Café Assorti

Address: 1800 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201

Phone: 703-465-0036

Neighborhood: Arlington, Clarendon/Courthouse, Arlington

Cuisines: Russian/E. European, Breakfast

Opening Hours: Open Monday through Saturday 7 AM - 10 PM, Sunday 7 AM to 9 PM.

Wheelchair Accessible: Yes

Kid Friendly: Yes

Nearby Metro Stops: Clarendon, Court House

Price Range: Inexpensive

Dress: Informal

Noise Level: Chatty

Reservations: Not Needed

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Best Dishes Carrot salad; beet salad; yeast buns (called samsas, pirozhoks, or rasstegais, depending on the shape) stuffed with meats, egg, fish, or vegetables; Assorti ground-beef steak topped with an egg; manti (beef-filled dumplings); Napoleon cake.

Special Features:
Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Weather permitting, enjoy the simple snacks at this Eastern European eatery outside, where umbrella-topped tables on a brick patio create a rustic charm you might not expect at a fast-casual restaurant in Rosslyn. Salads of shredded carrot with garlic and chili peppers and of beet with garlic and walnut are fresh and crunchy but grow tiresome on their own—order both to share along with the tasty “original” salad: lightly dressed chicken with egg, dill pickle, and carrots. Savory pastries are great for passing around; our favorites are the vegetable rasstegai (an open-topped hand pie) and a square samsa filled with chicken and mushrooms.

Also good: Cabbage rolls packed with ground beef and rice; a tiered napoleon cake with buttercream (try it with coffee).