VIA DC BRUNCH CLUB:
By Erica Sietsma
I have been to Busboys and Poets for just about every meal and I love, love, love it. Can’t get enough. DC Brunch Club was overdue for a visit to the original location at 14th and V. Of course, the restaurant, bookstore, coffee shop, bar, lounge did not fail to provide the brunch club with good food, good drinks and good times.
Environment: Where to begin? Busboys and Poets is a HUGE open space with a random mix of seating from couches to lounge chairs to a bar to long tables with assorted peeps you may or may not know seated alongside of you. They don’t take reservations, but no worries if you have to wait – you can grab a drink from the packed bar and stroll around their bookstore which is operated by Teaching for Change.
One of the few cons is the waiting area is narrow and the bookstore gets crowded with other people waiting for their table, so if you are claustrophobic don’t go when it’s crowded and cold out.
Also, when it’s a full house it can be pretty loud and somewhat hard to hear. The worst for this would be when you are seated in the comfy chairs, which put you and the person seated across from you at the maximum distance apart unless you sit on the uncomfortable edge of the chair. Don’t let them seat you in those darn chairs if you are hoping to have a deep convo!
Service: I have always thought the host/hostesses are a little brusque, but the waiters/waitresses are great. Our waitress was helpful with suggestions and around when we needed her, but wasn’t too chatty. She was also fine with substitutions, which we appreciated. I mean who doesn’t want their Brie Panini on the yummy Walnut Raisin versus the regular bread?
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