Our Favourite Locations for Breakfast and Brunch Round Georgetown

Our Washingtonian Recommends lists carry you one of the best locations to eat, drink, and be entertained—all chosen by Washingtonian editors.

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Certainly one of DC’s most well-known neighborhoods is a primary place to breakfast or brunch earlier than hitting the outlets, waterfront, or the Nationwide Mall.

1422 Wisconsin Ave., NW

This beautiful St. Tropez-inspired bakery opens brilliant and early (7:30 AM each day) and sells award-winning baguettes alongside stunning sweets. These trying to linger can cease in for omelets, candy or savory crepes, and Benedicts served for each day breakfast and lunch.

3207 Grace St., NW

This ethereal vegetarian taqueria works effectively for each grab-and-go and sit-down meals (hi there, mezcal Palomas). Selfmade corn tortillas are filled with native eggs and black beans, or seasonal veggie combos. 

3428 O St., NW

Spot the brilliant pink facade—and weekend strains—and also you’ve discovered DC’s uber-popular native bagel chainlet. Inventive bagel sandwiches are the draw, such because the Solar Metropolis with pastrami or bacon, eggs, cheese, and spicy honey. Want a spot to sit down? Don’t do it on a close-by stoop (right here’s a map of out of doors choices).

3210 Grace St., NW

Chef Cagla Onal’s Mediterranean gem tucked behind Grace Avenue Market is effectively value in search of out. The each day chalkboard menu boasts finds like seasonal focaccia, seven-minute egg sandwiches, and dips and salads. Take dishes for a picnic on the canal (you may order upfront on-line).

1353 Wisconsin Ave., NW

New York’s cozy-chic bakery-turned-lifestyle-brand arrived in Georgetown two years in the past. It’s rightly recognized for its breakfast sandwich slathered with candy bacon jam, and seems good quiches and croissants. Early risers will just like the 7:30 AM each day begin time (the kitchen opens at 8 AM).  

1645 Wisconsin Ave., NW

A longtime supply of buttery croissants and lightweight Parisian-style lunches. The slender, very French patisserie additionally affords flaky quiches and baguette sandwiches. Don’t skip desserts like delicate fruit tarts along with your cafe au lait.

1524 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Albi chef Michael Rafidi is behind this ultra-popular cafe on Wisconsin Avenue. Swing by for inventive Levantine-accented breakfast treats—orange blossom or labne-and-zaatar croissants, harissa-streaked egg sandwiches, lamb-topped shakshuka—and gasoline up with a baklava latte.

2622 P St., NW

This off-the-beaten-path Georgetown charmer from veteran sommelier Elli Benchimol serves elegant brunch plates like eggs en cocotte or a crispy potato waffle with creme fraiche and gravlax. You are able to do it up much more with Champagne or caviar with all of the accoutrements.

1039 thirty first St., NW

Georgetown loves its French eating places, and this celadon-painted eating room is particularly beautiful in the course of the day. On weekends, you’ll discover bistro staples like escargots and moules frites, plus brunch fare—buckwheat crepes with lemon cream, bruleed French toast, and a croque madame.

3236 M St., NW

There’s nothing hip or cutting-edge in regards to the unique Clyde’s, however what it does, it does effectively. Specifically, unfussy American classics at affordable costs: Benedicts, chili, turkey golf equipment, and that crab tower.

3000 Ok St., NW

In the event you’ve acquired a difficult group to feed—finicky toddlers, timid palates—this harbor-front eating room has one thing for everybody. The menu is an all-American seize bag of consolation plates like fried rooster, pizza, jambalaya, salads, tiki cocktails, and extra. You’ll discover most of the above on the weekend brunch buffet ($35.50 for adults; $15.50 for teenagers 7 to 12; kids underneath 3 eat free). There’s weekday full-service breakfast, too 

3265 Prospect St., NW

What was as soon as Booeymonger is now one of many coziest eating places in Georgetown. The no-reservations eating room doesn’t serve a brunch menu, however weekend lunch begins at 11 and options ouefs mimosa, salmon rillettes, and a bevy of burgers. Ease into the day with a slate of low-alcohol cocktails.

1522 Wisconsin Ave., NW

This comfortable brick-walled neo-bistro and sidewalk patio really feel extra Paris than DC. Chef Matt Conroy’s weekend lunch menu is filled with simple-seeming pleasures, and options dishes like a brioche doughnut with sorrel and creme fraiche, or heirloom grains with pancetta and tomato cream.

1264 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Craving a Benedict (or selfmade creamed chipped beef) on a Tuesday afternoon? Georgetown’s historic 92 year-old pub has you lined. Lunch and brunch is served day-after-day of the week till 4 PM.

3000 Ok St., NW

This stylish, sprawling eating room close to the waterfront dabbles in three cuisines: Italian, Spanish, and Lebanese. At brunch, that interprets to dishes like a labne-and-fig parfait with pistachio crumble; eggs and crispy potatoes with Serrano ham, aioli, and pimenton; and pasta al limone.

1206 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Go for a stick-to-your-ribs Belgian brunch on the Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s beer-centric restaurant, the place you may pad the abdomen earlier than heading to the upstairs beer corridor.  Specialties embody candy or savory waffles, mussel pots, tartines, and extra.

1310 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Chef Jenn Crovato’s under-the-radar restaurant within the Georgetown Inn serves each weekday breakfast and weekend brunch, with loads of native choices like Name Your Mom bagels, Baked and Wired granola, and Ivy Metropolis Smokehouse salmon. A large-ranging menu hits all of the brunch spots: wholesome acai bowls and egg white omelets, indulgent pancakes and Benedicts, and all the things in between.

3050 Ok St., NW

At night time, chef Fabio Trabocchi’s luxe waterfront Italian seafood room is usually a movie star hangout of the Washington and Hollywood selection. Brunch can skew just a little youthful and livelier due to a prix-fixe with bottomless Prosecco and brunch cocktails (a la carte can also be accessible).  It’s not your common all-you-can-sip at $85 per individual, however the set menu—which features a heat pastry basket, selection of appetizer, entree, dessert—is beneficiant.

2800 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Essentially the most luxurious Sunday brunch buffet in DC might be discovered on the 4 Seasons Georgetown. A stately eating room is crammed with stations heaped with uncooked bar fare, salads, carved meats, and made-to-order omelets. Save room for a visit to the “dessert room.” The all-you-can-eat unfold is $169 for adults ($96 for kids underneath 11). The place can also be a fixture on the weekday power-breakfast scene.

Meals Editor

Anna Spiegel covers the eating and consuming scene in her native DC. Previous to becoming a member of Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia College’s MFA program in New York, and held numerous cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.

Govt Meals Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was beforehand an editorial assistant at Leisure Weekly and a prepare dinner in New York restaurant kitchens, and she or he is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Training. She lives in Petworth.