National Building Museum gets a pastry shop, with a Japanese twist

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National Building Museum gets a pastry shop, with a Japanese twist

Popular Cleveland Park bakery is opening a cafe in the National Building Museum鈥檚 Great Hall.

SakuSaku is a French bakery with a Japanese twist, inspired by the owner鈥檚 Japanese heritage. Its menu includes croissants, kouign amann cakes, quiches and coffees.

The Building Museum has not had a cafe since it reopened in April 2021.

The cafe is owned by Yuri and Jason Oberbilling. Yuri grew up in Kobe, Japan and is in charge of the Japanese-influenced recipes. Jason manages the business and marketing.

Yuri and Jason Oberbilling, the owners of SakuSaku Flakerie, which is opening a new location in D.C. (Courtesy SakuSaku Flakerie)

鈥淪akuSaku is a Japanese word describing what it sounds like to bite into a fresh, flaky pastry,鈥� said Jason. 鈥滻 look forward to sharing our food with audiences at the Museum and invite our followers to discover the Museum鈥檚 inspiring Great Hall and engaging exhibitions.鈥�

The Cleveland Park location of SakuSaku is run out of the Italian restaurant Trattoria Al Volo. Eater DC has .

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