Study spots and quiet cafés in Washington
124 libraries and cafés in Washington you can settle into with a laptop or a textbook: Wi‑Fi, a seat indoors, and nobody rushing you. Of these, 46 have confirmed Wi‑Fi, 4 have power outlets, 12 stay open past 9pm and 112 are independent.
124 in Washington
Best-rated first. Every listing shows where each fact came from and when it was last checked.
Kramers
1517 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, €€, ★ 4.5, WI-FI, WORK 100
Jacob Burns Law Library
716 20th Street Northwest, ★ 4.4, WI-FI, WORK 100
Le Pain Quotidien
800 17th Street Northwest, €€, ★ 4.1, WI-FI, WORK 100
Le Pain Quotidien
2000 P Street Northwest, €€, ★ 4.1, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks
1455 K Street Northwest, Washington, €€, ★ 4.1, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks Coffee Company
1429 P Street Northwest, €€, ★ 4.1, WI-FI, WORK 100
Starbucks Coffee Company
1501 Connecticut Avenue Northwest, €, ★ 3.9, WI-FI, WORK 97
McDonald's
750 17th Street Northwest, €, ★ 3.8, WI-FI, WORK 57
McDonald's
1916 M Street Northwest, €, ★ 3.7, WI-FI, WORK 67
McDonald's
1235 New York Avenue Northwest, €, ★ 3.6, WI-FI, WORK 72
Anacostia Neighborhood Library
1800 Marion Barry Ave SE, WI-FI, WORK 100
Aurora Hills Library
735 18th St S, WI-FI, WORK 100
Big Bear Cafe
1700 1st Street Northwest, WI-FI, Recommended ×2, WORK 100
Bladensburg Branch Library
4820 Annapolis Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Capitol View Neighborhood Library
5001 Central Ave SE, WI-FI, WORK 100
Central Library / N Quincy St and 10th St N
1015 N Quincy St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Cherrydale Library
2190 Military Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library
5625 Connecticut Ave NW, WI-FI, WORK 100
Cleveland Park Library
3310 Connecticut Ave NW, WI-FI, WORK 100
Culmore Community Library (formerly Woodrow Wilson)
6101 Knollwood Dr, WI-FI, WORK 100
Doubles
3118 Georgia Avenue Northwest, WI-FI, DevourDC recommended, WORK 100
Fairmount Heights Branch Library
5904 Kolb St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street Southeast, WI-FI, POWER, WORK 100
Georgetown Neighborhood Library
3260 R St NW, WI-FI, WORK 100
Glencarlyn Library
300 S Kensington St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Hillcrest Heights Branch Library
2398 Iverson St, WI-FI, WORK 100
Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
2300 I St NW, POWER, WORK 100
Hyattsville Branch Library
6530 Adelphi Rd, WI-FI, WORK 100
La Colombe Coffee Roasters
924 N Street Northwest, WI-FI, WORK 100
La Colombe Coffee Roasters
900 6th Street Northwest, WI-FI, WORK 100
La Colombe Coffee Roasters
1346 Florida Avenue Northwest, WI-FI, WORK 100
La Colombe Coffee Roasters
201 M Street Northeast, WI-FI, WORK 100
La Cosecha
1280 4th Street Northeast, WI-FI, DevourDC recommended, WORK 95
Little Falls Library
5501 Massachusetts Ave, WI-FI, WORK 100
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street Northwest, WI-FI, POWER, Blog recommended, WORK 100
Mount Rainier Branch Library
3409 Rhode Island Ave #200, WI-FI, WORK 100
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike, Building 38 Rm 1N08QC2, WI-FI, WORK 100
Northeast Neighborhood Library
330 7th St NE, WI-FI, WORK 100
Northwest One Neighborhood Library
155 L St NW, WI-FI, WORK 100
Palisades Neighborhood Library
4901 V St NW, WI-FI, WORK 100
Peregrine Espresso
650 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, WI-FI, WORK 100
Reinsch Library
2807 N Glebe Rd, POWER, WORK 100
Shaw Neighborhood Library
1630 7th St NW, WI-FI, WORK 100
West End Neighborhood Library
2301 L St NW, WI-FI, WORK 100
Westover Library
1644 McKinley Rd #3, WI-FI, WORK 100
Woodridge Neighborhood Library
1801 Hamlin St NE, WI-FI, WORK 100
Lot 38 Espresso Bar
1001 2nd Street Southeast, WI-FI, Blog recommended, WORK 100
Mercy Me
1143 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, €€, WI-FI, DevourDC recommended, WORK 100
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC)
1100 16th Street Northwest, ★ 4.8, WORK 77
Gelman Library
2130 H Street Northwest, ★ 4.5, WORK 100
Daughters of the American Revolution National Headquarters
1776 D Street NW, ★ 4.3, WORK 87
Alexandria Law Library
520 King St LL34, WORK 70
Alexandria Libraries
2501 Commonwealth Ave, WORK 77
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Frederick Douglas Memorial Hall, Founders Library
2365 6th St NW, WORK 82
Asian Division Reading Room
James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave SE, WORK 77
