Need breakfast to energize your day? The October edition of Washingtonian magazine features “Best Breakfasts: 50 Restaurants Worth Waking Up For,” only the list really includes more than 50 of the DC area’s best breakfast and brunch spots. Nine Downtown restaurants made the cut by offering everything from lemon-yogurt pancakes and Belgian waffles to buttery escargots and chicken-and-andouille gumbo. Here’s a glimpse by category:
• 5 Best Eye-Openers – Brasserie Beck (1101 K Street), for The Hemingway daiquiri; Poste (555 8th Street), for its Bloody Mary Bar
• Weekday Repasts – Art and Soul (415 New Jersey Avenue), Monday through Friday, 6:30 am to 10:30 am, and Saturday and Sunday 7:30 am to 3:30 pm; Poste, Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 10:00 am, and Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
• Bustling Scenes (for brunch) – Brasserie Beck, on Saturday and Sunday, 11:30 am to 4:00 pm; Georgia Brown’s (950 15th Street), on Sunday, 10:00 am to 2:15 pm
• Running Late? Grab One of These – Starbucks (multiple locations), for the cinnamon-and-sugar-dusted Morning Bun; Pret A Manger (1155 F Street, 1432 K Street, corner of 14th and H streets), for its warm ham-and-cheese croissant
• What A Show! – Chef Geoff’s (1301 Pennsylvania Avenue), jazz bands at brunch, on Sunday, 10:30 am to 3:00 pm; The Hamilton (600 14th Street), live gospel music, seatings on Sunday at 10:00 am and 12:30 pm
• Ethnic Feasts – The Source (575 Pennsylvania Avenue), for dim sum