Brightwood is one of Washington’s up-and-coming neighborhoods, but Daymon Anderson and Michael Walters couldn’t help but notice what it lacked: a stable, high-quality, sit-down restaurant. So earlier this year, they decided to do something about it in the form of Brightwood Bistro at the corner of Georgia and Missouri avenues.

Anderson formerly ran the Logan Circle Sports Restaurant, while Walters cut his culinary teeth in the kitchens of D.C. superstars Michel Richard and Roberto Donna, before going on to win accolades of his own in Tampa, Fla.