Hi, Heading to D.C. soon and just wondered if anyone could suggest some good family friendly resturants, breakfast ideas would be great as we like to try a few different places. Will be staying at Capital Hilton so ideas for surrounding area would be great.
Thanks.

TTP

I love and always recommend Reeves Bakery for breakfast or lunch - it will be a bit of a walk , but great food, good prices. www.reevesbakery.com

D.C. is not a city known for cheap breakfasts I sense you are looking for, and definitely not "family friendy." The Capital Hilton is in the core of DC's downtown/business area so your options may be few.

You might consider Luna Grill on Conn. Ave near N Street. Another is try any of the "delis" you will see that have salad bars at lunch. They often have breakfasts.

You could also do like the locals do and go to a place like Starbucks, Cosi, or Au Bon Pain.

Beyond that, breakfast is going to be expensive.

Thanks for the ideas. As we are on vacation we are always open to try most things once!
Again thanks for your suggestions.

In addition to the Luna Grille, there's also Teaism at Conn. Ave & H st (at the NW coener of Lafayette Sqare - closed weekends). Recommended.

I love the stuff at Firehook bakeries--I don't think they do hot breakfasts, though, as it's just a shop with a few tables. Yummy!

I second the Firehook recommendation...their cookies are fab. For a good breakfast the Corner Bakery chain is quite good and very inexpensive.

Those are good ideas. I am not a big fan of Teaism, but it is very popular and does interesting breakfasts.

Thanks again guys. I am looking forward to trying your suggestions and will try to post a report of how I got on.

We spent 10 days in Washington this past May. We loved Johnny's Half Shell and ate there 3 times. We tried Obelisk and we were very disappointed...ditto Al Tiramasu but it could be the nights we went or the things we ordered.

Johnny's Half Shell had the very best cioppino we ever tasted. The base was a lobster broth and we adored it.

Most of the time we had breakfast at the Au Bon Pain which is in the L'Enfant Plaza ...it was a convenient location to the sights we wanted.

Our hotel was the Radisson Barcelo. We had a huge room but were moved as the ac didn't work right.Both rooms were very large and satisfactory and we loved the Dupont Circle area. We will stay there again.

I hope I have helped...

Washington Trip Report

I post a short rundown of my trip to D.C. for those who suggestions helped. I will also post it under Washington Trip Report for others. Thanks to all who helped make my trip so enjoyable. We did a lot in the time and some times only got a flavour of the place but it was a great trip, thank you D.C.

Day 1 7th. July
Arrived around 6pm. Traffic busy as security in D.C. had been stepped up due to the London bombing that day. Booked in to hotel (Capitol Hilton on 16th.) room was great, looked right on to the White House 2 blocks away. Then went to eat then had an early night after long day travelling.

Day 2 8th. July
Went to American History Museum (V. Good) Then on to the Old Post Office, went up lift to top and had great views over city. Then on to the Aquarium this was the only disappointment of our trip, not a lot to it. It may be better for family’s with small children. On way back went past White House to get some photos.

Day 3 9th. July
Took a Trolley Tour and went to Arlington Cemetery, when in Arlington Cemetery I would recommend using the Tourmobile buses as it is quite hilly and a big area to cover. After Arlington we continued with the Trolley tour of the City. Great interesting day.

Day 4 10th. July
Walked from hotel to Lincoln Memorial then on to Vietnam memorial, Korean Memorial, W.W.II Memorial and Washington Monument. Finished off at the Holocaust Museum which was incredible and very moving. This was our longest trip and quite tiring but well worth it

Day 5 11th. July
Took metro and spent the day at the National Zoo. Great day out!

Day 6 12th. July
Took Metro to Union Station, beautiful building, plus shops and restaurants. Went on to Library of Congress and had a guided tour. What a magnificent building, a must see! Then walked round Capitol building.

Day 7 13h. July
Walked to F.B.I. Building but closed to public for renovation. Went on to Spy Museum, really good, spent over 4 hours there. Then on to Fords Theatre and the Peterson House. Interesting talk at Theatre on history of building and events.

Day 8 14. July
Took bus to Georgetown. My wife enjoyed that! Plenty of good shops and places to eat!

Day 9 15h. July
Went to Air and Space Museum and American Indian Museum. Both great and a must see.

Day 10 16h. July
Visited the natural History Museum. Great place for families, so much to appeal to all ages.

For breakfast we went to Starbucks, Cosi, Firehook Bakeries, Corner Bakery, Union Station
& Caribou Coffee. I thought the best was Caribou Coffee but they were all good.

For Dinner we went to Bertuccis, Luna, Californian Pizza House, Heritage Indian Restaurant all on Connecticut towards Dupont Circle, also went to Hard Rock Café on my Son’s birthday which as great . When they found out it was his birthday they gave him a free sundae and made him sit in a chair in the middle of the café and got everyone sing happy birthday to him. He will not forget that night!

I thought the best was Luna, great food and tremendous service. We went there three times!
Our server Alice is going to Paris shortly on vacation, have a great one Alice!
My son would of course argue for Hard Rock Café but he thought Luna was great too.