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Ryan Ratino’s two-star tasting counter in Washington, DC — the open kitchen, the pass, and the plates as they were sent.

RestaurantWashington, DC16 photos
The open kitchen seen from the counter at Jont, a cook working at the pass, a lit candle and water carafe on the white counterThe open kitchen The kitchen brigade at work behind the pass, tablets and place settings laid along the counterThe brigade at the pass A guest in a blue suit setting down a small bowl at the counter, the kitchen working behindA course arrives Two cooks in blue aprons plating over dark stone bowls set on a wooden boardPlating at the pass The chef in a blue suit finishing a dish at the counter, cooks working behind himFinishing a dish Overhead: a perforated white plate holding a green herb sauce and dark garnish, gold cutlery alongsideOverhead, the green plate A guest seated at the counter with the open kitchen behind, a Michelin figure on the passAt the counter The kitchen at Jont with a Michelin figurine standing on the pass, cooks working behindOrchids at the pass A cook in a blue apron working over a row of plates, the grill flaming behind himA cook at work A cook reaching across the counter to set down a wide dark plateServing across the counter The chef presenting a board across the counter to the seated guestsPresenting to the counter A host in a blue suit presenting a dish at the counterServing at the counter A cook flaming a small copper pan beside a plate in the darkened roomFlamed at the table Overhead: a wide white plate with a swirl of cream set on a red fruit sauce, a gold spoon resting across itOverhead, the swirl The darkened dining room with pendant lights over the tablesThe dining room An open wooden box of petits fours and macarons with a Happy Birthday cardPetits fours