Busboys and Poets
| Busboys and Poets | |
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View of Busboys and Poets' exterior seating | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | September 7, 2005 |
| Owner(s) | Anas "Andy" Shallal |
| Food type | American |
| Dress code | Casual |
| City | Washington, D.C. |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38°55′4.5″N 77°1′54″W / 38.917917°N 77.03167°W |
| Other locations | |
| Website | https://www.busboysandpoets.com/ |
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Busboys and Poets is a full-service restaurant, bar, bookstore, coffee shop, and events venue in the Washington, D.C. area, founded in 2005 by Andy Shallal. The original Busboys and Poets is located at 14th & V streets in the U Street Corridor of Washington, D.C. There are now eight locations in the DMV: A second location opened in Shirlington, Virginia in 2007; a third location opened in DC's Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood in 2008; a fourth in Hyattsville, Maryland opened in July 2011; a fifth opened in D.C./Maryland's Takoma (Washington, D.C.) neighborhood on Valentine's day in 2015; a sixth at D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood opened on New Year's Eve in 2016; a seventh location opened in D.C.'s historic Anacostia neighborhood in early 2019; and an eighth location opened in Columbia, Maryland in late 2021.
It has been described as a haven for writers, thinkers and performers from America's progressive social and political movements.