"Get to Eastern Market’s famous lunch (and breakfast) counter early on weekends to pick up its beloved blueberry buckwheat pancakes. Around since 1978, the D.C. institution wakes up at 8 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday (and starting at 9 a.m. Sunday) and closes around 2:30 p.m. Debit cards are now accepted. " - Tierney Plumb, Eater Staff