CityZen is an American restaurant located in the Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group , a member of the Jardine Matheson Group, is an international hotel investment and management group with luxury hotels, resorts and residences in Asia, Europe and the Americas...

 Hotel in Washington, D.C. that serves American cuisine from executive chef and owner, Eric Ziebold

Eric Ziebold

Eric Ziebold is an award-winning American chef and restaurateur behind CityZen in Washington D.C.-Early years:Ziebold began working in restaurants during his teenage years after school at Café Maude’s with mentor chef Matt Nichols, where he learned to cook in a calm and nurturing environment...

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Restaurant

CityZen was opened by Ziebold in 2004 and offers vegetarian and regular six-course tasting menus, a bar menu and a prix-fixe four-course dinner menu.

CityZen's sister-restaurant, Sou'Wester, debuted in September 2009.

Awards and recognitions

• Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic, James Beard Foundation
  James Beard Foundation
  The James Beard Foundation is a New York-based national professional non-profit organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists, and cookbook authors at annual award ceremonies and providing scholarships and...
  
  , 2008
• One of ‘America’s Best New Restaurants 2005’, Esquire, November 2005
• New Restaurant of the Year, Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC, June 2005

External links

• CityZen Restaurant