Brunch at Evening Star Café (Photo credit: Ewa Beaujon)

Looking to try something new this weekend? How about some sweet potato tots or homemade Pop Tarts? Here's where to get 'em...

Breakfast/brunch
Ted’s Bulletin
“It’s always brunch time at Ted’s Bulletin, thanks to their new breakfast-served-anytime policy, which TBD believes should be mandated everywhere by D.C. Code. A safe bet is the Big Mark Breakfast: 3 eggs, bacon, sausage, hash brown, toast, and a homemade pop tart. Because what’s brunch without a homemade pop tart?”
- Dave Jamieson, reporter

Brunch
Evening Star Café
“Brunch presents many opportunities: the chance to pay $20 for French toast, for instance, or to wait in line for an hour as your blood sugar drops like Charlie Sheen's Q Score. No, my friend, you can keep brunch. Unless you're going to Evening Star, in which case I'll meet you there and maybe even treat. Because not only is the food terrific, but the portions are reasonable and the prices are even better. It's Del Ray, so there will be children there the whole time -- pick somewhere else if you're looking for peace and quiet. But then again, if you had standards, you probably wouldn't be brunching anyway.”
- Andrew Beaujon, arts and entertainment editor

Lunch
Bread and Brew
“Bread and Brew in Dupont Circle is really fun, they're actually a green restaurant that gets most of its ingredients from local suppliers. They have a selection of specials for food and drinks that changes daily, but their quiches are probably their signature, as well as their pizzas--although if you're looking for appetizers to share, try the sweet potato tots.”
- Rosemary D’Amour, intern

Dinner
Vaso's Kitchen
“I used to be Mayor of Vaso’s Kitchen in Alexandria when my son and his family lived in Alexandria. Great family atmosphere, excellent Greek and Italian food. I love the gyros, but most times we ate there, everyone got something different and everyone loved it all. It’s an old barbecue place, called the Dixie Pig, I think, and is a local landmark that still has the pig on top, even with the Mediterranean cuisine. A fun place that I still take DC visitors occasionally, even though I no longer have family nearby.”
- Steve Buttry, director of community engagement