Kramers

Kramers combines an independent bookstore with a cafe, restaurant and cocktail bar at 1517 Connecticut Ave NW, just north of Dupont Circle. Google describes the menu as upscale American fare with wine and draft beer, and the place holds a 4.5-star Google rating across 4,832 reviews.

Reviewers talk about the bookstore as much as the food: several mention a strong selection with plenty of staff recommendations, and some say the books are the reason they return. On the food side, recent reviews mention an afternoon tea service with warm scones, a lobster roll, the Kramer burger and breakfast plates, and one notes that Just Egg can be substituted on egg dishes, with a vegan scramble also called out. There is a patio. Feedback is not uniformly positive: one guest who booked afternoon tea described cool service and never receiving the tea menu, and a Google highlight calls the wine overpriced and mentions shell fragments in a crab pasta.

Hours run 8 AM–10 PM Monday through Saturday and 8 AM–9 PM Sunday. Google lists a wheelchair-accessible entrance, restroom and seating. Reviews indicate reservations are taken, at least for afternoon tea.