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    Uptown Cafe

    3.7 (96 reviews)
    InexpensiveCoffee & Tea, Delis, Soup
    Closed 6:00 am - 2:30 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Pancakes Platter
    Keilon L.

    This is the kind of easy, no frills, pleasant service, good price point, good food, establishment that I, in my non-expert, Yelp Elitist opinion is kind of lacking in key Washington DC neighborhoods. Sometimes you don't need a plant/flower wall or cutting edge espresso makers or vivid artist commissioned works on the wall. Sometimes you just need a grill and somebody behind it making good pancakes and bacon egg and cheese sandwiches. Throw some tabletops in there that someone actually cleans every so often and let the space live and breath. If you want sides and drinks, there's chips, soda, and many of the bottled beverages you'd find in your local service station. Keep it simple and focus and making good food quickly and consistently. Once again, the pancakes are phenomenal. The bacon is good. I asked specific for cheddar cheese to be scrambled into my eggs and you can never miss with that. $11 well spent. I'm glad I found myself over here when the craving for late breakfast hit.

    A $6.55 grilled ham and cheese.  From UPSELL cafe.
    Sean M.

    Should be called UPSELL Cafe. Ordered a grilled ham and cheese. Go to pay and owner says $6.55. I ask isn't meat and cheese $4.95? He says that for toasted sandwich. I say what's the difference. If a "Grilled" Cheese is $4.55 why adding ham at $2.50 is any difference. On the menus meat and cheese is right below grilled cheese and right below that is Egg meat and cheese. He said because it has to go on grill. I asked does the grilled cheese go on the grill? He said yes but this different the ham on grill also. I asked okay if I got the Jane egg and cheese on toast which was like $5 something does the egg and ham go get cooked on the grill? He said yes of course. I said okay why is this different. All he could say because grilled bread or toasted bread. This place should be called UPSELL Cafe. Damn grilled cheese and ham wasn't worth $6.55. Look at it. Owner should be ashamed of himself. Fried egged fried bacon fried ham it all goes on the grill No more UPSALE Cafe for me. We go there at least twice a week. Nope not anymore.

    Bacon Meat, Egg & Cheese Croissant
    Samet D.

    Located right next to NoMa metro station, Uptown Cafe is like our local Dunkin' Donuts-- unhealthy, delicious, cheap, amazing employees. I didn't feel like cooking and this was the closest breakfast restaurant to give it a try. It was not a disappointment at all, it was extremely delicious. I have gotten two croissants with bacon, cheese, and eggs as well as a homemade fries which costed me nearly $13 including taxes. Could not get any cheaper than that in our neighborhood. The croissant was, ohh! so good! My wife loved hers as well. Also, my wife said this taste is very similar to the coffee she used to go to at her work and it turns out they are the same people. Originally their shop was located in the government building and it was called as "NoMa Cafe." Like many other businesses, Covid-19 negatively effected their business as well and they had to close it. Now they are reopened as Uptown Cafe. Highly recommended!

    Breakfast burrito with sausage.  Excellent!

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    4 months ago

    Got better. Orders are now accurate. Concerns addressed. Despite them being short staff service is great and efficient

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    10 months ago

    Get the bacon, egg and cheese croissant. Yum. The bacon, egg and cheese bagel wasn't the same as NYC for me. But the croissant was fire .

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    9 months ago

    The food was very good , the service was good and cleanliness was also good. I would go back , I went two times.

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    1 year ago

    Good and fast breakfast food. Staff is helpful and quick with orders. They have lunch options as well

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    2 years ago

    My favorite place for French toast! Reasonably priced and very delicious. Friendly staff

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    2 years ago

    Great sandwiches and bagels, great coffee, very friendly staff. I come here for my lunch break all the time.

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    2 years ago

    My go-to place in NoMa for coffee, breakfast, you name it. Their hazelnut coffee is incredible. The owners and the employees are very sweet.

