The display isn't fancy -- plastic cups all around -- but with a veritable rainbow of flavor options, nearly all is forgiven.

Top-tier brunch classics like steak and eggs and crab cake benedicts make this a solid, if unspectacular, locale.

Be prepared for a slow start, but once our purpose was amply demonstrated, bottles flowed freely, if sharply cut off at the two-hour mark.

Few spots offer an Instagram wall quite like 801's flower dancer, and with a prime U Street intersection, there isn't much more you can ask for.