10, 2016). "Pineapple and Pearls review: Aaron Silverman's fine-dining lair is astounding". The Washington Post.
6. Spiegel, Anna (January 24, 2017). "Pineapple and Pearls Is the Best Restaurant in Washington". Washingtonian Magazine.
7. "MICHELIN Guide Washington 2017 : 12 restaurants earn stars". The Michelin Guide. No. 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
8. Nania, Rachel (February 22, 2018). "1 DC restaurant achieves AAA Five Diamond rating". WTOP News.
9. Neibauer, Michael (October 1, 2019). "Michelin bulks up its starred restaurants in its latest D.C. guide. Aaron Silverman gets one more". Washington Business Journal.