Inn at Little Washington | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Inn at Little Washington

Romantic early-20th-century house filled with antiques and fabulous fabrics, near the Shenandoah Valley.

Score 87.83
Stats 18 rooms; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge Chef Patrick O'Connell's legendary cuisine, in a tranquil small-town setting.
Rooms to Book Nos. 5 and 7, for private balconies overlooking the courtyard garden.
Don't Miss Visiting the newly restored 1740 tavern across the street, which houses shops that sell jewelry and home dŽcor.
Cost Doubles from $650, including breakfast.
Contact Middle Street and Main Street
540/675-3800
www.theinnatlittlewashington.com

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“The showstopping meals of chef-owner Patrick O'Connell draw guests from all over the world to the Inn at Little Washington...” MORE»

—Amy Farley
“Drive Coast to Coast” in Travel + Leisure, Sep 2006

“Once Diva finishes her barbecue tidbit, we continue up the road to visit some live porkers. David Cole's pigs dine on vegetable scraps from the Inn at Little Washington (black-truffle pizza, wild mushroom napoleon). Cole, a former America Online exec, is plowing a fortune into an organic agri-venture at Sunnyside Farms, 15 miles north of Sperryville. In exchange for kitchen waste, Cole's farm supplies the nearby inn with free-range eggs, heirloom apples, and the plumpest blackberries I've ever seen....” MORE»


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