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    4 years ago

    Good prices, decent food and good quantity for breakfast. Staff was friendly. 5 minute walk from metro station.

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    5 years ago

    The owner/manager is very rude. Won't be returning. It's not worth dealing with her rude behavior.

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    4 years ago

    Place used to have great service now the servers just stare at you and talk amongst themselves until you ask them where to order.

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    3 years ago

    Kind fast service, lots of option. Nice local option in NoMA. Highly recommended for a quick lunch option!

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    3 years ago

    Great place for hot breakfast. Service was quick and efficient. Uptown cafe had many places to sit and enjoy your meal.

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    4.0(179 reviews)
    2.1 miDowntown
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    Certified professionals

    Once I heard there was a deli with a pickle bar within walking distance of our DC headquarters, I…read moreknew I had to go. My colleague who told me about this place jumped to join me for lunch. I wasn't anticipating a nice dining room to dine in, but there it was so we did. Although it was uncomfortably warm in there. Must have been something wrong with their A/C because they couldn't possibly always have it so warm, especially in the middle of summer. I ordered The Clevelander and she had The Mel. And of course we hit their awesome pickle bar! Why doesn't every deli in the universe have a pickle bar?! The sandwiches are piled high with meat and so delicious. Several complaints about mine, however: the menu said it comes with mayo and provolone. It came out with no spread at all so I was brought mayo packets to apply myself, which is way less than ideal with a huge already assembled sandwich. And the brand new server (on her second day there) came back after we ordered and asked if I wanted cheese. I mentioned I thought it listed a cheese on the menu, which she confirmed. But then I ended up getting charged extra for the cheese that my sandwich was supposed to come with. Kind of lame. And while my friend was asked if she wanted hers toasted, I was not. I didn't think twice about it until mine came out toasted, which I neither asked for or wanted. Lastly, the sandwich was also supposed to come with "fresh cranberry spread" and if there was any on my sandwich, it wasn't detectable. But I decided not to even mention it because I didn't want to deconstruct my sandwich a second time. Regardless of these hiccups, I would certainly consider returning.

    I stopped by to get a fresh hot bagel and it did not disappoint…read more Cinnamon raisins with cream cheese , for the win! Clean, spacious and plenty of natural light. The service is good and you can place your order at the counter, self enter the order or place the order with the waiter. The menu is extensive and I saw many people enjoying the eggs to order. I just did not care for a big breakfast.

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    Mikey & Mel's Deli - Reuben and chips

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    4.5(494 reviews)
    0.4 mi
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    I'm so glad I stumbled upon this centurion deli. I love their entire menu. My go to is double beef…read morepressed sandwich. I also tried the pastrami. It's good. Nothing like Katz though. I returned nearly after a year and happy to see improvements in packaging. Love foil wrapping because it does not leak and holds the sandwiches better. It's extra work back so I hope they are being compensated for it cuz the sandwiches cost the same. Don't change that.

    UPDATE: This platform will not allow me to post the photos to my review but they are posted to the…read morepage for now. Very interesting This was my first time coming to this shop. I heard good things about their sandwiches. My go to is normally Mangialardo's on Pennsylvania Ave in SE DC or Carl's Subbs on Rhode Island Ave in NE DC. I think I will stick to both of them next time. The staff was very friendly and helpful to me as a first timer but the sandwich was totally disapointing! NOT worth it, at all. I ordered a 9 inch capicola, ham, and cheese sub on the hard roll. The roll was very good and fresh but I couldn't taste the cheese or meat in the sandwich because there wasn't enough of it. I tasted the bread, the toppings of lettuce, tomato and onions. I decided to deconstruct the sandwich and found exactly 4 very thinly sliced pieces of meat and 2 very thinly sliced pieces of cheese as pictured clearly in the photographs. I also noticed that the they have different prices for the same type of meats. For example, they have a $29.99 per pound Capicola and one for $9.99 a pound. I asked which went on the sandwich and of course it was the cheaper one. That wasn't surprising and getting my sandwich back to the office. I decided not to eat the rest of the meatless sandwich and just take the loss. I wouldn't come back nor would I recommend a friend to try it

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    Beresovsky's Deli - Just a corned beef with mustard. Rye is ok. Not enough corned beef. A little overcooked as was super shredded and dry.

