Emma's Espresso and Wine Bar, Mount Vernon and Hume Avenue in Del Ray - Closed

[DonRocks]

On 7/8/2016 at 1:54 PM, Simul Parikh said:

Junction Bakery and Bistro had it's soft opening this week. It's where Mancini's used to be. They gutted it. I stopped by to get the staff's Friday breakfast. They've gotten real spoiled when I'm in the clinic on Fridays  not Dunkin Donuts like my partners The place is cool, super retro looking, you can see into the bakery and watch them work and make delicious baked goods. Seems like people already know about it, it was fairly busy for just being open for 2 days. I got a bunch of stuff - ham and cheese croissant, chocolate croissant, everything croissant, lemon poppy tea cakes, cheddar chive biscuits, some scones, and then I get an Americano for myself. 

Funny, I had an Americano (a large comes with four shots - they use a California roaster with a multi-syllabic name beginning with "D") in Del Ray just two days ago, at the pleasant Emma's Espresso and Wine Bar. I didn't try any of the baked goods, but the Americano was very well made, served in a ginormous (that didn't activate the spell-check alert?) mug, and was quite a good cup of coffee. 

The first few moments of service were addled, but instantly rectified themselves, and the staff there was as pleasant as can be. They have free WiFi, and Emma's is well-worth a visit if you enjoy independent coffee houses. They own the entire house, right off Mount Vernon Avenue, so there's ample parking.

[Simul Parikh]

Emma's is awesome! We now have 3-4 good places to get coffee. An embarrassment of riches !!

[DonRocks]

13 hours ago, Simul Parikh said:

Emma's is awesome! We now have 3-4 good places to get coffee. An embarrassment of riches !!

Look who was in there the same morning I was - we even have a tag for him.