Restaurateurs, chefs, restaurant industry professionals, and guests gathered Sunday, August 3 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the 43rd Annual RAMMYS Awards & Gala as the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) announced the 2025 RAMMYS Award winners.

Any RAMW member in good standing, who met all category eligibility requirements, was able to be nominated in the restaurant, individual award, and publicly voted categories. An anonymous panel of judges determined all Finalists and winners except for the winners of the four publicly-voted categories, which were decided by public vote earlier this year, and the Joan Hisaoka Allied Member of the Year category, whose finalists were nominated by peers and the winner was selected by RAMW’s Executive Committee.

The 2025 RAMMYS winners are (*denotes publicly voted category):

• Allied Member of the Year: Keany Produce & Gourmet
  

• Beer Program of the Year: Atlas Brew Works
  

• *Best Bar of the Year: Tune Inn Restaurant and Bar
  

• *Best Brunch of the Year: Le Diplomate
  

• Casual Restaurant of the Year: 2Fifty Texas BBQ
  

• Chef of the Year: Carlos Delgado – Causa/Amazonia 
  

• Cocktail Program of the Year: Jane Jane
  

• Employee of the Year: Juan Sanchez – Cafe du Parc and Willard’s Peacock Alley
  

• Fast Casual Restaurant of the Year: La Tejana
  

• *Favorite Gathering Place of the Year: The Dew Drop Inn
  

• Formal Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year: MITA
  

• *Hottest Sandwich Spot of the Year: Jetties
  

• Manager of the Year: Lorena Reyes – Founding Farmers
  

• New Restaurant of the Year: La’ Shukran
  

• Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year: Alicia Wang – Yellow/Albi/La’ Shukran
  

• Restaurateur of the Year: Seng Luangrath – Baan Mae, Padaek, and Thip Khao
  

• Rising Culinary Star of the Year: Suresh Sundas – Daru
  

• Service Program of the Year: Elcielo
  

• Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year: Tail Up Goat
  

• Wine Program of the Year: Era Wine Bar