First Break Cafe

Nice spot for an afternoon of football, food, drinks, and pool. Plenty of tables available for pool and they have a spot for darts. Service is friendly; a bit slow when we went there but not so much as to be upsetting. We had wings and fries, both came out piping hot and tasty; my friends loved their wings. Sandwiches are decent, the BBq is recommended. The entrance is odd and can easily be missed, but you will have a nice time when you are here. Overall an above average afternoon was spent here just hanging out and watching the game.

This is a great spot for sports!!! More TVs than you can imagine. Friendly staff. Terrific sound system. What a perfect Sunday football hangout!
The pool tables and dart boards are very well kept. The food is good. And the owner is a warm, friendly guy.
Overall, this is definitely a 5 star establishment in my book. It’s a hidden gem in the second floor in the back of a strip shopping center. It would be easy to miss if you’re not looking for it.

Great spot… crappy entrance! Getting in requires a slow one-​floor elevator ride on a beat up elevator, but the place is nice when you get inside (I’m not a smoker, but there is a separate «smoking room» that seems to be pretty popular). All of the staff are fantastic — from the owner, Anthony, to the chefs and bar tenders (mostly very good looking, exceptionally professional, young ladies).
Drinks are good and are bargain priced for the DC area. The food is good and portions are generous. Food is typical bar food — burgers, fries, potato skins, nachos, etc. — that is done well and very reasonably priced, but if you are looking for cordon bleu, look elsewhere. The music can be a bit too loud at times (mostly depending upon how close you are to the speakers), but generally it’s about right (the music comes from a digitial juke box, which leads to a fairly ecclectic mix of music, which I like — country, to hip-​hop, to classic rock, to modern pop). They specialize in pool (there are 8 – 10 tables) and darts (5 – 6 dart boards), so most evenings there are a decent number of folks there just to play.
Overall, we enjoy really the entire experience there — great staff, fun regulars, good energy (very reasonable prices).

My favorite go to place. The owner is a great guy and the service is excellent with pool tables. Best in the area.

This is a pretty cool pool hall. Getting to it can be a bit weird but once you’re there, it’s a friendly place.
First…getting there. You have to walk to the ‘center’ of the strip mall where you will see two glass doors. Go up the stairs until you can’t go no farther and you have arrived. Going up the stairs gave me a few moments of pause but once I forged on, I found my destination and was pleasantly surprised.
My friend and I got there a bit early so it wasn’t too crowded; the bar that is. The pool tables had some activity though.
We ordered the chicken nachos and while it was fresh it was definitely lacking something so we ordered a side of jalapeños which did the trick.
Would I go back? Absolutely.
Our bartender treated us very well and answered all of questions very patiently and friendly.

Fantastic place during the day to take your family some really laid back atmosphere and great food, during the night it’s a great place to hang out with your friends for a couple drinks. Service is fantastic, very safe area, you have a sense of family here. Random people introduce themselves to you. Awesome place, definitely recommend!

First Break is a cool place to hang out, Very Cool if you play pool because there are numerous tournaments and daily deals on pool (I suck at pool by the way)
the food is OK but they do have good daily specials and its also a good place to watch sports with a wall full of TVs

It shouldn’t have «Café» in its name. The food is awful, the music is too loud, and it’s pretty dirty. The bartender was nice.
There was poker, pool and darts going on while I was there but the layout didn’t really make it easy to serve any of those customers.
All of the food is typical bar food and every single thing you can order is frozen.
It should be called «Bar and Billiards» not anything containing the word «Café»

3.5 stars
aka «Pool Café». This is a great place hang out with friends, get your drinks on and play some pool. My only complaint is that they play the music so loud that it’s nearly impossible to have a conversation with the person next to you. I wish they would tune it down a bit… my poor eardrums: l

Great place to play pool and practice if you’re serious. Lots of players there and really good prices all around. Staff is friendly and the Thursday tournament is good.

First time I’ve been here and I’ll definitely be back. The beers were ice cold and I got a fresh chilled glass each time. $ 2.50 drafts and $ 0.49 wings during the games. Bartenders did a good job refilling the glasses when they were empty, I did not have to flag them down.
But for the strange elevator ride up to the place, the place is a Sunday NFL highlight.

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My home away from home! I worked at first break café for about 5 years and everyone there has always been friendly and accepting of new ideas and new friends. There are so many different activities to get EVERYONE involved in something fun to do. And that was BEFORE the renovation! :) you know a place is good when regulars stay regular until they have gray hairs. I also love seeing new faces! If you want relaxed fun– come here.

Ghetto, dirty place. If you wanna get stabbed come here. Just ask the owner he’ll tell you lol. Nothing but dirty MS-​13 come here

Awesome place.

It’s been very hard to find a real pool hall around the area. The tables here are in great shape, new carpets, dart areas and a separate smoking lounge, which I really appreciate. I can’t believe I’ve not heard of this place all of these years but considering its location, you really have to be a hardcore player to find it. It definitely isn’t for the casual player with a lot of regulars and some intense and serious looking players.
Spoke to the owner/​manager and was told they have been there for many years. I’ve been driving all over the place for a good pool hall, and it was right down the street!
The rates are very reasonable and the food, surprisingly OK for bar food. I had the fish and chips and they brought out a plank that hung off the plate. Well cooked and a heaping helping of crispy fries for $ 7.50, what?!
$ 8 for 8 hours of pool on beautiful tables on Sunday, I’m sold.

This is in the most odd location. You enter the shopping center and it’s in the back near the car repair. You walk into the building and have to take an elevator (which looks like it’s been through about a bazillion fights — security cam ripped down, dirty, old, etc) up to the 2^nd floor. When you enter there are about 13 tables and a bar. No frills, just billiards. The draft beers are around $ 5, the cost of billiards isn’t too expensive, and the music is loud as hell. The clientele was a mixed variety of thug, punk, and prep. I wouldn’t start beef to begin with, as that’s not my style… but I definitely wouldn’t mess with some of the characters I saw in there. Again, remember what I said about the elevator. My friend, upon entering said «so, we’re going to go in an elevator and don’t be surprised if you feel like you could be stabbed in there.» Yeah, he wasn’t kidding. I’m not saying it’s unsafe, I’m just saying it’s Sterling… and it’s not a «oh lets get drunk and talk shit and giggle and act like idiots… oh, yea… and play pool» kind of place.

First and foremost, First Break is about pool. Don’t bring your date here. If you’re serious about the game, you’ll appreciate the tables. Players tend to hang around the first 4 tables as you enter the room, or around the pub tables/​rail immediately overlooking the first 4 tables. League nights bring out a rather peculiar crowd, not my favorites but good people.
There’s a 9-​ball tournament every thursday, 8-​ball/​9-​ball tournament at least once a month on a saturday, and regular Tiger Pool Tour stops.