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These D.C.-area restaurants are sure bets as diners start making reservations again.

Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now Tom Sietsema © Deb Lindsey/for The Washington Post Tomato raviolini with goat cheese, marinated cherry tomatoes, basil blossoms and ramps at 2941 in Falls Church. Just because restrictions were lifted in Washington this month, opening restaurants to full capacity, doesn’t mean customers can chuck previous protocols. Before leaving home, diners should still take their masks; some restaurants will continue to ask them to cover up when they’re not eating or drinking. As more people return to dining inside, they need ...

"Just to be able to get out and do something is very uplifting. And we’re very grateful that the county started out on such an a momentous day as Valentine’s Day," one diner, Marty Golding, said. At Mykonos Grill, a Greek restaurant in Rockville, Golding and Sharon Fine enjoyed a Valentine’s Day dinner inside one of their favorite restaurants for the first time in a long time.  “Mykonos is very special to us, we always frequent them for carryout," Fine said. "We do frequent all of our local restaurants because we feel it’s so important for them to stay in business."