Who's the Cutest Little Creperie?

If anyone heard delighted squealing and the clapping of hands coming from the vicinity of Thomas Jefferson Street last weekend, that was me walking into Snap for the first time. The creperie and bubble teahouse opened last summer in a converted townhouse in Georgetown, and it's a good thing.

The menu is long: part classic (sugar crepes), part modern (prosciutto, asiago, and fig spread), part sweet (a bajillion different bubble teas), part savory (pesto and chicken), and part weird (red bean paste crepes...I'm not knocking them, because I didn't try them, but nonetheless weird. If you've had one, email me and tell me...should I try this crazy crepe?).

If setting is at all important to your dining experience, you may be both pleased and baffled by Snap. It is housed in an attractive pied a terre townhouse right off the C&O Canal, with clean, modern bright blue and white walls, black and white photography, and a neat fireplace, but the charm of the setting is partially negated by the necessity to pay first, at the counter, with a credit or debit card. (Snap accepts no cash.) The back patio is breezy and pleasant, with tree branches overhanging the tables, but you set and bus your own table.

The crepes, however, are absolutely heavenly: light, firm, and delicately sweet. I highly recommend the lemon curd filling with fresh strawberries (the strawberries offset the tartness of the lemon, as well as giving the sauce something to hold onto), and the fluffy egg and cheese crepe. I also really enjoyed the very rich, satisfying butterscotch and banana...it's just butterscotch chips and sliced bananas, but it's greater than the sum of its parts.

I also had my first bubble tea there. I've been hearing about this stuff forever, so I was a little disappointed to discover that the tapioca balls are not tiny and sweet, but tasteless, marble-sized, and slippery. I kept worrying about getting one stuck in my throat. Maybe it's an acquired taste? The strawberry milk tea the bubbles were in, however, was lovely, and I will be ordering it again (neutered this time).