Guidebook for Washington
Food Scene
This is our favorite local greasy spoon breakfast diner. It's no frills, basically no menu, totally unremarkable service, has bad coffee, and we still love it. Cash only.
15 locals recommend
Murry & Paul's Restaurant
3513 12th St NEThis is our favorite local greasy spoon breakfast diner. It's no frills, basically no menu, totally unremarkable service, has bad coffee, and we still love it. Cash only.
Menomale
2711 12th St NECraft beer and good Neopolitan-style pizza... need we say more? Yum.
Bike shop PLUS Coffee shop... you might just spend all morning there, and the other local arts shops and studios are well worth perusing.
14 locals recommend
Filter Coffeehouse Brookland
Bike shop PLUS Coffee shop... you might just spend all morning there, and the other local arts shops and studios are well worth perusing.
Busboys is a DC institution at this point, and there are several around the city. This is our new local one! Welcoming and full of activities, it's a bar-restaurant-cafe-book store all-in-one.
250 locals recommend
Busboys and Poets
235 Carroll St NWBusboys is a DC institution at this point, and there are several around the city. This is our new local one! Welcoming and full of activities, it's a bar-restaurant-cafe-book store all-in-one.
Serendipity Jazz Coffeehouse
3301 12th St NEMusic, friendly people, decent cup of coffee, nearby!
Drinks & Nightlife
Our favorite local bar and restaurant. Perfect for a great meal or just a quick drink. Family friendly and diverse neighborhood crowd there.
169 locals recommend
Brookland's Finest Bar and Kitchen
3126 12th Street NortheastOur favorite local bar and restaurant. Perfect for a great meal or just a quick drink. Family friendly and diverse neighborhood crowd there.
Vegan options and soul food. Drinks are not much to write home about, but even though the food's served on plastic plates, it's actually really tasty. There's usually a lively, friendly atmosphere.
13 locals recommend
The Brookland Cafe
3740 12th Street NortheastVegan options and soul food. Drinks are not much to write home about, but even though the food's served on plastic plates, it's actually really tasty. There's usually a lively, friendly atmosphere.
Steel Plate
3523 12th St NEexcellent food and drink.
Shopping
CVS
1418 P St NWOur closest pharmacy and drug store
Essentials
This is the Yes! market, we do lots of our grocery shopping here. It's a little further away than the Giant, and a lot smaller than the Giant, but nicer quality produce, bulk foods, and good organics.
90 locals recommend
Yes! Organic Market Brookland
3809 12th St NEThis is the Yes! market, we do lots of our grocery shopping here. It's a little further away than the Giant, and a lot smaller than the Giant, but nicer quality produce, bulk foods, and good organics.
Everything Else
Great indoor swimming pool (and hot tub!), plus ping pong, basketball, tennis courts, and a great park.
14 locals recommend
Turkey Thicket Aquatic Facility
1100 Michigan Ave NEGreat indoor swimming pool (and hot tub!), plus ping pong, basketball, tennis courts, and a great park.
Dance Place is a hub for the local dance scene - lots of great performances and classes take place here.
16 locals recommend
Dance Place
3225 8th St NEDance Place is a hub for the local dance scene - lots of great performances and classes take place here.
They treat everyone like family at this great local Ethiopian-style cafe. It's our regular place for working with computers and WiFi.
23 locals recommend
Askale Cafe
3629 12th St NEThey treat everyone like family at this great local Ethiopian-style cafe. It's our regular place for working with computers and WiFi.
Where clothes from TJ Maxx go on deep discounts. You have to dig through tons of dis-organized racks. It's definitely a bargain-hunter's clothing warehouse type of place.
Forman Mills
514 Rhode Island Ave NEWhere clothes from TJ Maxx go on deep discounts. You have to dig through tons of dis-organized racks. It's definitely a bargain-hunter's clothing warehouse type of place.
T.J. Maxx
1417 New York Ave NEclothes, etc.
Giant Food
1345 Park Rd NWbig grocery store. Giant, as it were.
Sightseeing
The mosaic ceilings are absolutely gorgeous.
134 locals recommend
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
400 Michigan Avenue NortheastThe mosaic ceilings are absolutely gorgeous.
Arts & Culture
$5 for terrific jazz, Wednesdays and Sundays (and occasionally other days too!)
10 locals recommend
Alice's Jazz & Cultural Society
2813 12th St NE$5 for terrific jazz, Wednesdays and Sundays (and occasionally other days too!)