The pioneering Black businesswoman has built something unique with the Salamander Collection: a venture that has perfected community building and an approach to hospitality that puts the emphasis on experiences.

The sleek dining room opened last month in the Salamander Hotel

Luxury and comfort collide within the walls of Salamander D.C., an art-centric boutique hotel that feels both modern and homely.

A rare opportunity to watch Kwame Onwuachi himself prepare a personal multi-course meal from a perch by Dōgon’s sleek open kitchen is coming to the new Afro-Caribbean restaurant in the Salamander Hotel.

Chef Kwame Onwuachi believes that every restaurant should have a story, because when it has a story, it has a soul.

The newest restaurant from Kwame Onwuachi is tucked in the lobby of the Salamander hotel on the Southwest Waterfront, and it’s as romantic as it gets.

Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s long-awaited return to DC has arrived in the form of this high-end Salamander hotel eatery, a tribute to astronomer Benjamin Banneker, who is reported to have had roots in the restaurant’s namesake West African tribe.

Things are done a little differently at Dōgon. The newest restaurant from Kwame Onwuachi, the chef behind Kith/Kin and Infatuation NYC’s highest-rated restaurant, Tatiana, is tucked in the lobby of the Salamander hotel on the Southwest Waterfront.

There are small plates like mushroom etouffee and plantain hoe cake, and larger dishes such as lobster escovitch and berbere roasted chicken with jollof rice.