The Top 7 Coffee Shops Near Yellow
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Rank 1. Yellow
Levantine Middle Eastern
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year · Alicia Wang
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Fast Casual Restaurant of the Year
- Time Out #13 · Best restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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Rank 2. Maketto
Cambodian, Taiwanese
Part café, part clothing store, part restaurant with a courtyard, Maketto is the kind of place that makes you feel like you've been sleeping on H Street. The Cambodian-Taiwanese menu is designed to share, mixing Southeast Asian flavors in ways that feel genuinely inspired rather than just adventurous on paper. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the crowd looks like they already knew that.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater 2015 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Washington, D.C., Right Now
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Rank 3. ROYAL DC
Latin American
A chill, all-day Latin American spot in Shaw where the food punches well above what you'd expect to pay for it. Locals who know, know. The vibe is low-key and unpretentious, the kind of room where nobody's performing for anyone. Breakfast draws a loyal crowd, and dinner moves upstairs to a cozy second floor with real character. Come hungry and order generously, because the kitchen clearly knows what it's doing.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 15 Best Coffee Shops Around D.C.
- Time Out The 20 Best Coffee Shops and Cafés in Washington, DC
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Rank 4. Ellē
American
Ellē runs all day and somehow nails every shift. Mornings it's a cozy cafe packed with remote workers and stroller parents; by night it quietly becomes one of the better neighborhood restaurants in the city, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand to back that up. The food is comforting but cleverly put together, the kind of cooking that makes you wonder why everywhere doesn't just do this.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Bon Appétit 2018 · America's Best New Restaurants
- Washingtonian Best Coffee Shops in DC
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Rank 5. Yellow
Levantine
Georgetown's favorite daytime counter spot runs on Levantine cooking out of a wood-burning oven, and the lines out front aren't ironic. Morning means pastries and shakshuka; afternoon means stuffed pitas and spreads that make you reconsider every sad desk lunch you've ever eaten. The hummus alone earns the trip. By night it flips to table service and a reservation you'll want to grab early.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year · Alicia Wang
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Fast Casual Restaurant of the Year
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Rank 6. Café Unido
Panamanian Coffee
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Rank 7. Teaism
Japanese Coffee Shop
- Time Out The 20 Best Coffee Shops and Cafés in Washington, DC
- Washingtonian Where to Eat Near the National Mall