Georgetown's cafés and bakeries: coffee worth lingering over, pastries worth the line.
48 businesses
The French-Italian gelato chain at 1200 34th Street NW, where gelato is served in flower petal presentations and the Italian gelato tradition of slow churning and less air produces a denser, richer frozen product than American ice cream.
Georgetown's longtime counter-culture cupcake and coffee shop on Thomas Jefferson Street, steps from the C&O Canal, known for oversized cupcakes and an unassuming character.
An original specialty bubble tea brand at 1073 Wisconsin Avenue NW, open since 2019, serving fruit teas, milk teas with cheese foam, yogurt drinks, and the seasonal drinks that have made it a consistent Wisconsin Avenue destination.
The New York-born coffee chain's Georgetown address at 3201 Prospect Street NW, offering espresso drinks, matcha, and the specialty coffee menu that the brand has built from a small-footprint model into one of the more visible coffee chains in the country.
A nonprofit cafe at 3207 M Street NW run by ServiceSource, staffed by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, serving espresso drinks, breakfast sandwiches, seasonal wraps, and the handmade goods and artisan products that the organization's employment programs produce.
The Oakland-born specialty coffee brand's Georgetown cafe at 1046 Potomac Street NW, serving single-origin pour overs, New Orleans iced coffee, and the precision espresso program that James Freeman built from a farmers' market stand into one of the most influential coffee brands in the country.
A French bakery from Saint-Tropez on upper Wisconsin Avenue, where Christophe Roux bakes the baguette that won the Triptee World Bread Award in 2020 and 2022.
A coffee and cafe at 1101 30th Street NW on the fifth floor of the Georgetown Waterfront building, serving espresso, light food, and a waterfront view that makes it among Georgetown's most distinctively situated coffee addresses.
Brothers Pablo and Marcello Salazar bring Bolivian coffee, house-baked empanadas, and Latin-inspired bagel sandwiches to a two-level Georgetown cafe that opened in 2023.
A neighborhood cafe on N Street at 3141 N St NW, serving coffee and light food in the residential Georgetown street that is quieter than the Wisconsin and M Street commercial corridors.
A beloved neighborhood bagel shop, deli, and bakery with a playful vibe.
A bakery celebrating the culinary traditions of the Caspian region.
The DC-founded specialty coffee roaster at 1351 Wisconsin Avenue NW, where co-founders Michael Haft and Harrison Suarez brought their coffee-roasting experience back from Afghanistan to build one of the most distinctive coffee brands in the capital.
A cat cafe at 3109 M Street NW where visitors pay for hourly time with resident rescue cats, receive coffee and snacks, and potentially find a new family member among the felines available for adoption.
A British-Indian cafe and bakery at 1204 34th Street NW, specializing in hand-crimped Cornish pasties, curried fillings, and the savory-pie tradition that Britain developed from its long culinary conversation with the Indian subcontinent.
A social enterprise bakery on Grace Street employing veteran fellows in an 18-week entrepreneurship program, run by the nonprofit Dog Tag Inc in partnership with Georgetown University.
A Dutch-inspired cafe and bakery at 1003 Wisconsin Avenue NW, featuring stroopwafels baked fresh, poffertjes, and the pastry and coffee traditions of the Netherlands in the lower Wisconsin block near the Georgetown waterfront.
A cafe and natural wine bar at 1220 31st Street NW combining espresso, light food, and a curated natural wine list in the residential 31st Street Georgetown setting.
A gelato shop at 3050 K Street NW in the Georgetown waterfront complex, serving Italian gelato in the canal-level setting that the Georgetown Waterfront Park creates for cold dessert in the warmer months.
Sisters Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis Bochicchio opened their M Street cupcake shop in 2008, became a TLC reality series, and have kept the original Georgetown location's daily line moving ever since.
The Taiwanese bubble tea chain's Georgetown address at 3279 M Street NW, offering the full Gong Cha menu of milk teas, fruit teas, and specialty drinks with a customization system that allows the customer to specify sweetness level and ice quantity.
A Georgetown-based specialty coffee roaster at 3299 K Street NW Suite 102 in the waterfront development, roasting and serving single-origin coffees with a focus on the transparent sourcing and careful preparation that the specialty coffee movement demands.
A Mediterranean-inspired pantry cafe and market at 3210 Grace Street NW, serving grain bowls, mezze plates, house-made hummus, and the pantry provisions that Georgetown's health-conscious residential market wants from a neighborhood food shop.
The premium ice cream chain's Georgetown scoop shop at 3120 M Street NW, where the brand that pioneered super-premium ice cream in the 1960s serves its dense, high-butterfat flavors in the heart of the M Street commercial district.
