Opening Monday in the remodeled Liaison Capitol Hill hotel, Art and Soul finds Art Smith (of Chicago's TABLE fifty-two) masterminding an inventive, midpriced American menu that blends Southern and Chesapeake traditions in dishes like hoecakes festooned with beet-cured salmon, caviar and dill crème fraîche; its chic off-lobby setting boasts shiny red chairs, dining alcoves backed in faux ostrich and dramatic portraits of leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Churchill, while floor-to-ceiling glass doors offer a view of the outdoor patio.
415 New Jersey Ave. NW; 202-393-7777