What Does Georgetown Taste Like?

One of the fun steps in my annual business survey is to tally up all the restaurants and see how the varieties of cuisine stack up in terms of numbers. Hence, how does the neighborhood “taste”.

You can see the results above. As usual, “American” dominates the list, with 23, or nearly 18%. The broad category of “sweets” (i.e. ice cream, cupcakes, donuts, etc.) comes in second, with 17, or 13%.

In terms of genuine, non-American cuisine, the broad category of Middle Eastern leads the way, with 12, or 9%. It’s a bit dodgy to sweep up so many different cuisines into this category, with foods originating from places as removed as Afghanistan and Lebanon. But I wanted the collection of these different styles to stand out numerically.

Coming in close behind is a tie between coffee shops and French offerings. Considering that some of these French offerings double as pretty good coffee shops, I’ll say that the tie goes to the French.

All in all, we have just about any type of food you might want right here in Georgetown!