Big Belly, A French-Italian Eatery — Restaurant in Washington

Hubby sent me down from Chesapeake to house hunt and as bestie & I roamed all downeast we found hunger pains setting in. A quick search and we found, and almost passed, Big Belly. Bestie was like, where is it? I said that little building with all the cars! Luckily, we wandered in right before Saturday rush and found a 4 top table (be forewarned, it's small in there so get in early!) and settled in to scour the menu as Juan brought us drinks. I don't normally order steak sandwiches dining out but theirs looked and sounded delectable, so that is what I ordered. And I was NOT disappointed. The steak was thinly sliced, marinated in something so unlike any other steak sandwich I'd ever have. The white sauce was the perfect topper and the French bread was the perfect vessel. Because my steak sandwich with white sauce was so awesome, I ordered a Bucatini with bolognese and meatballs to go. I was staying a few days in a hotel and let me tell you, I thought the steak was great, the Bucatini was even better!! Let me tell you, the food was so great here I told hubby we would have to buy in Washington just to be able to dine here whenever we wanted! That visit was almost a month ago and I have been dreaming of my next visit! Our home closes here on Sept 2nd and fairly soon after that, I'll find myself back here for more of everything!

Ps, Juan was a superb server. They're lucky...

What an absolute gem!!💎 So happy we gave this place a shot. The food was spectacular! The menu is full of great sounding options, it’s hard to pick, that just means we will be coming back several times. I had the Cuban Sandwich (lite cheese,mustard,mayo), and it may be the best Cuban I’ve ever had. Every ingredient was exactly what I expect and the bread almost stole the show. My wife has the pesto pasta, they kicked it up a bit with a little lemon (or something) in it. Again, definitely one of the better pesto recipes I’ve had and the pasta was 🤌!! We also got the garden salad, presented really nice and the little things they add to the tomatoes really stand out. Garlic bread was delicious as well.

Food was top tier, but so was the service. There were two servers, the girl that waited on us was extremely kind and attentive, checked on us often. I watched the other staff and everyone hustled and had great attitudes.

I am so thankful to have a place like this in town and highly recommend you try it!!

Oh, one small thing, more vegetarian options would be nice. Wife wanted the Alfredo but they maybe use chicken stock? I’m good with that, it’s probably delicious, but she...

Ate at Big Belly Deli for lunch today. They now have a brick and mortar in Washington. You order at the counter and they’ll bring your food out. It’s cute with a little lending library inside (naturally I went home with a book). But the food is so good. We got a caprese salad to share, a muffelata sandwich and the fresh bucatini pasta. The sandwich came with kettle cooked chips and the pasta came with three pieces of garlic bread and a choice of garden or Caesar salad. I went with the latter. We had a choice of white or red sauce for the pasta and we couldn’t decide so we got both! The salads were very fresh and I don’t know if that dressing was homemade or not but it was delish! The pasta was perfect and the sauces were very good. They had a lot of garlic, which was fine for us but just in case you don’t like a lot…now you know. the sandwich was awesome! We just got back from New Orleans in March and had our first one there and I’d say this was like being back in New Orleans. Large portions…we each took home enough for dinner tonight. We will be back! Hopefully they’ll get their liquor...