Espresso By Design

Espresso By Design

★★★★★4.7(168 Google reviews)

Crema's Take

This family-owned Georgetown gem trades pretension for genuine warmth, serving excellent espresso and a surprisingly robust breakfast menu in a charming converted hut with a tree-shaded patio that feels like a neighborhood secret. Regulars rave about the consistent quality and staff who actually remember you, making it worth seeking out if you want local coffee culture without the Capitol Hill crowds. It's the kind of place where you can comfortably camp with a laptop for hours or grab hard-boiled eggs and a cortado on your way to work.

What to expect

Espresso-focused. A slow-sit, laptop-friendly, outdoor seating spot, good for meetings. Full breakfast, pastries, and light food on the menu. Family friendly. Parking available.

PastriesOutdoor seatingCraft espressoLight foodFamily friendlyFamily friendlyFull breakfastTraditional drinksLaptop friendlyParkingSlow sitFull breakfastMeetingsOutdoor seating

Google Reviews

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Heidi Farr
★★★★★3 months ago

Lovely place!! Friendly service, great ambient music, lots of variety for breakfast if you don’t want an expensive sit-down restaurant. They have good kid-friendly options like hard boiled eggs, cheese, yogurt, etc. love it!

Dom Lars
★★★★★4 months ago

This is a late review but I wanted to say that I used to go in here for a few months while I was working in the area, and each time I got wonderful service from people who really very much cared about their customers and observing them with other customers really showed how…

Krystina
★★★★★4 months ago

I love EBD. It's my go-to for coffee during the work week. If you're in the Georgetown area, want to support local, small business, and get good coffee or a small bite, this is the place.

Raina Shaw
★★★★★a year ago

the cutest little coffee hut in the middle of industrial America. there’s an outdoor patio garden if you want to stay and enjoy, inside a classical radio station is playing, there are an abundance of choices all handwritten on chalkboards. it’s just a really lovely lil place!

Megan Nicole
★★★★★2 years ago

Amazing. LOVE this place. Such a gem, I go here all the time. Amazing food, amazing coffee, consistent, friendly, family owned. Doesn’t get better than this!! Cute little seating area inside but the patio is really what’s special. I highly recommend this spot if you’re looking…

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