"Black owned scratch kitchen located in the heart of Anacostia. Our food is prepared from raw ingredients, and our bread and desserts are all made in house. We believe that food should be honest, so we take the extra step to make it honestly. "
Bread Pudding
Vegan Peanut soup W/ Fufu
Goat Stew
Beef Pattie
Fried Chicken Sandwich
Kutumeri w/ Fufu
What People Are Saying
“A mom and her three sons are behind Anacostia's new restaurant Open Crumb, where the fried chicken sandwich, shrimp and grits, and Jollof rice are the three most popular dishes.”
— Washington City Paper
“Open Crumb moves smoothly in the currents of everyday life in Anacostia, like water flowing from a tributary to a mighty river.”
— Washington Post
Chef Peter Opare
Dana Jacobson visits a restaurant that hit its stride by bringing a taste of West Africa to the U.S. capital. Open Crumb is an unassuming, takeout-focused storefront where co-owner and head chef Peter Opare is preserving his family's legacy and culinary business. He talks about how he got his start and "grew up in culinary school" thanks to his parents.