For those faithful readers of the DC Brunch Club adventures, you may remember the first time we braved the bridge and headed down to Arlington and ended up at Sette Baddo...oh, Sette Bello - sorry.  Since that didn't stop us from heading to NoVa again, (see Tallula), I felt like it shouldn't stop us from trying another Sette.  Why let one ruin the whole group?  So in an un-official brunch club brunch, some college friends and I decided to give Sette Osteria by Dupont Circle a chance.  I was hesitant, but we were sick of walking around, so Sette it was.

Environment:  Sette does offer outdoor seating with big umbrellas to provide shade, however, the tables are small and can't sit more than four comfortably.  If you have a bigger group like we did, you won't be miserable inside.  Sette's interior is very open and airy with one wall being all windows.

Service:  At first our waiter seemed nice and I even gave him the opportunity to shine by getting me a better Mimosa...see Booze, but once we were served our food he went MIA.  At the end of the meal, we gave him two credit cards and even wrote the amount to get charged to each and he messed it up.  Not brain surgery  my dear boy.

Booze:  So, while I love my college girlfriends, they are not brunchers.  I was the only one drinking...they had "errands to run" and "stuff to do" later.  I'm sorry, that's what Saturday is for...ah well, one day they will learn that Sunday should always be "Sunday Funday"...they have growing up to do.  Anywho, I ordered a mimosa that was heavy on the oj.  I sent it back and my second was a little better, but I was already disappointed.  This of course didn't stop me from ordering a few more, but they were by no means scene stealeres.

Food:  While their brunch menu is limited, their pizza menu is off the hook and I am always in the mood for pizza.  While the ladies aren't Sunday drinkers, they are foodies, so we had a good range of menu items.


The Salmon eggs benedict was a popular order and got good reviews.

The Poached Eggs with Prosciutto and Melon had lots of prosciutto, very fresh melon and really, can you screw up poached eggs?

The fritatta looked great and I was told the mozzarella was very fresh.

We had two pizzas - the Regina and the Verdona.  The Regina's sauce was  fresh with just the right amount of sugar and it wasn't full of cheese. I can't remember if the cheese thing was good or bad... The Verdona is a white  pizza - I need to remember to ask if the sauce isn't mentioned. I am not a white pizza gal, so I of course had to order a side of marinara (which they didn't charge me for - thank you).  I thought it could have used