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Image: Huevos to get you through the day (Republic Cantina). Last Updated: November 2025 Good Morning Washington! Are you thinking about breakfast? A good croissant? A better than average cup of coffee? A breakfast burrito? D.C. has more than its fair share of big chains for a morning bite – Starbucks, Panera-backed Tatte, Bluestone. But […]
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Image: The goods. Last Updated: March 2023 Overview: Steps from the D.C. Convention Center is a working bakery and mill with a storefront café. The importance of the baking to the shop is evident in the way the space for the oven juts into the seating area for those munching on pastries. The bakery is […]
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Image: Salami Sandwich Last Updated: November 2025 Overview: Fresh Baguette started in Maryland with spots now in Bethesda and Rockville. A couple years ago they planted a flag in Georgetown. Then they took off! As the name implies it is French-style bakery big on bread and croissants. They also have Viennese pastries, sandwiches, and tartines. […]
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Image: Honey cake. Last Updated: March 2024 Overview: The small space just south of Columbia Road on 18th Street specializes in Azerbaijani pastries, both sweet and savory. It is the thinly-layered slices of honey cake that are probably the most talked about, with a restrained sweetness mixing with ethereal crème and cake. The Azerbaijan version […]
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Image: Falafel Pita Last Updated: May 2025 Overview: Yellow started as a side-kick to its fine-dining elder sibling Albi. For breakfast they offer French style pastries with Levantine flavors, which results in wonderful things like a croissant with Za’atar or a honey almond date bun. At lunch things move to the flavor-bombs we have come […]
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