As you ’ve in all likelihood interpret a hundred time or more , Washington , DC is the country ’s new culinary dearie . While our city is earning some well - merit praise for being home tosome of the best dinner party slur in the nation , have ’s not forget that you ’ve got at least one other meal to take care forward to each daytime before you may sit down to a sharpness at Bad Saint or Rose ’s Luxury … if you may get a table at either . After several calendar week of painstakingly difficult research and field of operations trial , we ’ve put together a roundup of DC ’s best breakfast sandwiches , range in order of excellency . After all , what have we always said is the most important thing ?
10. Breakfast Sarnie
Duke’s Grocery
Though Duke ’s is well sleep together for its Proper Burger , the Sarnie is in spades deserving a try . It is gargantuan . Of all the sandwiches we try , it was easily the largest – a monolithic creature , comprise of thick sourdough bread , rashers , arugula , and orchis smothered in HP browned sauce , capturing all the flavors of the full English breakfast in a ( relatively ) smaller watercraft . This one ’s emphatically not for the faint of heart .
9. Egg Sandwich & Halfsmoke
Florida Avenue Grill
While the places and storefront of Old DC are slow disappearing in Shaw , the Florida Avenue Grill remains , serving honest-to-god - timers and newbie to the community alike . This vicinity institution has been cooking up delightful , no - frills food for thought for over 70 years , doing right by everyone who take the air in through its door . The orchis sandwich is process on drink white kale , with a utterly cooked and slenderly charred halfsmoke sausage balloon cut lengthwise , testicle cooked to order , and a duet slicing of cheese . All in all , it has enough flavour to stand up to any of the more gastronome introduction on this list , and is proof incontrovertible that we ’ve had good intellectual nourishment in the District mode before all the care .
8. The Smucker Breakfast
Smucker Farms of Lancaster County
Super - thick Stoltzfus bacon , chive pick cheese , and pepper gelatin are the whiz of this contender ’s first few snack , their smell marrying surprisingly well . The bacon is thickset , perfectly salt , and delicious ; the eggs frittata has a fluffy texture that aid it stand out from the rival , and serves as a nod to the sandwich ’s inheritance – RIP Blind Dog Cafe . This sandwich is served on a Rana catesbeiana everything beigel , arguably one the best bagels in town , but we ’d recommend bespeak atoastedbagel here . Oh , and there ’s lettuce and tomato plant on this bad boy , but they ’re really just there to avail you find well about eating this effete sandwich so early in the daytime .
7. In Your FACE!
Buffalo & Bergen
The mad geniuses at Union Market ’s Buffalo & Bergen named this one well : the combination of fried eggs , fresh mozzarella , sopressata , and pesto is a major flavor bomb , and the pesto is perfect – so refreshed and luxuriously textured . The sopressata is piquant and roly-poly , which balances out the mellowness of the mozzarella and egg . It ’s a messy , fluid , and delightful hangover cure – get it on an everything beigel to take it up a nick .
6. The Hot Mess
Mason Dixie Biscuit Co.
There ’s simply no mode to use up this elegantly , but once you bite in , you will not care . The cooky is fluffy , buttery , and rich , without ever feel heavy , even though it ’s all smothered in a heaping serving of sausage gravy . The bacon is smoky , crispy , and peppery , and comes topped with a fried egg and aioli sauce . This guy may be humble , but it take a punch .
5. Bagel Sandwich
Royal
This sandwich is super flavorful and filling – and totally vegetarian . A Firehook Bakery bagel gets top off with a deep-fried egg , tomato , cerise onion , and the mansion - made royal cheese spread , which is made up of emollient cheese , pepper Jack-tar cheese , and Piper nigrum , and add a smoky , spicy element . The bagel comes nicely toasted , which in summation to the laconic red Allium cepa creates a pleasant crunch and textural mash - up with the other ingredient .
4. Biscuit Sammie
A Baked Joint
Crunchy on the outside , fluffy inside , this perfect biscuit has spicy sausage and cilantro baked into it , but bring off to ward off being too piquant or overwhelmingly herbaceous . It ’s dish out with an constitutive deep-fried testicle , a dab of mayonnaise , and a thick slice of tomato , which is a dainty cool change of texture on the interior . The egg is just a shade severe than the usual – a firm vitellus – without being dry . Really sapid , and a wise update to a breakfast staple .
3. Buenos Dias
Red Apron Butcher
The weak hint of sweetness of the tigelle – a saucer - shape flatbread baked in a press until golden - Saratoga chip – is complemented by the smokiness and anise in the household - made chorizo patty . equilibrate these out with cheddar , pickled onion , and sullen cream , and this sandwich stands out : the onions cut across the creamy grain of the melted cheddar and sour cream , and play with your taste bud . It ’s on the small-scale side , so you might be convinced to arrange two at a time – we wo n’t judge .
2. Fried Chicken Sandwich
Pineapple and Pearls
A New take on the classic Southern chicken cooky , this one is a standout : spicy fried crybaby cover in sauce and served with fix , Bibb lettuce , parsley , and reddened onion on a soft roller . The sauce – the recipe ’s a intimately guarded secret – is angelical and tangy , resonant of aioli , while the pickles give each sting a little sour . Do yourself a favor and headspring to Pineapple and Pearls for this bad boy .
1. Portlander
Little Red Fox
OK , this place is kind of a wage hike , but this sandwich is totally worth it : ciabatta , gormandize with a deep-fried eggs , apple butter , gorgonzola spread , arugula , and Baron Verulam ( you could get it without the Roger Bacon , but … why ? ) . The ciabatta is fresh and crusty , and bake perfectly – you could be happy eating a loaf of this just by itself . The fried testicle is served over easy , and balances out the creamy , bluff nuttiness of the gorgonzola propagate – this is definitely for folks who enjoy a malodourous cheeseflower – but it ’s not overpowering . The arugula ’s bitter , the orchard apple tree butter ’s sweet , and the whole matter comes together just beautifully .
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