The Phillips Collection Announces New Café Partnership with DC Bakery Bread Furst
Award-winning bakery to open inside the museum in early May
WASHINGTON, DC—The Phillips Collection welcomes award-winning bakery Bread Furst as its new in-house café. The grand opening will take place in early May and the café will be open to the museum’s guests and the public without an entrance fee Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am–5 pm.
Marking its second location in the District, Bread Furst’s café at the Phillips will feature popular all-day menu items from its brick-and-mortar location in the Van Ness neighborhood. These include freshly made bread, including the fan favorite baguettes, as well as pastries, sandwiches, and salads by James Beard Award-winning baker and owner Mark Furstenburg who founded Bread Furst to provide Washingtonians a local artisanal bakery.
“The Phillips Collection is proud to host Bread Furst and Mark Furstenberg’s talented team at our café,” says Vradenburg Director and CEO Jonathan P. Binstock. “We know this partnership will introduce guests of the Phillips and fans of Bread Furst to each other in a welcoming space and show individuals visiting, or who are new to Washington, DC, a perfect taste of what our arts and culinary communities have to offer.”
Visitors can also enjoy a variety of coffee and beverage offerings to sip on while they work, take a mid-day break, socialize with friends, or reflect on their visit to the museum with ample interior and patio seating in the museum’s sculpture courtyard.
“Although I have never imagined expanding Bread Furst in any way, an overture from The Phillips Collection was more than I could resist,” says Mark Furstenburg, who is a long-time member of the Phillips and resident of the Dupont Circle Community. “We hope that we can be a café not only for members and patrons of the museum, but for the community there as well.”
IMAGE: Photo courtesy of Bread Furst