Brisket ground beef patty, lettuce, tomato, onion, brioche bun served with your choice of side.
Possible Allergies: Onion, Tomato, Gluten.
50.5 $
Bacon & Cheddar Burger
Brisket ground beef patty, bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion, brioche bun served with your choice of side.
Possible Allergies: Dairy, Onion, Gluten.
56.5 $
Beef Sliders
3 beef sliders, shredded lettuce, tomato and chipotle mayo served with your choice of side.
18.5 $
Egg & Cheddar Burger
Brisket beef patty, fried, sunny-side up organic egg, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, brioche bun served with your choice of side.
No egg substitutions.
Possible Allergies: Dairy, Onion, Tomato, Gluten.
53.5 $
Mediterranean Lamb Burger
Lamb patty (onion, garlic, cumin, paprika, parsley), tomatoes, cucumber, garlic herb yogurt sauce, herb flat bread served with your choice of side.
The patty can not be modified.
Possbile Allergies: Dairy, Onion, Garlic, Gluten.
55.5 $
Turkey Burger
Turkey patty (ground turkey, shallots, mushrooms), lettuce, tomato, onion, chipotle mayo, brioche bun served with your choice of side.
Patty cannot be modified.
Possible Allergies: Onion, Mushroom, Gluten.
50.5 $
Vegan Burger
Black bean patty, arugula, avocado, tomato, vegan chipotle mayo, brioche bun served with your choice of side (Vegan).
Possible Allergies: Onion, Garlic, Tomato, Gluten.
53.5 $
ENTREES
Beans and Wild Rice
Black beans, wild rice, guacamole, and pico de gallo. (Vegan, Gluten-Free Friendly)
Can be made without guacamole, pico de gallo, beans or wild rice.
Allergies: Onion, Garlic, Cilantro, Tomato.
16 $
Blackened Salmon
8 oz grilled salmon fillet cooked medium well with lemon butter sauce, wild rice, and asparagus topped with corn salsa (Gluten-Free Friendly).
Allergies: Dairy (butter sauce), Cooked White Wine, Shallots, Garlic.
One of our most popular dishes. Can be made without the sauce to be dairy-free.
29 $
Catfish
10 oz catfish filet pan-fried with tomatoes, capers, collard greens, corn cake, lemon butter sauce (Gluten-Free Friendly).
Allergies: Tomatoes, Onion, Garlic, Dairy (butter sauce), Cooking Wine.
Can be made without the sauce to be dairy-free. Coated in cornmeal.
26 $
Crab Cakes Entree
2 crab cakes (4.5 oz) with tomato coulis, creamy crab grits, steamed asparagus.
Allergies: Gluten, Dairy (grits and sauce), Seafood (crab), Shellfish (crab), Onion.
Can be served without sauce or grits to be dairy-free.
35 $
Fried Chicken
2 pieces of 6 oz crusted chicken breast, mashed potatoes, collard greens, herb-mushroom sauce (Gluten-Free Friendly).
Chicken is halal, cage-free, antibiotic-free and veggie-fed. Crust is buttermilk and cornmeal.
Allergies: Dairy (cream sauce and mashed potatoes), Onions (shallots), Garlic.
26 $
Shrimp & Chicken Chorizo Pasta
Ground chicken chorizo sausage, shrimp, penne pasta, mushrooms, shallots, cajun cream sauce, garlic bread.
Can be made without mushrooms or shallots. Chorizo is chicken sausage, not diced chicken and is not halal.
Allergies: Seafood, Shellfish, Gluten, Dairy (cream sauce), Onions (shallots), Garlic, Mushroom.
39 $
Shrimp & Grits
5 tailed shrimp, tomatoes, corn, asparagus, shallots, cajun cream sauce, 2 basil grit cakes (Gluten-Free Friendly).
Allergies: Seafood, Shellfish, Dairy, Tomato, Onion (shallots).
Can be made without the sauce to be dairy-free
4.5 Oz of Crab Cake with LTO on Brioche Bun with Old Bay tartar sauce on the side
Crab Cake is not Gluten Free!
Allergies : Gluten, Seafood, Dairy
57.5 $
Falafel Wrap
6 Falafel Balls in a flour tortilla wrap with Lettuce, Hummus and Tahini sauce.
Tahini sauce is sesame seed paste (it is in Falafel Balls as well)
Allergies : Sesame, Garlic, Chickpeas
Portabello mushrooms with Roasted red Peppers, Grilled Onions, Arugula, Vegan Mozzarella, Parsley-Basil pesto Aioli on Chia-Olive oil Baguette
*Pesto contains nuts. Cheese contains soy.*
50.5 $
Roasted Turkey Sandwich
Roasted Turkey with Provolone Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, onion and Harrisa Aioli On Levin Bread
47.5 $
Vegan "Chicken" Sandwich
Crispy tofu with Serrano pepper-roasted garlic Aioli, Tomato, Shredded Lettuce on Brioche Bun
45.5 $
Vegan "Tuna" Salad Sandwich
Scoop of Vegan "Tuna" with Lettuce and Tomato on Toasted White
Scoop of Vegan "Tuna" (Chickpeas, Relish, Nori, Onion, Celery, Carrots and Vegan Mayo)
Allergies : Chickpeas, Onion
47.5 $
Vegan BBQ "Beef" Sandwich
Soy protein beef, spicy korean BBQ sauce, vegan coleslaw on a brioche bun.
