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{{Infobox restaurant
| name = Komi
| logo = Komi handwritten gold logo.png
| image = Komi - Washington, D.C..JPG
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| chef = Johnny Monis
| city = Washington D.C.
| country = United States
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'''Komi'''
Komi was located at 1509 17th St. NW in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=sietsema>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=Komi's wonders never cease |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/tom-sietsemas-top-10-komi-is-no-9/2015/09/24/62746572-62ee-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html |work=Washington Post Magazine |date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> It opened in 2003, serving wood-fired pizzas and an à la carte menu of soups, salads, and entrees for lunch and dinner.<ref name="wapo2004">{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=A Young Man's Game |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/01/11/AR2005033108803.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 11, 2004}}</ref>
In the winter of 2006, Chef Monis shut down the restaurant for two weeks, removing a majority of the tables and re-opening with a prix-fixe multi-course menu priced at $84, only available for dinner.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kliman |first1=Todd |title=Komi |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2008/09/24/komi-1/ |work=Washingtonian Magazine |date=September 24, 2008}}</ref> This new incarnation of Komi earned rave reviews, landing the No.1 spot on ''[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]'' Magazine's Best Restaurants in DC in 2009.<ref name=washingtonian2009>{{cite news |last1=Kliman |first1=Todd |title=100 Best Restaurants 2009: Komi |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2009/02/19/100-best-restaurants-2009-komi/ |work=Washingtonian Magazine |date=February 19, 2009}}</ref> It held this top spot through 2012, as it became one of the most acclaimed restaurants in the city.<ref name="harris2012">{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Shane |title=Chef Johnny Monis: Komi's Backstage Artist |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2012/09/05/chef-johnny-monis-komis-backstage-artist/ |work=Washingtonian Magazine |date=September 5, 2012}}</ref>
President [[Barack Obama]] and First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] dined at Komi in May 2010.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hennessey |first1=Kathleen |title=A table and stage for the Obamas |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-06-la-na-obama-restaurants-20100707-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 6, 2010 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
Komi earned a Michelin star in the 2018 [[Michelin Guide]] for Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Judkis |first1=Maura |title=Komi, Métier join the Michelin star ranks, but no D.C. restaurants earn a coveted third star |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/10/17/komi-metier-join-the-michelin-star-ranks-but-again-no-d-c-restaurants-earn-a-coveted-third-star/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> In his 2018 Fall Dining Guide, ''Washington Post'' food critic Tom Sietsema named Komi to his ten-restaurant Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=2018 Fall Dining Guide |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/food/dc-fall-restaurant-guide/ |work=Washington Post Magazine |date=October 11, 2018}}</ref>
By September, 2022, Komi had lost their Michelin star and "morphed into Happy Gyro, a… Greek deli-style takeout."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spiegel |first1=Anna |title=Little Serow Has Temporarily Closed in Dupont Circle |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/09/16/little-serow-has-temporarily-closed-in-dupont-circle/ |website=Washingtonian |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>
==Chef Johnny Monis==
Johnny Monis was born and raised in [[Arlington, Virginia]], where his family owned La Casa Pizzeria.<ref name=Johnny>{{cite news | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2004/05/24/story8.html |last=Hammer |first=Ben | title=Here's Johnny! | work=[[American City Business Journals]] |date=May 24, 2004 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> His parents were born on the Greek island of [[Chios]], and Komi is named for a taverna-lined beach on Chios where the family vacationed.<ref name=harris2012 />
Monis enrolled as a premed at [[James Madison University]] but dropped out to attend the College of the Culinary Arts at [[Johnson & Wales University]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name=Johnny/> He did not finish culinary school, however, because he believed he was learning more by working at [[McCrady's Tavern and Long Room|McCrady's Restaurant]].<ref name=harris2012 />
In 2001, Monis was hired to work at the [[Washington, D.C.]] restaurant [[Chef Geoff's]], where he was quickly promoted and was named the executive chef of a new Chef Geoff's ___location downtown.<ref name=Johnny/> In 2003, Monis quit to open his own restaurant, Komi.<ref name=harris2012 />
In April 2007, ''[[Food and Wine Magazine|Food & Wine]]'' magazine named Monis one of the F&W 2007 Best New Chefs.<ref name=foodandwine>{{cite news |title=Food & Wine Magazine Names 19th Annual Best New Chefs |url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/2007-best-new-chefs |work=Food & Wine Magazine |date=April 4, 2007}}</ref> In 2013, Monis won a [[James Beard Foundation Award]] for Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Alex Baldinger |author2=Tim Carman |title=Johnny Monis wins James Beard Award |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/going-out-guide/wp/2013/05/06/james-beard-foundation-award-winners-will-be-announced-tonight/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>
In 2011, Monis opened a separate restaurant on the floor below Komi, the [[Thai cuisine|Thai]]-inspired Little Serow, which was named one of the best new restaurants in America by ''[[Bon Appétit]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knowlton |first1=Andrew |title=Little Serow Is the 7th-Best New Restaurant in America 2012 |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/restaurants-travel/best-new-restaurants/article/little-serow-is-the-7th-best-new-restaurant-in-america-2012 |work=Bon Appétit |date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>
==Awards==
* 2007 Best New Chefs ''[[Food & Wine]]'' Magazine.<ref name=foodandwine />
* 2009 Very Best Restaurants in DC, No.1, ''[[Washingtonian (magazine)|Washingtonian]]'' Magazine.<ref name=washingtonian2009 />
* 2013 Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic, [[James Beard Foundation Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Complete List of 2013 JBF Award Winners |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/complete-list-2013-jbf-award-winners |website=James Beard Foundation |date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>
* 2018 – 2021 Michelin Star {{Michelinstar gif|1}}, [[Michelin Guide]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Komi - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant in Washington DC |url=https://guide.michelin.com/us/washington-dc/komi/restaurant |website=MICHELIN Guide |accessdate=4 December 2018 |archive-date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003736/https://guide.michelin.com/us/washington-dc/komi/restaurant |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Washington, D.C.]]
== References ==
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