The name refers to American poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel in the 1920s, prior to gaining recognition as a poet.
Busboys and Poets is now located in three distinctive neighborhoods in the Washington Metropolitan area and is a community resource for artists, activists, writers, thinkers and dreamers. After opening, the flagship location at 14th and V Streets, NW (Washington DC), the neighboring residents and the progressive community, embraced Busboys, especially activists opposed to the Iraq War. First established in 2005 Busboys and Poets was created by owner Anas “Andy” Shallal, an Iraqi-American artist, activist and restaurateur. The breakfast/brunch menu boasts vegan scrambles and egg scrambles, omelets, and eggs Benedict, served with homefries, seasonal fresh fruit, or grits, Mekhleme, French toast, granola, buckwheat pancakes and everything in between.Īmbiance: “ Busboys and Poets is a community gathering place. A variety of salads and desserts (including a number of vegan options) make for a very happy diner here to partake of breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner…or even a mid-day snack or pick-me-up sweet treat with a cuppa Joe. The plethora of entrees range from fish (tilapia, catfish and blackened salmon), to meatloaf and pesto lasagna, from beans and wild rice to shrimp and grits, and as vegan as pan-seared basil tofu.
Appetizers that run the gamut from nachos to quesadillas, wings, muscles, and hummus, shrimp and crab fritters, coconut tofu bites, and foule salad. Hand-tossed pizzas to large sandwiches and hot paninis served with kettle chips, seasonal fresh fruit, fries, salad or sweet potato fries, from all-natural, free-range, grass-fed beef burgers from Grayson Farm, Virginia to soups and chili. “ Busboys and Poets is a community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted…a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul…a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide…we believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world.” As art, culture and politics collide, patrons’ stomachs begin to growl and the food takes note. Type of cuisine: It seems Busboys was initially started not for food, but rather the village atmosphere it offered in an urban landscape.
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Thus, my introduction to the quirky, loud, full space known as Busboys and Poets. The following day, my friend Seraj also recommended it as a great brunch spot for our Sunday planning meeting. A week later, after a Holy Day celebration at the DC Baha’i Center, my friend Zitta invited me to Busboys and Poets with a small group of friends who were headed over for a bite to eat. How I heard of this place: The first I had ever heard the name Busboys and Poets was about two weeks ago when my friend, Adwoa recommended it as a very “natural” place that would remind me of Seattle. () – Shirlington neighborhood, Arlington, Virginia
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