Business lunches for ten, team dinners for 60 and full buyouts for 95 seated or 120 standing can be arranged at Sfoglina Downtown, the New York Avenue location of Fabio Trabocchi's pasta restaurants in Washington, DC. In the warmer months a rooftop terrace adds room for 150 standing guests.
Seminars and company events
The restaurant sells private dining for business meals of every size. The Dino Room, next to the bar, suits happy hours and small client dinners. The Peppe Room, set up as a chef's table overlooking the kitchen, has a television and works for business lunches and dinners. The Lina Room has floor-to-ceiling windows with shades for privacy and its own entrance, which helps when guests should arrive without crossing the dining room. The Palmina Room, hung with Trabocchi family photographs, takes larger informal gatherings and business meals. For a company dinner or an end-of-year party, three of the rooms open into one dining room for 60, and the whole restaurant can be booked for breakfast, lunch or dinner on any day of the week. The events team adjusts the menu, décor, staffing and budget to the brief.
Rooms and capacities
The Dino Room seats 10. The Lina Room seats 12 or takes 20 standing. The Peppe Room seats 16 or 20 standing. The Palmina Room seats 24 or 35 standing. Lina, Palmina and Peppe combine into the Full Private Dining Room for 60 seated or 70 standing. A full buyout takes 95 seated or 120 standing, with the Dino Room and the bar available as a reception area before the meal. The Rooftop Terrace, open in the warmer months, seats 40 or holds 150 standing and looks over the city skyline.
Catering
All food comes from the restaurant's own kitchen. Sfoglina is built around pasta made by hand every day in view of the dining room, a tribute to the women pasta makers of Italy, the sfogline who give the restaurant its name. The menu also covers salads, starters, shared meat and seafood dishes and Italian desserts. A private dining brochure sets out the event offer each season, and the group runs a separate catering service for events held elsewhere.
History and setting
Sfoglina belongs to the Fabio Trabocchi restaurant group. There are three Sfoglina locations in the Washington area, in Van Ness, Downtown and Rosslyn. The Downtown restaurant has recently been given new interiors.
Getting there
The restaurant is at 1099 New York Avenue NW, with the entrance on 11th Street. It sits in the downtown business district, close to the Washington Convention Center, which makes it practical for groups coming from offices or conferences nearby.
