Restaurants

Garden Café | Pavilion Café | Cascade Café | Espresso & Gelato Bar

The Gallery restaurants accept all major credit cards.

Outside food may not be brought into the Gallery's restaurant facilities. Visitors may purchase individual lunches from the full-service cafeteria or make arrangements for group meals 72 hours in advance by submitting an order form or by calling (202) 712-7458. Menus and ordering information for group meals are available online. Alternatively, sack lunches may be left in the checkrooms at the entrances to the Gallery, then retrieved to be eaten outside the museum.

Garden Café
West Building, Ground Floor

The Garden Café provides a serene spot for lunch in the West Building next to the Ground Floor galleries.

Garden Café Catalonia
May 1 – Mid-September, 2012
Inspired by Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape, award-winning Washington-based Chef Jose Andres, named Outstanding Chef for 2011 by the James Beard Foundation, and executive chef of Jaleo, has created a menu of signature Catalan dishes incorporating traditional ingredients, including a buffet as well as à la carte dishes.

View Menus
Buffet and à la Carte Menu (PDF 142k)
Beverages and Desserts Menu (PDF 123k)

Download Recipes
Romesco (PDF 86k)
Empedrat de mongetes (PDF 86k)
Sopa freda de cireres de Santa Coloma
de Cervelló (PDF 86k)

Hours
Monday–Saturday, 11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m.
Sunday, 4:00–6:00 p.m. (concert dessert menu only on performance days)

To reserve for groups of eight or more, please contact the café manager at (202) 712-7454 or by e-mail at RestaurantAssociates@nga.gov.

Pavilion Café
Sculpture Garden Map

With a panoramic view of the Sculpture Garden, the Pavilion Café offers specialty pizzas, sandwiches, salads, desserts, and assorted beverages.

View Pavilion Café Menu (PDF 692k)

View "Jazz in the Garden" Menu and Performance Schedule (PDF 70k)
(Download Acrobat Reader)

Alcoholic beverages brought from outside are prohibited in the Sculpture Garden and are subject to confiscation.

Sculpture Garden Hours

September 4 through mid-November
Monday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Pavilion Café Hours

September 4 through mid-November
Monday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

For questions or comments regarding the Pavilion Café, please call the café manager at (202) 289-3360.

Cascade Café
East Building, Concourse

The Cascade Café, with a view of the cascade waterfall, offers soups, salads, specialty entrées, wood-fired pizzas, sandwiches, and a selection of fresh pastries and desserts.

The Cascade Café features daily Chef's Table specials.

View Menu (PDF 64k)
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Hours
Monday–Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

To inquire about group meal plans, please contact the café manager at (202) 712-7458.

Espresso & Gelato Bar
East Building, Concourse

A full espresso bar offers 19 flavors of house-made gelato and a selection of fresh sandwiches, salads, pastries, and desserts.

View Menu (PDF 70k)
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Hours
Monday–Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.