Dining at the Smithsonian

Castle Café
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

Specialty sandwiches, soups, pastries, organic salads, antipasti, Peet’s coffee, espresso/cappuccino bar, teas, bottled beverages, beer, wine, and novelty ice cream (seasonal).

Food Court (First Floor-East Wing)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Open until 7 p.m. during the museum's extended hours.

McDonald's, Boston Market, and Donato's Pizza: hamburgers, French fries, chicken, pizza, salad, milk, sodas, shakes and desserts.

McDonald's and McCafé
(Upper Level, Enter from Food Court)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Open until 7 p.m. during the museum's extended hours.

Specialty coffees, teas and frappés.

*Subject to early closure for non-public museum events.

McDonald's
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Open until 6 p.m. during the museum's extended hours.

Full-service McDonald's menu featuring burgers, salads, fries, chicken sandwiches, sodas, shakes, and desserts.

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Stars and Stripes Café (Lower Level)
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekends and during extended hours

Natural and sustainable foods including natural beef burgers, pizza, hot dogs, BBQ, Sandwiches, soups, salad bar, fountain and bottled beverages, and desserts.

Jazz Café (1st Floor)
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Open until 7 p.m. when the museum has extended hours.

Sandwiches, salads and soups made with natural and locally grown ingredients. Pastries, ice cream and specialty coffees, bottled sodas and water.

Mitsitam Café
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Limited menu after 3 p.m. off season)

Visit the Mitsitam Café website

"Mitsitam" means "Let's Eat!" in the Native language of the Delaware and Piscataway peoples. The café enhances the museum experience by offering Native-inspired cuisines from five regions of the Western Hemisphere, including the Northern Woodlands, South America, the Northwest Coast, Meso America and the Great Plains.

Tamales, roasted turkey, grilled salmon, homemade seasonal soups, buffalo burgers, Indian fry bread, a seasonal variety of aqua fresca and desserts.

Atrium Café (Ground Floor)
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily
Open until 5 p.m. when the museum has extended hours.

Natural and sustainable foods including BBQ beef brisket, rotisserie chicken, burgers, pizza, hot dogs, gourmet sandwiches, house-prepared soups, fresh salads, organic fruit, bottled and fountain beverages, and homemade desserts.

Café Natural (Ground Floor)
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Open until 7 p.m. when the museum has extended hours.

Ice cream, homemade desserts, specialty coffees, gourmet sandwiches, and fresh salads.

Courtyard Café
11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.* daily

Soups, made-to-order salads and salad bar, sandwiches, bottled beverages, espresso/cappuccino bar, wine, beer, coffee, teas, pastries, and ice cream.

Mane Grill (near Tiger/Lion Hill)
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fall/Winter
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spring/Summer

Fast food service including Angus burgers and all-natural, chemical- and hormone-free grilled chicken sandwiches and chicken tenders, kids' meals, to-go items, as well as Smithsonian Bird-Friendly Coffee.

Heirloom Grille
(Outside Mane Grill, Lion & Tiger Hill)

10 a.m.-4 p.m. April-Aug.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends only, Sept.-Oct.
Closed: Nov.-March

Angus burgers, grilled salmon, bratwurst, salads.

Seal Rock Cafe
(American Trail)
11 a.m.-4 p.m. April-Aug.
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Fri. & weekends, Sept.-Oct.
Closed: Nov.-March

Light fare including wraps, sandwiches, salads, whole wheat PB&J;, all-natural hot dogs, hand-dipped ice cream.

Café (Ground Floor)
7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Italian restaurant and caterer Tarallucci e Vino operates our new ground-floor café, featuring a contemporary layout and expanded seating inside and outside in the adjoining Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden.

Executive Chef Andrew Welch's seasonal menu offers Tarallucci's popular pastries, legendary espresso, salads, soups, and panini, as well as a large selection of wines by the glass.

The café, along with the garden is accessible without an admissions ticket.