Busboys and Poets

Busboys and Poets More than just a restaurant. Specials, Event Links, Food & Books:
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Busboys and Poets is a community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted...a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul...a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide...we believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world. Specials, Event Links & Books:
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📚 Where art, culture, and community collide.In celebration of 21 years of Busboys and Poets, we’re shining a light on th...
09/01/2026

đź“š Where art, culture, and community collide.

In celebration of 21 years of Busboys and Poets, we’re shining a light on the storytellers right in our own backyard.

Join us for Author Next Door, an evening celebrating local authors whose words are a love letter to the communities that inspire them. ❤️

Come discover new voices, connect with fellow readers, and celebrate the stories being written right here at home.

đź“… Sunday, September 13
⏰ 5–7 PM
đź“Ť Busboys and Poets Anacostia

21 years of books, art, culture, and community - and we’re still writing the story together. ✨

08/27/2026

Celebrate one of Danticat's most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with her signature “unfaltering voice and evocative beauty”

In Memoriam: Sliman Mansour (1947–2026).Today, we honor the life and legacy of Sliman Mansour, one of the defining voice...
08/26/2026

In Memoriam: Sliman Mansour (1947–2026).

Today, we honor the life and legacy of Sliman Mansour, one of the defining voices of modern Palestinian art.

For more than five decades, Mansour transformed land, memory, displacement, and sumud- steadfastness- into an unforgettable visual language. Through olive trees, traditional embroidery, Jerusalem, and figures carrying the weight of a homeland, his work preserved Palestinian identity while affirming dignity, belonging, and hope.
His passing is an immense loss, but his art remains rooted in the land, alive in collective memory, and speaking to generations still to come.

Rest in peace, Sliman Mansour. May your memory and your art endure.

Columbia, it’s time to move.Join us for Latin Dance Night at Busboys and Poets Columbia on Saturday, August 29 from 7-11...
08/25/2026

Columbia, it’s time to move.

Join us for Latin Dance Night at Busboys and Poets Columbia on Saturday, August 29 from 7-11 PM. We’re talking Latin rhythms, great music, food, drink specials, and a dance floor full of energy.

Come early for a special dance lesson with Shannon Ward, then stay and dance the night away with DJ Elvira.

Experienced dancer? First time stepping out? Either way, you’re welcome here.

Tickets are $15. Free parking available.

Welcome back to school!To our teachers: thank you for guiding, encouraging, and showing up for students every day.To our...
08/24/2026

Welcome back to school!

To our teachers: thank you for guiding, encouraging, and showing up for students every day.

To our students: may this year bring new discoveries, new confidence, and new possibilities.

To our staff: thank you for the work you do behind the scenes and on the front lines to keep school communities moving with care and purpose.

Here’s to a year of growth, connection, creativity, and success. Welcome back!

08/23/2026

Introducing... The Busboys and Poets Book Club A book club that explores anti colonialism and anti imperialism through literature, history, and lived experience. Together, we’ll read writers and thinkers who challenge empire, occupation, exploitation, and the lasting legacies of colonial rule, while examining movements of resistance, liberation, and self-determination in the United States and around the world.

📚🍹 The Boozy Book Fair is back and this time, we’re celebrating a birthday! 🎉You’re invited to the Busboys and Poets Boo...
08/22/2026

📚🍹 The Boozy Book Fair is back and this time, we’re celebrating a birthday! 🎉

You’re invited to the Busboys and Poets Boozy Book Fair: Birthday Bash at Takoma!

Come sip, shop, browse your next great read, and celebrate with fellow book lovers. Expect all the Boozy Book Fair energy you know and love, with a birthday twist. 🥳📖

đź“… Friday, September 11
⏰ 6 PM
đź“Ť Busboys and Poets Takoma
🎟️ $15

Books + drinks + birthday vibes = a Friday night well spent.

Who’s coming to the party? Tag your book bestie below! 👇

08/20/2026

Join us to learn why “we must work across race and class lines to eradicate social ills and eliminate fascism” with one of the world’s foremost historians of racism and a leading antiracist scholar.

This is your last chance to catch the Heaven 600 Gospel Brunch Summer Series at Busboys and Poets Columbia.Join us Satur...
08/19/2026

This is your last chance to catch the Heaven 600 Gospel Brunch Summer Series at Busboys and Poets Columbia.

Join us Saturday, August 29 from 12 to 2 PM for an uplifting afternoon of faith, fellowship, live gospel, and an all-you-can-eat buffet. Hosted by Maurette Brown Clark with DJ Craig C, featuring performances by Jermaine Dolly and Brittney Wright.

Bring the family, bring your friends, and come close out the series with us.

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2021 14th Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20009

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 10pm
Tuesday 9am - 10pm
Wednesday 9am - 10pm
Thursday 9am - 10pm
Friday 9am - 11pm
Saturday 9am - 11pm
Sunday 9am - 10pm

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+12023877638

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