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500 3rd St. NW
(202) 347-8790
Hours of Operation and Prices
Breakfast: M-F 7-10:30
Lunch: M-F 11-3
Entrees: $2.75-$5
Closed: Sat-Sun
Other Information
• Cash only
• Reservations: No
• Dress: Casual
• Parking: Street
• Nearest Metro: Judiciary Square
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You can put your money where your mouth is at 3rd & Eats, doing good while eating well. This small, self-service restaurant, open weekdays for breakfast and lunch, is a training ground for the unemployed and a source of funds to aid the poor and homeless. It’s also an awfully nice place to eat.
In fact, few luncheonettes around town serve food that is fresher or more likely to be made from scratch. And certainly none offers lower prices. Breakfast begins the day with house-made biscuits that are crunchy and flaky enough for the most persnickety Southerner, layered with scrambled eggs, American cheese and bacon or a sausage patty. The blueberry muffins are soft and moist, thick with berries. The raisin bread is also made in-house, but it tends to be a little dry; it's better toasted. There are bagels, English muffins, cereals and just-cut fresh fruit, plus juices and coffees to serve yourself. Regulars have learned to check the lunchtime special when they stop in for breakfast. Some days it's short ribs, other days ham hocks with red beans and rice or ham with macaroni and cheese. It could be stuffed flank steak or stuffed peppers, tuna noodle casserole or spaghetti with meat sauce. There is also a house-made soup each day.
Every day the display case is filled with salads, including a wonderful home-style chicken salad with raisins, walnuts and celery plus a care-fully restrained dose of mayonnaise. Sandwiches are the usual deli choices - roast beef, corned beef, turkey, ham, tuna, chicken or egg salad. They are nothing special - the meat is prepackaged and the bread is squishy. There is always a red-cabbage slaw, and sometimes the kitchen has time to make potato salad.
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