Where is Rice Market DC?

Rice Market is at 1608 14th Street NW, Lower Level, Washington DC 20009 — inside the Rice building on 14th Street. Rice Restaurant is on the 1st floor, Rice Market in the lower level, and Rice Taste Kitchen on the 2nd floor. Phone: (202) 234-2737.

Where can I buy Japanese Wagyu beef in Washington DC?

At Rice Market, lower level, 1608 14th Street NW, Washington DC. Japanese Wagyu beef steaks — Strip Loin ($7.50/oz) and Top Round ($6.75/oz) — are available at the counter with no reservation needed. Open daily 11:30am–10pm (Fri–Sat to 10:30pm). Sashimi DC also operates inside Rice Market for Japanese fish imports.

Where is the best Japanese sake selection in Washington DC?

Rice Market at 1608 14th Street NW, Washington DC carries Washington DC's largest Japanese sake portfolio — 100+ bottles and cans including Dassai, Hakkaisan, Kubota, and many more. Curated with Capital Sake and Sake District.

What Thai cooking classes are available in Washington DC?

Rice Taste Kitchen at 1608 14th Street NW, 2nd Floor hosts regular Thai cooking classes with collaborating chefs. Also omakase dinners, sake tastings, and cultural workshops. Tickets at events.ticketleap.com/events/ricemarket.

Rice — Restaurant, Market & Taste Kitchen · 1608 14th Street NW, Washington DC · Thai cuisine, pan-Asian grocery, sake, Japanese Wagyu beef, culinary events

1608 14th Street NW · Washington DC 20009

Rice
Restaurant

Opened in 2003, Rice Restaurant occupies the 1st floor — a minimalist urban dining room serving imaginative Thai cuisine, the DC Noodles legacy menu, and a made-to-order sushi counter. Full bar with specialty cocktails. Dine in, take out, or delivery.

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Rice
Market

Opened in 2020 in the lower level, Rice Market is a curated pan-Asian grocery — Thai pantry staples, fresh produce, ready-to-eat and prep-to-cook meals, and a well-chosen selection of sake, beer, and wine.

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Rice
Taste Kitchen

An intimate second-floor event space where chefs, sommeliers, winemakers, and craftspeople come together for cooking classes, omakase dinners, sake tastings, and cultural workshops. Limited seating for every event.

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Rice Taste Kitchen

Upcoming Events

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Workshop Sat, Jun 27 · Sashimi DC

Knife Sharpening and Fish Slicing Class

Bring your kitchen knife — sharpen it on Japanese whetstones, then slice sashimi-grade fish. Leave with a sharp knife, new technique, and fresh-sliced fish. By Sashimi DC.

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Baking & Pastry Sat, Jun 27 · 1:00–4:00pm

Japanese Milk Bread Class (Shokupan)

Learn the art & science of Shokupan sandwich bread — ultra-soft Japanese technique. Hands-on baking plus strawberry jam. Take home bread, jam, and a loaf pan. By Eddie. Sold out.

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Tasting Menu Sat, Jul 11 · 7:00–9:00pm

The Koji Table: A Fermentation-Centric Dinner with Sake Pairing

Michelin-starred chef Brad DeBoy and sake expert Scott Movens present a 5-course dinner built around koji and fermentation — each course paired with sake developed in tandem with the food.

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Premium & Authentic

Japanese Wagyu & Sashimi DC at Rice Market

Two premium offerings at the Rice Market lower level — Japanese Wagyu beef steaks sourced via Wagyu Sommelier, and Sashimi DC's direct fish imports from Japan.

Japanese Wagyu
Beef Counter

True Japanese Wagyu

Authentic Japanese Wagyu beef steaks sourced via Wagyu Sommelier. No reservation needed — available at the lower level counter during market hours.

Strip Loin — $7.50/oz Top Round — $6.75/oz

Walk in · No reservation · Market hours

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Sashimi DC
Premium Import

Sashimi Grade · Japan Direct

Keita Miyaki imports sashimi-grade fish directly from Japan every week — processed Monday in Kyushu, arriving at Dulles by Wednesday. Never frozen. The same fish served at the Fish & Wine Pairing dinners.

Bluefin Tuna Hokkaido Uni Sasshu Salmon Hokkaido Scallops Toyosu Market selection

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Rice Market

From Our Collaborators & Producers

Rice Market carries a wide range of items — from Thai ingredients to Japanese ceramics, cookbooks, kitchenware, sake, beer, and wine. Alongside the pantry staples, we curate products from small quality producers, including the chefs and artisans who call Rice Market home.

