Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Crab cake Sandwiches and home home-fries
Busboys and Poets is an inspired, bohemian bookstore/Cafe/ Lounge, which propounds progressive political ideologies.
This cheery cafe has been brilliantly decorated by carving out comfortable spaces with lounge chairs and sofas amongst walls that are adorned with multi-ethnic art and photographs. Everything here murmurs towards creativity and activism.
There are regularly scheduled poetry jams, film screenings and other shows in the Langston Room, which is a performance space. Here, one can sip on a variety of coffees or nibble on sizable portions of affordable, tasty platters of food
Busboys and Poets was named in honour of Langston Hughes (one of my favourite poets), who worked as a busboy in the 1920s whilst writing poems on the side.
Busboys and Poets is a perfect spot for its diverse clientele to gather together to eat great food whilst being inspired to act.
Here is some of what we ate:
Classic Benedict
Neptune Benedict with Cheese Grits
Mekhleme
Oaxaca Omelette
Crab Cake Sandwich
Falafel Sandwich
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* Restaurant Name |
|---|---|
| Busboys and Poets | |
| * Overall | |
| ★★★☆☆ | |
| * Neighborhood / Cuisine | |
| American Traditional | |
| * Street Address | |
| 2021 14th St NW ((between N V St & N U St) ), Washington, DC 20009 | |
| * Phone | |
| (202) 387-7638 |