44.5 $
SIDES
Asparagus
7 $
Collard Greens
6 $
Crab Grits
7 $
Side French Green Beans
7 $
French Fries
5 $
Mashed Potatoes
5 $
Sautéed Spinach
5 $
Side Caesar Salad
8 $
Side Fruit Bowl (LG)
6 $
Side Fruit Cup (SM)
3 $
Side House Salad
10 $
Side Veggie Quinoa
13 $
Sweet Potato Fries
8 $
Wild Rice
5 $
SIDES / OTHER SIDES
Scoop of Vegan Tuna Salad
5 $
Side Asparagus
7 $
Side Avocado
2 $
Side Bacon
4 $
Side Bell Peppers (Mixed)
2 $
Side Black Beans
5 $
Side Blackened Catfish
10 $
Side Blackened Chicken
7 $
Side Blackened Salmon
11 $
Side Blackened Shrimp
9 $
Side Blackened Tuna
10 $
Side Blue Cheese Dressing
1 $
Side Boiled Egg
2 $
Side Cajun Cream Sauce
4 $
Side of Capers
1 $
Side Caramelized Onion
1.5 $
Side Carrots
1 $
Side Catfish
9 $
Side Celery
1 $
Side Chardonnay Cream
3 $
Side Chicken
6 $
Side Corn Cake
4 $
Side Corn Salsa
1.5 $
Side Crab Cake
10 $
Side Cucumber
2 $
Side of Dill Pickle
1 $
Side Falafel
5 $
Side French Green Beans
7 $
Side Garlic Bread
2 $
Side Green Peppers
1 $
Side Grit Cake
4 $
Side Guacamole
3 $
Side Herb Bread
1.5 $
Side Jalapeño
1 $
Side Lemon Butter Sauce
3 $
Side Mixed Greens
5 $
Side Nacho Cheese
1.5 $
Side Olives
2 $
Side Pico de Gallo
2 $
Side Pico/Guac/Sour
4.5 $
Side Pita
3 $
Side Raw Onion
1 $
Side Red Peppers
1 $
Side Salmon
10 $
Side Sauteed Mushrooms
2 $
Side Sautéed Onion
2 $
Side Shredded Cheese
2 $
Side Shrimp
8 $
Side Sour Cream
2 $
Side Steak
8 $
Side Tempeh
4 $
Toast
3 $
Side Tomato
2 $
Side Tortilla Chips
2 $
Side Tuna
9 $
Side Vegan Chicken
6 $
Side Vegan Sour Cream
1 $
SIDES / Condiment Options
BBQ Sauce
1 $
Blue Cheese dressing
1 $
Chipotle Mayo
1 $
Harrisa Aioli
1 $
Mayo
0.5 $
Ranch
0.5 $
Vegan Mayo
0.5 $
SOUPS
Cup of Harira Soup
8 ounce cup of Moroccan two bean soup (garbanzo/lentils), carrots, celery, onion, garlic, tomato. Vegan and gluten-free friendly.
5 $
Bowl of Harira Soup
10 ounce bowl of Moroccan two bean soup (garbanzo/lentils), carrots, celery, onion, garlic, tomato. Vegan and gluten-free friendly.
7 $
Cup of Yellow Tomato Gazpacho
8 ounce cup of Gazpacho. Yellow tomato, yellow pepper, cucumber, guacamole, basil oil.
The autobiographical memoir of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of the State of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Harris discusses the impact that her family and community had on her life, and how she came to discover her own sense of self and purpose.
18 $
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
From the National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi comes a refreshing approach that will radically reorient America on the urgent issues of race, justice, and equality. Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other.
27 $
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
From the National Book Award-winning author of How to Be an Antiracist comes a fresh new board book that empowers parents and children to uproot racism in our society and in ourselves. With bold art and thoughtful yet playful text, Antiracist Baby introduces the youngest readers and the grown-ups in their lives to the concept and power of antiracism. Antiracist Baby is the perfect gift for readers of all ages dedicated to forming a just society.
8.99 $
Taking The Arrow Out Of The Heart by Alice Walker
Presented in both English and Spanish, Alice Walker shares a timely collection of nearly seventy works of passionate and powerful poetry that bears witness to our troubled times, while also chronicling a life well-lived. From poems of painful self-inquiry, to celebrating the simple beauty of baking frittatas, Walker offers us a window into her magical, at times difficult, and liberating world of activism, love, hope and, above all, gratitude.