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Tue & Fri

ToriSumi Yakitori Bento

Tokyo-trained yakitori in bento form. The same craft behind the sold-out Taste Kitchen omakase dinners, available twice a week at the market.

Blake King · torisumiyakitori.com · @torisumiyakitori

Desserts

Snow Crane Ice Cream

Artisan ice cream with Maryland dairy and Japanese flavors — Kinako, Black Sesame, Okinawan Sweet Potato, and seasonal selections.

Takeshi Nishikawa · snow-crane.com · @snowcraneicecream

Korean

AJM Kimchi

Traditional kimchi by Ellen Lee — fermented in-house, sold fresh at the market counter.

Ellen Lee · @ajm_kimchi

Japanese

Boston Natto

Locally-made fermented soybeans — a Japanese breakfast staple. Sticky, pungent, deeply nutritious. Made in small batches.

Aya's Culture Kitchen · ayasculture.com · @ayas_culture_kitchen

Chinese

50Hertz Tingly Foods

Sichuan pepper products with the distinctive mouth-numbing tingle — sauces, chilli oils, and seasoning blends made in DC.

Yao Zhao · 50hertzfoods.com · @50hertzfoods

Baked Goods

Eddie's Shokupan & Pastries

Japanese milk bread and seasonal pastries by an NC-based baker who travels to DC to bake at the market.

Eddie · @eddie_loves

Partner Winemakers

Wines at Rice Market

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Most of these wines are exclusively available at Rice Market in the DMV — the winemakers have no local distributors. We know them personally, buy directly, and host them when they visit DC.

Oregon · McMinnville

Shiba Wichern Cellars

Akiko Shiba & Christian Wichern

Geisenheim-trained. Own-rooted plantings, regenerative farming, no commercial yeast, no fining. From 2025, also vinifying fruit from Perkins Harter's Bracken Vineyard. ~1,000 cases/year.

Keita's pick: Compare 2021 Pinot Noir Havlin and Bellevue Cross vineyards for two distinct expressions

shibawicherncellars.com @shibawichern

Oregon · Eola-Amity Hills

Violin Wine

Will Hamilton

Maryland native pursuing "electricity" — precise tension, vibrant acidity, balanced structure. No commercial yeast since vintage one. Dry-farmed, including from Bracken Vineyard. Max ~2,500 cases/year.

Keita's pick: X-Omni 2022 Pinot Noir · Sojeau 2021 Chardonnay drinking superbly now

violinwine.com @musicinyourmouth

Oregon · McMinnville

Goodfellow Family Cellars

Marcus Goodfellow & Megan Joy

Serious, age-worthy Pinot Noir and Chardonnay alongside a field blend and Riesling. Recently launched sparkling program pairs brilliantly with Uni and Hotate.

Keita's pick: Temperance Hill 2017 Pinot Noir

goodfellowfamilycellars.com @goodfellowfamilycellars

California

Six Cloves Wines

Sonoe Hirabayashi

Japanese winemaker with roots in sake, miso, and soy fermentation from Nagano. UC Davis trained, experience across Napa, Sonoma, New Zealand, and Chile. Balance and harmony philosophy.

Keita's pick: Zinfandel with Akami Zuke

sixcloveswines.com @sixcloveswines

Albi, France · Tarn

Keiko et Jérôme

Jérôme Deleuze & Keiko Araki

Japanese-French couple. Japanese natural farming philosophy meets French natural winemaking. No additives, no mechanical intervention.

Keita's pick: Hinagiku (Syrah) with Otoro

keikoetjerome.fr @keikoetjerome

Virginia

Novella Wines

Jenn Anderson & Karl Kuhn

DC sommeliers from Michelin-starred wine programs, now making low-intervention Virginia wines. First harvest 2024: mineral-driven Petit Manseng. Cabernet Franc rosé forthcoming from 2025 vintage.

novellawines.com @novellawines

Oregon · Eola-Amity Hills

Perkins Harter

Shelby Perkins & Peter Harter

Former DC lawyer turned grower-winemaker in Oregon. Organic and biodynamic farming. Bracken Vineyard fruit vinified by Violin Wine and Shiba Wichern Cellars — both available in our wine section.

perkinsharter.com @perkins.harter

Knowledge

Learn with Rice

From Thai herb guides and recipe cards to live cooking classes in the Taste Kitchen — Rice has always been as much about education as it is about eating.

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Everything is on Instagram

New events, seasonal arrivals, fish of the week, and market updates — all announced on our Instagram before anywhere else.

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