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50 Ways to Do Brunch Around DC

Here’s where to go for hangover-soothing breakfast sandwiches, flaky pastries, and the best Bloodies and Benedicts. Plus, brunch horror stories and the families behind beloved DC diners.

Written by Ann Limpert, Jessica Sidman, Nevin Martell and Ike Allen | Published on October 17, 2023
One of the best things about Unconventional Diner’s daily brunch: sweet-potato shakshukaPhotograph by David Deshaies.

50 Ways to Do Brunch Around DC

Here’s where to go for hangover-soothing breakfast sandwiches, flaky pastries, and the best Bloodies and Benedicts. Plus, brunch horror stories and the families behind beloved DC diners.

Written by Ann Limpert, Jessica Sidman, Nevin Martell and Ike Allen | Published on October 17, 2023

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This article appears in the October 2023 issue of Washingtonian.

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Ann Limpert
Ann Limpert
Executive Food Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.

Jessica Sidman
Jessica Sidman
Food Editor

Jessica Sidman covers the people and trends behind DC’s food and drink scene. Before joining Washingtonian in July 2016, she was Food Editor and Young & Hungry columnist at Washington City Paper. She is a Colorado native and University of Pennsylvania grad.

Nevin Martell
Contributing Writer

Nevin Martell is a food, travel, and foraging writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Men’s Journal, Fortune, Travel + Leisure, The Daily Beast, BBC, and many other publications. He is author of eight books, including Red Truck Bakery Cookbook: Gold-Standard Recipes from America’s Favorite Rural Bakery, Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, and The Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes From the Restaurant Owned by American Family Farmers. When he isn’t working, he loves spending time with his son, foraging for wild foods, and traveling.

Ike Allen
Staff Writer

Ike Allen covers politics, food, culture, and transportation in DC and writes the monthly Hidden Eats column for the magazine. He grew up in DC.

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