25 $
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Alice Walker’s iconic book, The Color Purple, is a modern classic. A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia.
17 $
The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton
As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened, and the facts speak for themselves.
The result is a White House memoir that is the most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration, and one of the few to date by a top-level official. With almost daily access to the President, John Bolton has produced a precise rendering of his days in and around the Oval Office.
32.5 $
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times-bestselling debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first book in her Legacy of Orïsha trilogy.
19.99 $
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
AN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK A boldly imagined work of magic and adventure from the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me.
28 $
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain’s colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean.
17 $
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
From the author of the classic Their Eyes Were Watching God comes a landmark publication of the American experience, now in paperback.
16.99 $
Prince The Beautiful Ones by Prince
The brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time, in his own words—featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death.
30 $
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a dystopian action-adventure novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is a spinoff and a prequel to The Hunger Games trilogy.
27.99 $
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within.
17.99 $
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place.
Queenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither.
16 $
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds in classic children’s stories, beloved novelist Helen Oyeyemi invites readers into a delightful tale of a surprising family legacy, in which the inheritance is a recipe.
17 $
Normal People by Sally Rooney
"Sally Rooney's books that bring a 21st century perspective on insecurity to the coming-of-age narrative. Normal People is a compulsive, psychologically astute will-they-or-won't-they love story involving two of the most sympathetic people you're liable to meet between covers. Although hailed as a voice of millennials, Rooney offers plenty to appeal to readers across genders and generations."
- Heller McAlpin
17 $
Source of Self Regard by Toni Morrison
A rich gathering of Toni Morrison's most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades. These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9/11, her Nobel lecture on the power of language, her searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., her heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. She looks deeply into the fault lines of culture and freedom: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, “black matter(s),” human rights, the artist in society, the Afro-American presence in American literature.
16.95 $
Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation. The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation—today’s.
18 $
Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
When mommy is away, it’s up to daddy to do his daughter’s hair in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters from former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestseller Vashti Harrison. Tender and empowering, Hair Love is an ode to loving your natural hair—and a celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere.
17.99 $
Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
The Undefeated is a poem and love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes.
17.99 $
New Kid by Jerry Craft
New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft. Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
12.99 $
Stamped From the Beginning by Jason Reynolds
Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first Black president spelled the doom of racism. In fact, racist thought is alive and well in America - more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning, if we have any hope of grappling with this stark reality, we must first understand how racist ideas were developed, disseminated, and enshrined in American society.
18.99 $
The Art of Human Care by Hassan A. Tetteh
Need a life-giving—or life-saving—message of renewal and hope? Dr. Tetteh's prescription for “Human Care” provides his answers for what really matters. Dr. Tetteh is a board-certified heart and lung transplant surgeon, best-selling author and popular speaker who inspires people to focus on the heart of all that really matters in life.
27.99 $
Mini Coloring Rolls To-Go
Enjoy coloring fun with Mudpuppy's Mini Coloring Roll! Perfect for travel and on-the-go fun, crayons included.
- 5.5 x 30", continuous coloring roll
- 4 crayons included
- Box measures 6.25 x 1.5 x 1.5''
6.99 $
Jumbo Coloring Rolls To-Go
Enjoy ten feet of coloring fun with Mudpuppy's Coloring Roll!
- 1.2 ft (14'') x 10 ft, continuous coloring roll
- 6 crayons included
- Box measures 14.25 x 3.5 x 3.5''
14.99 $
Puzzle To-Go
Puzzling on the move has never been easier with Mudpuppy's Puzzle To Go. Packaged in a travel-friendly drawstring pouch. - 36 pieces, 12 x 9"
- Silkscreened muslin bag package with drawstring, 6 1/2 x 7 1/2"
- Postcard with puzzle art included inside
9.99 $
Open Mic Ticket
4.72 $
SWAG
Busboys Hat
Embroidered grey baseball cap with white Busboys and Poets logo
- 100% bio-washed twill
- Low-profile, 6 panel hat with pre-curved visor
- Adjustable self-fabric back with buckle closure
20 $
Resist Beanie
Ready made for fall and winter, this resist beanie will keep your conscious head warm
15 $
Stainless Steel Water Bottle
17 ounce Busboys and Poets water bottle
20 $
Busboys Books Enamel Pin
6 $
Driver Notes (Employee Only)
COFFEE +
Busboys and Poets Mug
12 $
Busboys and Poets New Columbia Coffee
12 oz bag named for the proposed new identity of our beloved city if we achieve our dream of becoming a fully fledged state. Supreme. Intense. Beloved. Made in partnership with Philadelphia roaster La Colombe. Art by D.C. artist Anna Soevik.