Tatte Bakery & Cafe | Capitol Crossing

"Such a lovely place! It’s a bright and airy location with friendly staff and authentic French pastries. We had the salmon/avocado tartine, lamb hash, fig/lemon soda, pistachio latte, chocolate sandwich cookie with tahini filling, and a linzer cookie. All of it was delicious!"

"Hubby and I came here early evening (5ish?) so we probably ended up avoiding the main customer rush time, probably hence good atmosphere and service rating from us. It is a well lit cafe, smells good, neatly organized and cleanly - well kept. There is wheelchair access ramp in addition to steps to walk down into the cafe from the entrance. Interesting choice of layout - it is nice to get a somewhat aerial view of the cafe as you enter for the first time and get a chance to see whether if there is adequate seating or not. The service kiosk is surrounded by a pastry display and counter seating, in-person orders are made there, including coffee (the coffee bar is physically separate from the service kiosk, but the coffee orders are sent to the coffee bar I assume so don’t place your orders at the coffee bar? - I hope this is helpful information for the socially anxious). The pastries, if you order based on the display, are given to you at the service kiosk then and there and you are handed a table number to which they will later bring your coffee or perhaps brunch order. The individual who helped us order was very quick, courteous and friendly. Other environmental things - there is free public WiFi and the seating is comfy and boothlike against the walls with small round tables and wooden chairs, but there are larger tables available if you desire a larger workspace. Many people who appeared here on this evening seemed to be on their way home from work or studious - it’s a quiet place at this time, but still family friendly. In terms of beverage/food - we got the house latte, passion fruit krembo, and honey apple cake. The honey apple cake was probably the best tasting of the 3 and it has the appearance of being in fussy and homemade, like you would curl up on the couch and snuggle while eating it. It was on display and when we had arrived and had not been cut into, which was surprising. It was delicately sweet with good crunch texture - it had an apple puree at the bottom? I don’t know, it was akin to applesauce (if it was supposed to be baked apple slices, then those slices had become mush :-/). Perhaps I’m a bit nitpicky, my only con for this item was that it was a tiny bit stale - perhaps from sitting in the display. Would order again, if I can get there earlier the next time, I bet it would be heavenly fresh. The latte (I got it hot) flavored with halva and cardamom, was a bit sour on the first sip (not in the citrus-y, acidic way). But after that taste had mellowed out, it was a delicious latte that wasn’t too sweet. I am unfamiliar with halva as a flavor, so I cannot speak to whether it was present, but the cardamom was definitely there. As for the passionfruit krembo - it was sweet, almost sickly. It was very pretty, but perhaps not order again. Overall, I would come back here to take family to show them how pretty of a cafe/bakestore it is. I’d like to try their brunch menu and seasonal drinks in the future. All 3 items, with tip, cost over $20 - so this really more of a special treat than a regular haunt."

"I love this chain, my favorite in DC. This location on the Capitol Crossing is very beautiful and nice. However, the AC kind of didn’t work, so it was hot inside for the breakfast. Also, my order was messed up. The atmosphere, coffee and pastries are great there, but they need to work on their service."