French Bakery at Eastern Market Expects March Opening
by Larry Janezich
Posted February 28, 2026
Saint-Georges Boulangerie across from Eastern Market visible at the far right.
The bakery’s pastry chef Slama Abdenour said he expects Saint-Georges will open in about three weeks. He says he thinks the final permits to be approved next week. The café will need a couple of weeks after that to get up and running, with a a soft opening on a Friday in March with a grand opening the following week.
Here’s the view from the north entrance to the restaurant on C Street.
And here’s the view from the 7th Street side, looking at the north entrance.
Part of the decor, and as they say, very French.
CHC reported the coming of the bakery in the space formerly occupied by Radici at 303 7th Street, SE, in June of 2024. The café will be the first U.S. venture for the team of restaurateurs who own five restaurants in Paris.
CAPITOL HILL CORNER 
Did they enter the recent baguette competition in France? (Uncertain.)
Please name their restaurants in Paris. (Reportedly, the Crepe Suzette restaurants.)
Finally! so excited
Finally (comme Anne Marie)–serious French stuff on Capitol Hill. I am sooo tired of Pain Quotidien. No croissants and the bread just doesn’t cut it. And pricey for mediocrity.
It’s been an unusually long time since their first announcement with no explanation of why it took so long. I welcome a good bakery to the Hill and look forward to to comparing it to DC’s “gold standard” – Mark Furstenburg’s “Bread Furst” on upper Connecticut Avenue and worth the trip. A good fresh croissant and decent coffee would be welcome as would some fine pastries and a decent non-factory baguette and breads.