"If your parents are in the mood for something they can't find back home but still feels vaguely familiar, take them to Unconventional Diner in Mt. Vernon Square for brunch. This industrial-modern space is centrally located near everything in downtown DC, and serves up things like buttermilk pancakes topped with blueberry lavender sauce and mascarpone cream, and chicken and waffles with habanero butter—getting both is obviously the way to go. If you were a carrot cake family growing up, don't order the one at Unconventional unless you're prepared to shatter your childhood illusion that Mom's was the best." - omnia saed