"Brunch is served until 4 p.m. every day at the award-winning modern diner full of pop art adjacent to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Chef David Deshaies serves sweet potato shakshuka, avocado toast topped with confit egg yolk, and a Caribbean twist on shrimp and grits with andouille sausage, plantains, and pineapple-habanero sauce. And UD’s glam Italian sibling L’Ardente is the place to be on weekends for polished brunch service." - Tierney Plumb