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    2.1 miNavy Yard

    Delicious gourmet sandwiches - the March monthly special veggie sandwich, The Truth hit the spot!…read moreThe sandwich shop is tucked inside The Gatsby hotel with only indoor solo seating on cozy bar stools with a window view and some outdoor seating in front of the stadium. It's primarily a take-out shop with a dozen or sandwiches and a few sides. The Truth veggie sandwich was bursting with flavor with sweet potato, crispy eggplant, juicy portobello mushoroom, and creamy lentil aioli stuffed between whole wheat bread. It was so good that I didn't even miss not cheese! Initially, I thought about adding cheese, but glad I didn't and stuck with the classic sandwich. By the time I made it through a couple of bites of the 2nd half of my sandwich, I was stuffed and didn't have any room or a craving for chips or fries that I typically get. It was a simple sandwich with quality ingredients made well. Crossing my fingers that the veggie The Truth sandwich stays on the menu and looking forward to coming back to try other sandwiches!

    Service was great, but the food is less than to be desired! Being from Cleveland, OH. The home of…read morethe "Corned beef sandwich" I was hoping the Ruthie's Reuben would make me happy when I seen it on the menu. When I picked up, the place is clean and bright! But I notice they had the B&W cookies on display and they're tiny, not what they show on their website. When I got back to the office, I ate my sandwiches and and a third of it was fat and tasted simple. I'm disappointed, I'll never eat here again.

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    Chicago Italian Beef. Very forgettable as it was bland and dry. 1/10 rating.

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    4.3(255 reviews)
    7.9 mi
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    Falls Church, VA - after hiking around in the city my handsome husband and I worked up a hunger…read more German Gourmet to the rescue! This little store on Columbia Pike functions as a German specialty grocer, deli and sandwich counter. Our focus today was the sandwich counter. One important thing to know is there is no seating of any kind. You will be taking your sandwiches to go. (My suggestion: get a few slices of butter kaese at the deli counter and munch on these on the car ride home. Then enjoy your sandwiches in peace at your abode.) They do offer napkins and plastic silverware if needed. The sandwiches are freshly made to order. You take a number and a deli employee will assist you. They have numerous types of bratwurst to choose from. Additionally a number of German cold cuts. We ordered a Nurnberger bratwurst and the Tyrolean hot sandwich. The breads for both were very fresh and the sandwiches tasty. The mustard on the bratwurst was full of good horseradish! The Tyrolean was moist with a good combination of tender meat and sauce. The bread was a nice mild rye - it was a two hander sandwich! We were both full having eaten these delicious sandwiches. The deli employees were all friendly and efficient. Prices were very reasonable. We would definitely return.

    Hi everyone, just wanted to leave a review of German Gourmet on Columbia Pike…read more Before I begin, I want to identify what the ingredients are for a classic Reuben. You'll need two slices of seeded or marble rye bread, about six ounces of thinly sliced corned beef or pastrami, two slices of sharp Swiss cheese, roughly a quarter cup of well-drained sauerkraut, and two tablespoons of Russian or Thousand Island dressing. A little butter for toasting the bread and optional spicy brown mustard round it out. That said, what I actually received was the absolute worst Reuben I've ever had in my entire life. They used ham instead of corned beef or pastrami, an insult to the name. The Swiss was bland and low-quality, not sharp at all. There was no mustard, barely any Thousand Island, and I couldn't even detect any sauerkraut. The bread wasn't toasted, and they still charged me $12.50 with tax. If this is what passes for a Reuben at a supposed German delicatessen, save your money and go somewhere that actually knows what they're doing.

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    January 2025 Entrance & carts

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    Dried goods and seasonings.

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