Cafe Roma, 400 block of 18th St. NE

Cafe Roma, 400 block of 18th St. NE
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Someone told me about this place, and its location, and I didn't believe that a restaurant could be located there, in the Rosedale neighborhood.

It's there.

And they did a great job inside (why is it that so many entrepreneurs open up sub-standard or at the very least, average or average-minus places in revitalizing areas--this delays revitalization when the opening of a new establshment ought to accelerate improvement).

And they make their own pasta, bread (foccacia), and desserts.

It's been written up in the Hill Rag. The owners are Ethiopian, but lived in Italy for many years. So their sensibility for what quality is has been shaped by the real thing.

The desserts are incredible.

I didn't get a paninni. Next time.