Bender Library
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, WORK 70
Bishop Payne Library
3737 Seminary Rd, WORK 82
Brigadier General Charles E. Mcgee Library (silver Spring Library)
900 Wayne Ave, WORK 82
Central Library
1015 N Quincy St, WORK 82
Chevy Chase Maryland Library
8005 Connecticut Ave, WORK 82
Columbia Pike Library
816 S Walter Reed Dr, WORK 82
Commerce Research Library
1401 Constitution Ave. NW, WORK 82
Connie Morella Library
7400 Arlington Rd, WORK 82
Courthouse Library
2100 Clarendon Blvd, WORK 82
Dahlgren Memorial Library
3900 Reservoir Rd NW, WORK 82
Department of State, Ralph J. Bunche Library
A/SKS/PPKM/KLM, Ralph Bunche Library Room 3239, WORK 70
Dorothy I Height Benning Neighborhood Library
3935 Benning Rd NE, WORK 82
Eckles Library
2100 Foxhall Rd NW, WORK 82
EPA - Headquarters & Chemical Library
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, WORK 80
Fairfax County Library Fairfax Public Library
6101 Knollwood Dr, WORK 82
Founder's Library
500 Howard Pl NW, WORK 82
Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library
3660 Alabama Ave SE, WORK 82
Friends of the Shepherd Park Library
7420 Georgia Ave NW, WORK 82
General Council Law Library
810 Vermont Ave NW # 1127, WORK 82
George Mason Law Library
3301 N Fairfax Dr, WORK 82
Howard University Law Library
2929 Van Ness St NW, WORK 82
James M. Duncan Branch Library
2501 Commonwealth Ave, WORK 82
JBAB Library
410 Tinker St SW, WORK 82
Jenner & Block Library
1099 New York Ave NW Ste 900, WORK 70
John K. Mullen of Denver Memorial Library
601 University Dr NE # NE, WORK 82
Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library
717 Queen St, WORK 82
King & Spalding, Law Library
Ste 200, 1700 Pennsylvania Ave NW, WORK 82
Lamond-Riggs and Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library
5401 South Dakota Ave NE, WORK 82
Law Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE, WORK 82
Library of Congress
1st and Indep Ave SE, WORK 82
Library of Congress International Collections
10 1st St SE, WORK 82
Library of Congress, Music Division / Research Series
101 Independence Avenue, SE, LM 113, WORK 82
Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
National Library Service, 1291 Taylor Street NW, WORK 82
Lincoln Museum and Library
511 10th St NW, WORK 80
Long Branch Library
8800 Garland Ave, WORK 82
Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library
501 W St NW, WORK 82
McKeldin Library
7649 Library Ln, WORK 70
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
8270 Alumni Dr, WORK 70
National Defense University Library
300 5th Avenue, Building 62, Fort Leslie J.McNair, WORK 80
National Library of Education
400 Maryland Ave SW, WORK 87
National Transportation Library
1200 New Jersey Ave SE, WORK 82
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
1 Physics Ellipse Dr, WORK 82
Office of Hearings and Appeals Library
801 N Quincy St # 400, WORK 82
Oliveira Lima Library
620 Michigan Ave NE, WORK 70
Parklands Turner Neighborhood Library
1547 Alabama Ave SE, WORK 82
Pence Law Library
4300 Nebraska Ave NW, WORK 82
Performing Arts at the Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE, WORK 82
Petworth Neighborhood Library
4200 Kansas Ave NW, WORK 82
Polish Library In Washington
1503 21st St NW, WORK 82
Riggs Library
O Street Northwest, Georgetown, WORK 82
Rosedale Neighborhood Library
1701 Gales St NE, WORK 82
Shirlington Library
4200 Campbell Ave, WORK 82
Silver Spring Library
900 Wayne Ave, WORK 82
Smithsonian Libraries
1000 Constitution Ave. NW, WORK 77
Southeast Neighborhood Library
403 7th St SE, WORK 82
Sr. Helen Sheehan Library at Trinity Washington University
125 Michigan Ave NE, WORK 82
Supreme Court Law Library
1 1st St NE, WORK 82
Takoma Park Maryland Library
7505 New Hampshire Ave Ste 205, WORK 82
Takoma Park Maryland Library
101 Philadelphia Ave, WORK 82
Takoma Park Neighborhood Library
416 Cedar St NW, WORK 82
Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library
4450 Wisconsin Ave NW, WORK 82
The Vine Deloria Jr. Library
4220 Silver Hill Rd, WORK 80
Treasury Library
1500 Pennsylvania Ave Nw # 1428, WORK 70
University of the District of Columbia Library, Van Ness Campus
4250 Connecticut Ave NW, Building 39, Level B, WORK 82
US Energy Law Library
1000 Independence Ave SW, WORK 82
Washington Highlands Interim Library
4037 S Capitol St SW, WORK 82
William O Lockridge Bellevue Neighborhood Library
115 Atlantic St SW, WORK 82
Wirtz Labor Library
200 Constitution Ave NW, WORK 82
World Bank Group Library
1818 H St NW, MC C3 220, WORK 80