Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA 22206ĥ331 Baltimore Ave. Warm up with a cup of hot chocolate (spiked or un-) or a Booktini. Think holiday gifts Eat & Drink Local: This year’s event coincides with the ever popular Takoma Park Cocoa Crawl. Read Local: Browse and buy books from more than 30 local authors (who will be happy to sign them). in early to mid June, we are flexible -Across the street from the red line metro -Above Bus Boys and Poets.brunch/nachos. (202) 789-BBAP (2227)BUSBOYS SHIRLINGTONĤ251 S. Takoma Park Busboys & Poets 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC. The name Busboys and Poets refers to American poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel in the 1920s, prior to gaining recognition as a poet. Busboys and Poets is now located in four distinctive neighborhoods in the Washington Metropolitan area and is a community resource for artists, activists, writers, thinkers and dreamers. After opening the flagship location at 14th and V Streets, NW (Washington, DC), the neighboring residents and the progressive community embraced Busboys, especially activists opposed to the Iraq War. Takoma Park is one of at least three Busboys that are in the works, along with Brookland and Anacostia. First established in 2005, Busboys and Poets was created by owner Anas “Andy” Shallal, an Iraqi-American artist, activist and restaurateur. The Takoma Park Busboys and Poets will have a space dedicated to coworking when it opens at the end of the year, owner Andy Shallal says. Busboys and Poets Tribal StatementBusboys 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.īusboys and Poets is a community gathering place.