A scoop shop at 3151 K Street NW in the Georgetown waterfront area, serving Hershey's branded ice cream alongside the K Street canal-level dining cluster that serves Georgetown's waterfront recreational community.
A DC-based artisan ice cream company at 3333 M Street NW, making small-batch ice cream in distinctive flavors like balsamic strawberry, Vietnamese coffee, and bourbon brown sugar that go well beyond the standard commercial ice cream palette.
The late-night cookie delivery and walk-in bakery chain at 3204 O Street NW, delivering warm cookies until the early morning hours to Georgetown addresses and to Georgetown University students who need a 2am cookie in a way that is not metaphorical.
The renowned chocolate shop and cafe at 1319 Wisconsin Avenue NW from chocolatier Larry Burdick, whose hand-formed chocolate mice and penguins have made Burdick's one of the most celebrated artisan chocolate names in the country since 1987.
The legendary New York cookie and bakery chain at 3131 M Street NW, whose 6-ounce walnut chocolate chip cookies have generated lines around the block in Manhattan since 1995 and whose Georgetown location brings the same thick, doughy, warm-from-the-oven format to M Street.
A dessert shop at 3285 M Street NW on the main Georgetown commercial corridor, offering the sweets, confections, and impulse dessert purchases that M Street's foot traffic generates.
The French-inspired New York bakery chain's Wisconsin Avenue address at 1353 NW, where the famous nutty chocolate chip cookie, croissants, and the French-American patisserie menu have created loyal followings in every city the brand enters.
A French-inspired cat cafe at 1336 Wisconsin Avenue NW where visitors enjoy coffee and pastries in the company of resident felines in a warmly decorated Georgetown boutique setting.
A bakery and cafe at 3201 Cherry Hill Lane in the Georgetown waterfront area, serving fresh pastries, bread, and the cafe menu that the canal-adjacent address supports in the Georgetown waterfront development.
A small-batch Georgetown bakery taking orders online.
Delicate French-style macarons with an ever-changing seasonal selection.
Georgetown's French patisserie institution at 1645 Wisconsin Avenue NW since 1976, where the croissants, tarts, éclairs, and the seasonal French pastry program have provided the neighborhood with the authentic European patisserie experience for nearly five decades.
A Georgetown cafe and restaurant at 3251 Prospect Street NW in the Prospect Street dining cluster, serving American food and coffee in the casual cafe format that the residential Prospect Street address provides.
The California-based cold-pressed juice chain at 1300 Wisconsin Avenue NW, offering the pressed fruit and vegetable juices, juice cleanses, and the wellness beverage format that the Georgetown health-conscious market supports.
A juice bar and smoothie cafe at 3210 Grace Street NW in the Grace Street Georgetown cluster, serving cold-pressed juices, smoothie bowls, and the wellness beverage format alongside the Grace Street neighborhood food destination.
A British-inspired tea cafe at 3210 Grace Street NW in the Grace Street Georgetown cluster, serving proper loose-leaf teas, scones, and the British afternoon tea tradition in a charming Georgetown setting.
The pioneering Los Angeles cupcake bakery that sparked the cupcake craze at 3015 M Street NW, where Candace Nelson's red velvet, black and white, and seasonal cupcakes have made the Georgetown M Street address a destination since the brand's DC arrival.
A Starbucks location at 3050 K Street NW in the Georgetown waterfront complex, serving the waterfront commercial district with the coffee formats and food items that the global chain provides alongside the Potomac River setting of the Georgetown Harbour development.
A bubble tea and boba cafe at 1357 Wisconsin Avenue NW on the mid-Wisconsin Georgetown commercial block, serving the Taiwanese milk tea and boba format that has built a devoted following among Georgetown's student and residential populations.
The Israeli-inspired bakery chain from Boston at 1545 Wisconsin Avenue NW, where Tzurit Or's shakshuka, malawach, and the Middle Eastern-influenced pastry program have made Tatte one of the most distinctive all-day cafe destinations in the Georgetown market.
Mohammed Ali's ice cream and chocolate shop at 3214 P Street, a Georgetown institution with 63 house-made flavors, famous for blend-ins and homemade fudge, where the Clintons were regulars and Reagan served the chocolate at White House dinners.
The New York artisan ice cream company at 3245 Prospect Street NW, where the vegan cashew-milk ice cream and the dairy ice creams made with egg-rich custard have made Van Leeuwen one of the most discussed ice cream brands in the country since the yellow trucks first appeared in Brooklyn in 2008.
America's first authentic Greek ice cream shop, opened on N Street in July 2025 by a former attorney general speechwriter and a former MPD officer.
Chef Michael Rafidi's Michelin-listed Levantine cafe at 1524 Wisconsin Avenue, where a wood-burning oven fires pita sandwiches alongside za'atar croissants, baklava lattes, and mezze rooted in the flavors of the Arab world.