The Place: Baked & Wired
Where: Thomas Jefferson and M Streets NW
Why Live Near Here: Maybe it’s because I’m going into hibernation mode as it gets colder outside, but this is the second food-related Place I’ve featured this week and sorry I’m not sorry. Personally, I’m not sure I’d ever live in Georgetown because it’s not my speed, but you know what? I’d let that go because I’d kill to live next to or close to Baked & Wired: this place is the tits.
If you had said, “Alison, try the vegan oreo cupcake – you’ll love it!” a few years ago, the child of the best baker in the U.S. and a total addict of all things sugar + butter, I would have probably laughed at you. But DAMN IF THAT CUPCAKE IS NOT ABSOLUTE INSANITY!
My opinion aside, Baked & Wired is consistently voted Best Bakery in DC in Washingtonian magazine, and unless you’re one of those freaks who don’t like sweets, duh, of course you want to live near it. This area in general is where you live if you want tons and tons of restaurants and retail, proximity to Virginia and the Potomac River, and is tucked away without the threat of a Metro “ruining” your neighborhood.
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