Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Opening Soon: Bakery finally coming to Dupont/Kalorama

Just this past weekend, I was walking by the vacant Universal Gourmet space on Connecticut in Dupont near the tourist black hole known as Buca di Bepo, and I thought to myself how a quality baked goods and coffee shop would do amazing business in that location with the droves of workers walking to work and the tourists streaming from the hotels. Sure enough, Mark Furstenberg, the original baker behind Marvelous Market and international-banker-fav Breadline (who else can afford $10 sandwiches?), is opening a bakery!

Bakeries and butcher shops are sorely lacking from DC's retail landscape, but given the foodie explosion that's still burning strongly, it was inevitable that our sad supply of fresh yeast would soon be over. The only catch here is that Baker Furstenberg was not-too-long-ago hired as a consultant at downtown's G Street Foods, before he got the boot for not delivering (they make a deliciously modern cuban sandwich, fyi).

And don't forget the Bethesda Bagels that is opening just down the street in the thankfully-closed, former Johnny Rockets space (apparently chain-eating American tourists do have some standards). Kalorama is clearly the next 14th Street.

[via: Huffington Post]

Bread Furst (coming soon)
1825 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC
Neighborhood: Dupont
Metro: Dupont
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