Bryant St Market — Restaurant in Washington

I love that they put something in this area, but I feel like they missed the mark with the restaraunt choices. There aren’t too many simple, good quality restaurants in the area that you can enjoy on a regular basis. Especially within walking distance, which is important because a lot of the surrounding apartments have residents who avoid driving due to limited parking.

Out of all the restaurants, only one is good enough for me to go to on a regular basis, when I don’t feel like paying for Uber eats.

Taqueria habanero is GREAT. Fresh ingredients and they have options for everyone. Blowfish poke seems like a bunch of frozen/non fresh food, has limited options and smells up the whole place when you walk in. Moon rabbit is pointless for this scene. They offer high priced and very niche small plates—which is great for the right crowd but it just isn’t what people are looking for here. You have to really like certain foods to want to eat anything on their menu. Alegria is mainly a bar but they’d be better off serving food. I’m not sure how many people are coming here just to drink. I believe they’ve started offering finger food but nothing that appeals to me personally. Grassfed griddle is LITERALLY NEVER THERE. And there’s no written communication in person or online to indicate when they’re actually meant to be there. It’s very confusing. I’ve been wanting to try their French toast but to no avail.

They added 2 new places that I haven’t tried yet but the menu options also seemed very niche and too extravagant to me.

It’d be great if they had more simple, everyday options with fresh/high quality ingredients. A good Greek place, well made Jamaican food, a fresh pasta place, or even a Cava or something similar would be...

Bryant St. Market Food Hall qualifies as a local DC hidden gem in my book. It’s tucked away among condos and the Rhode Island Ave. metro walkway.

I stumbled across this charming food hall after going to The Art of the Brick LEGO exhibit about a block or so away.

Bryant St. Market has multiple entrances at either end. One from the Rhode Island Ave. Metro side and the other from the side near the Alamo cinema drafthouse.

There is plenty of seating throughout. One side is more like a lounge with sofas and moody lighting.

There are multiple options at Bryant St. Market. Several places caught my eye. There is poke, fried chicken, Mexican, Asian dumplings and more.

Bryant St. Market is a vibrant and visually engaging space.

The ambience is nice and cozy. It looks like a comfortable place to work or just hang out.

I ended up having one of the best sandwiches from the Grassfed Griddle, which I’ll rave more in detail about in a separate review. It was DELICIOUS, so much so that I would go back to Bryant St. Market JUST to have this sandwich again!

Another bonus for the Bryant St. Market is the murals inside and around the market. That could be a cool mini turn by itself:

I noticed as I was walking around the market scoping the murals that there is a back patio to the market. I can imagine if there’s a fire pit, it’s nice in the winter as well as the summer.

Other reasons why Bryant St. Market is a hidden gem in my book is its proximity to several other fun attractions that are within walking distance including the following:

*Alamo Drafthouse Cinema metrobar Art of the Brick & Claude Monet Immersive Experiences Kracken - pickleball and roller skating rink

If you make your way over to Bryant St....

I placed an order for over $30 of food at Taqueria Habanero on the 4th of July, but the vendor was closed, and the QR code ordering platform had not been updated to account for this fact. My order was accepted even though the vendor was not there to make the food, so they basically stole my money. I wouldn’t be giving a bad review if there was a way to easily get a refund, but there was no one at the market that I could speak to about it.

EDIT: Despite the response from the owner below, I was not contacted...