Komi

Komi was a restaurant in Washington, D.C. operated by Chef Johnny Monis, serving Italian cuisine and Greek cuisine. Komi was located at 1509 17th St. NW in Washington, D.C. It opened in 2003, serving wood-fired pizzas and an à la carte menu of soups, salads, and entrees for lunch and dinner. In the winter of 2006, Chef Monis shut down the restaurant for two weeks, removing a majority of the tables and re-opening with a prix-fixe multi-course menu priced at $84, only available for dinner. This new incarnation of Komi earned rave reviews, landing the No.1 spot on Washingtonian Magazine's Best Restaurants in DC in 2009. It held this top spot through 2012, as it became one of the most acclaimed restaurants in the city. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dined at Komi in May 2010. Komi earned a Michelin star in the 2018 Michelin Guide for Washington, DC. In his 2018 Fall Dining Guide, Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema named Komi to his ten-restaurant Hall of Fame. By September, 2022, Komi had closed due to the pandemic and "morphed into Happy Gyro, a… Greek deli-style takeout."