Yes, it is possible to offer something for everyone.
If you wonder how, just glance to your left as you enter Buzz. There, a small table and baskets of child-sized cooking utensils and a small stove are lures for the younger set so you can enjoy your drink — and whatever else whets your appetite.
There’s more sweet than savory here — no surprise given that two talented pastry chefs are responsible for the fare — but do try the savory before the sweet tooth takes over. For breakfast, the savory scone ($2.25), dotted with bits of ham and vegetable, is light, flaky and delicious enough to prompt taking extras home, and the breakfast quiche (all quiches are $4.50 per slice, $18.95 whole) with cheese and sausage is so good that you may want to take a whole one with you, too.
The breakfast brioche of scrambled eggs and cheese baked in a brioche muffin ($2.25) completes the savory list, but you can always go for sweet muffins (1.70), croissants (plain $1.95, chocolate and almond $2.25), cinnamon rolls ($2.25) or sweet scones ($2.25) in a variety of flavors. On weekends, cinnamon- and sugar-coated doughnut holes ($2.10 for six, $4.20 for a dozen) and Belgian waffles ($7.00) with a variety of toppings are added to the mix.
Now for the sweets. Buzz may come close tothe dessert addict’s idea of heaven with its assortment of pies, cakes, cookies, bars and homemade ice creams.
Just because it is Buzz, you might start with a Bumble Bee Cupcake ($2.50), a chocolate-filled vanilla cake with a bumble bee on top, the sort of sweet to delight youngsters who might also want a gingerbread man or cowgirl cookie ($1.75 each).
Buzz
Address: 901 Slaters Lane, Alexandria
Phone: 703-600-2899
Hours: 6 a.m. to midnight
Credit cards: Major cards accepted
