Category: | Restaurant, Cafe, |
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Address: | 2212 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC 20018, USA |
Zip code: | 20018 |
Website: | https://emmastorch.org/ |
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Monday: | Closed |
Tuesday: | Closed |
Wednesday: | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Thursday: | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Friday: | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Saturday: | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Sunday: | 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Try everything. The food and lattes are delicious. April and the staff are delightful.
What a great new addition to the neighborhood! The food and service was outstanding. And the mission that the restaurant serves, helping to train and empower refugees and asylum seekers through culinary training, is heartwarming. We will be back!
Emma's Torch is more than a coffee shop. They employ refugees and asylees, providing culinary and employability training. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., some items on the menu are inspired by flavors from around the world- homemade chai, hawaij (a Yemeni spice blend) mocha, shakshuka, chai spiced donuts. There are open seats and WiFi.
My little family of three went Sunday around 9 a.m. and there wasn't a wait despite a few other customers in the cafe. We ordered the donut, blueberry muffin, and banana bread. My wife got the hawaij mocha and I the latte. (They use Zeke's coffee beans.) Everything was great! Not loving sweet drinks, my wife really enjoyed the hawaij mocha.
The cafe has water for everyone and restrooms.