Bread Furst

"James Beard Award-winning baker Mark Furstenberg’s tiny cafe in Van Ness is one of the city's best places to buy baguettes, chocolate croissants, and English muffins. It opens at 8 a.m., and has built out an impressive retail market during the pandemic, offering access to wholesalers for high-quality coffee and olive oil. A cute Bread Furst offshoot also sits inside Dupont’s Phillips Collection museum." - Tierney Plumb, Tim Ebner

"The beloved D.C. bakery churns out apple cider doughnuts as a weekend treat starting at 2 p.m. The recipe incorporates cider from Pennsylvania’s Quaker Valley Orchards, a local farmers market favorite." - Tierney Plumb

"This James Beard Award-winning bakery by Mark Furstenberg is putting away the bread for the week in favor of “double strength broth” matzah ball soup, gefilte fish made from pike, whitefish, and carp; house-grated horseradish; and other sides and main dishes. Flourless chocolate cake and macaroons are available for dessert. The full dinner spread feeds four to six ($295). Order online for pickup on April 22-23." - Evan Caplan, Tierney Plumb

"Rosenthal invites another celeb to be his dining companion in D.C. This time, it’s stand-up comedian and Broadway star Alex Edelman, who joins Rosenthal at award-winning Bread Furst in upper Van Ness. The smells of the neighborhood bakery instantly impress, and “boy their stuff is good,” reports Rosenthal via voice-over. He’s talking about the French pastries like thinly layered buttered croissants and canelé they tried. For something hot off the menu, the messy egg lives up to its name, as the fall-apart sandwich doesn’t exactly make its consumers look camera-ready. “We should have asked for a hose,” he quips." - Tierney Plumb

"This James Beard Award-winning Van Ness bakery that turns 10 this year serves up fluffy, dimpled foccacia; breakfast items like pain au chocolate; brunch frittatas and bagels with gravlax; and quick French lunch staples like a baguette stuffed with ham, butter, and a tiny zing of Dijon. Call for curbside pick-up, and order online for pick-up and delivery. The neighborhood bakery recently opened a museum cafe in Dupont’s Phillips Collection." - Tierney Plumb, Stephanie Carter