"Maryland-based Roggenart European Bakery, Bistro and Café crosses state lines for the first time this winter with a new Northern Virginia location. The Ballston storefront specializes in coffees, buttery breakfast sandwiches, omelets, oven-baked melts, and cast-iron sandwiches. Delights made daily include gooey gruyere croissants built with bacon and fluffy Danishes stuffed with sweet cheese. Roggenart, which means 'the art of rye' in German, operates four locales across Baltimore and Howard Counties and comes from Serbian-born owner Nemanja Popov. Seven years later, Roggenart is ready to expand closer to D.C. with an Arlington edition (open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily) and is currently in hiring mode." - Tierney Plumb
