Membership in the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington links your company with thousands of metropolitan Washington foodservice operators and customers.

Services & Programs

Our Endorsed Providers offer RAMW members services that help to defray the cost of running your business. These services include credit card processing, insurance brokerage, financial planning, energy brokerage, payroll processing and legal referrals. These services can include discounts exclusively to the RAMW membership.

Restaurant members have the opportunity to save time and money by taking advantage of special pricing on food safety and alcohol certification courses that can be attended at the RAMW offices or scheduled at your location.

Member Promotions & Events

Your membership includes a listing in our website databases that is utilized by the general public when seeking places to dine and by members as a useful tool when searching for services from vendors that cater to the hospitality industry. 

We help to bolster our restaurant members through special events such as the highly anticipated bi-annual Restaurant Week promotions, the annual "Ask Me About DC" event held for Capitol Hill staffers and other promotional opportunities offered through various hospitality, tourism and visitor organizations.

Make connections and gain access to decision makers through such avenues as frequent member Socials, The RAMMYS , member to member referrals, listing in our searchable database and ecommunications.

RAMW offers you promotional opportunities such as placement in Timely Tidbits®, our frequent e-communication of time sensitive notices and our quarterly e-newsletter The Cloak Room®, where we extend an invitation to members to submit an announcement, promotion, offer or editorial.

Legislative & Regulatory

Membership allows your voice to be heard in the political arena; RAMW is the voice of restaurants in our jurisdictions and beyond, monitoring legislation that affects your business. From fighting burdensome legislation, menu labeling and increased taxation to working on such issues as transportation, valet parking, health and alcohol regulations, we work closely with legislators expressing the concerns of our members.