Busboys and Poets

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 the Takoma 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 Anacostia neighborhood in early 2019; and an eighth location opened in Columbia, Maryland, in late 2021. A further location is planned for Reagan National Airport. It has been described as a haven for writers, thinkers and performers from America's progressive social and political movements.