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Image: Too pretty not to eat. Last Updated: November 2025 Overview: In the morning, varieties of coffee and some pastries are served from behind a glass window down an alley, behind a florist, in Georgetown. At lunch, the menu rolls over to beautifully crafted bowls of churashi and other sushi options. Upstairs from the alley […]
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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: Sunny on the inside. Last Updated: November 2025 Overview: Bucking the downtown is doomed trend, The Square opened a set of counter-service spots plus a bar and a proper sitdown restaurant spread out across the giant atrium in the International Square building. The two guys behind the project are chefs Richie Brandenburg, who does […]
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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: Three out of the original five options. And a plant. Last Updated: October 2024 Overview: The little shop that can create a line for blocks serves really good breakfast tacos. That is pretty much all you need to know. But we will also let you know a few more things. They offer a few […]
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Image: Nichelle (marinated eggplant, mozzarella, pesto, tomato cream, arugula). Last Updated: May 2024 Overview: The artist in residence in this studio is Chef Danielle Harris (aka Chef DMH). The little store front serves pastries and breakfast goodies before 11:00. Then they switch over to sandwiches made with her schiacciata, akin to focaccia, and in-house condiments […]
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Image: Breakfast Sandwich Last Updated: January 2024 Overview: A pandemic fix to supplement for the closure of Michelin-starred Gravitas, Baker’s Daughter is a day café that starts with breakfast sandwiches and breakfast tacos (though rolled up like burritos), then transitions to lunch of salads and sandwiches. There are several prepared items (sauces, giardiniera, etc), baked […]
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Image: Tripleta Sandwich Last Updated: July 2021 Current Status: Open for sitdown, inside and outside. Take-out and delivery also available. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Overview: Holding down a back corner in Navy Yard, this open, sunny spot serves Puerto Rican food with care. The marquee item is the three-meat sandwich (which is not […]
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