Busboys and Poets

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Busboys and Poets
View of Busboys and Poets' exterior seating
Restaurant information
Established	September 7, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-07)
Owner(s)	Anas "Andy" Shallal
Food type	American
Dress code	Casual
City	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°55′4.5″N 77°1′54″W / 38.917917°N 77.03167°W / 38.917917; -77.03167
Other locations	Mount Vernon Triangle at 5th & K Shirlington, Virginia Hyattsville, Maryland Brookland (Washington, D.C.) Takoma (Washington, D.C.) Anacostia
Website	https://www.busboysandpoets.com/

Busboys and Poets is a full-service restaurant, bar, bookstore, coffee shop, and events venue in the Washington, D.C. area, founded in 2005 by Andy Shallal. The original Busboys and Poets is located at 14th & V streets in the U Street Corridor of Washington, D.C. There are now eight locations in the DMV: A second location opened in Shirlington, Virginia in 2007; a third location opened in DC's Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood in 2008; a fourth in Hyattsville, Maryland opened in July 2011; a fifth opened in D.C./Maryland's Takoma (Washington, D.C.) neighborhood on Valentine's day in 2015; a sixth at D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood opened on New Year's Eve in 2016; a seventh location opened in D.C.'s historic Anacostia neighborhood in early 2019; and an eighth location opened in Columbia, Maryland in late 2021. ^[1]

It has been described as a haven for writers, thinkers and performers from America's progressive social and political movements.^[2]