U Street Corridor with Kids

U Street really comes into its own at night, but tweens and teens can have a good time here during the day. Kids of any age can have a great lunch at Ben's Chili Bowl, and they're warmly welcomed in Etete as well. Teens like browsing the eclectic shops on U Street and down 14th Street and lunching at the original Busboys and Poets, named in honor of poet Langston Hughes.