Enjoy at $75 gift certificate to BlackSalt Fish Market and Restaurant, Washington's premier seafood restaurant.  Created by Jeff and Barbara Black (Addie's Black's and Black Market Bistro), it has been on Washingtonian Magazine's top 100 list for three years in a row.  BlackSalt is wholly committed to the sustainability of fish and shellfish stocks worldwide. Washingtonian Magazine

"The real value of this sleek and hugely successful fish emporium? It's many things to many people. Start with the fish market, where pristine if pricey seafood glistens on ice (and where, if you ask, they'll even clean those white South Carolina shrimp for you). Or head to the convivial raw bar for a plate of boutique oysters, a bowl of steamy clam chowder brimming with tender clams and cockles, and a Champagne cocktail. Or go for the full monty - a meal built around seafood in the stylish dining room, where a loyal Palisades and Georgetown following nods its approval.

A dinner might be a simple as a plate of fried Ipswich clams with romesco  for dipping or Prince Edward Island mussels steeped with Dijon cream and fines herbes. More elaborate is a fragrant Provençal seafood stew perfumed with saffron and spinach, or whole branzino with organic dandelion greens, sunchokes, and preserved-lemon salsa verde..."