I love bread and I love chocolate too. That’s why it’s so puzzling that the EM location was so awful. LPQ is not much better either

I used to go to the Connecticut Ave location when I lived in Van Ness, but only because I didn’t know of other options. It’s mediocre at best, not worth a trip.

I never had any food there that I liked and the service was only so so. For me the pastries looked better than they tasted.

I still feel that the only reason the one at Eastern Market lasted as long as it did and remained open when many of the other locations closed, was because of the location and the huge outdoor seating area.

Bread & Chocolate = Bread and chocolate. Get some good french bread, cut it open, spread with butter, insert a good (not Hershy etc.) thin, chocolate bar (dark is best) and eat! Divine! I’m sure some of the swanky shops even sell real European thin choc. meant for eating this way, it is a common after-school snack.

I believe they have a brunch dish of french toast drenched in chocolate. I live nearby and rarely go. The service is usually pretty awful and its overrun with loud GW students. Not bad for picking up a challah or baguette on the way home though.

in theory this place rules. in practice it is consistently the worst service in the city. i work a block away and will never go there again. sad but true. someone copy their menu and actually manage the restaurant and you will have a hit on your hands.