Specials for shutdown which started December 21st and affected 40% of government (many furloughed employees, many working with delayed pay) Specials can also be found at Washingtonian, DCist, Eater, plus guides on things to do at BYT and WCP ;the WBJ/Top Shelf exploration of the business reason for shutdown special is great. Follow @barredindc on Twitter for updates.

Federal Employee ID Required:

Every federal employee with an ID, even if not in an agency affected (if you’re a contractor I bet your badge will work) will get the benefits of these shutdown specials, since benefits have to federal government-wide (for my edification I’ve bolded the ones I’ve been to):

Take Advantage Daytime During Week (also night unless otherwise; some closed Mondays so check):

• Jose Andres restaurants (all in PQ/Chinatown except stated) – free sandwich from 2-5p everyday (tip at least $2 on the sandwich and order at the very least a non-alcoholic drink, unless you’re actually working with paycheck indefinitely delayed and are thus pressed for time)
  • Oyamel – torta suadero (brisket)
  • Zaytina – chicken schwarma
  • China Chilcano – pan con pollo (chicken salad)
    
  • Jaleo – Flauta de Jamón Serrano (ham)
  • Beefsteak (Dupont/Foggy Bottom) – beefsteak burger
  • America Eats Tavern (Georgetown) – pulled pork
• Carmine’s (PQ/Chinatown) – $6 bittersweet cocktail/ HH menu all day at bar + free sliders 2-4p at bar (open at 11:30a)
• Capitol Lounge (Cap Hill) – $5 drink specials (open 4p M-W, 11a Thu-Fri)
• The Brighton (The Wharf) – 10% off food (open 11a, 10a wknds)
• Brookland’s Finest – HH pricing all day (open 11a M-F, 10a wknds)
• The Big Stick (Navy Yard) – extended $4 all drafts/house wine/rails HH (11:30-7p instead of just 3-7p) + 18% off food (open 11:30a)
• Catch 22 (Brightwood) – 15% off final bill (not applicable to HH) (open Noon Tue-Sat, 11a Sun, closed Mon; BOGO select 3-5p Tue-F)
• District Doughnut (Barracks Row, Gtown, The Wharf) – free coffee with purchase (open 7a/8a depending on location)
• Mr. Henry’s (Eastern Market) – HH all day/night (open 11:15a M-F, 10a wknds)
• Commissary (Logan Circle) – $15 bottomless mimosas or bloodys, Mon-Fri 8a-4p
• Espita (Shaw) – half-priced margarita or Mayahuel mezcal (so $6.50 instead of $13) (open 11a, closed 2-4p M-F; 10:30a wknds)
• BKK Cookshop (Shaw) – all day HH (noon-10p, normally 4-7p): $5 wine, $5 draft Singha, $3 BeerLao, & complimentary wontons w/purchase (open at noon)
• DC Reynolds (Park View) – 11a-2p – $6 sandwich + non-alcoholic beverage deal (reduced from $9) (open at 11a)
• Beau Thai (Shaw, Mt. Pleasant) – all day weekdays HH (open at 11a)
• Breadfurst (Van Ness) – staff discount, apparently 30% (open at 7a M-F, 8a wknds)
• Casolare (Glover Park) – “Treason to Believe” (like a White Russian) – 1st one free to Feds (open all day)
• The Riggsby (Dupont) – Mulling With You warm, mulled red wine – 1st one free to feds (open all day)
• Cork Wine Bar (14th/Logan) – all day HH specials (open at 11a)
• Across the Pond (Dupont) – 10% off check (not combine with normal specials) (open at 11a)
• Taco Bamba (Chinatown location only) – one traditional taco (open 8:30a M-F, 10a wknds)
• Sonoma (Capitol Hill) – 20% discount (excludes HH and other promos) any time open (open 11:30a M-F (closed 2:30-4:30p), 5 Sat, 11a Sundays)
• Pizzeria Paradiso (Dupont, Gtown Spring Valley, other locations) – $30 meal for 2 includes 2 apps and 1 large pizza – available to Fed employees & contractors (bring business card)
• Bar Deco (PQ/Chinatown) – $8 Manhattans + 20% off bill (excluding booze) (open 11:30a M-F, 11a wknds)
• BBQ Bus Smokehouse (Brightwood) – 25% off (open at 11a, closed M)
• Hank’s Oyster Bar (Dupont, Cap Hill, The Wharf) – 1/2 off select items
• Ted’s Bulletin (14th/U, Cap Hill) – all day HH for draft beer, wine, & cocktails M-F (open for drinks at 8a)
• Supra (Shaw) – 1 free HH menu item with the purchase of any wine, beer, cocktail, or Georgian soft drink. HH also extended during the shutdown, from 2-6p (instead of 3-6p)
• Charlie Palmer Steak (near Cap Hill) – 11:30a-2:30p free Buttermilk Fried Chicken Sandwich with citrus slaw, tomato, and cajun remoulade –
  add fries + a Blue Point Toasted Lager for $12.
• Rasa (Navy Yard) – 25% off bowls + all day HH (open at 11a)
• Nando’s (possibly only Navy Yard) – 20% off food
• Willie’s (Navy Yard) – all day HH
• Gordon Biersch (Navy Yard) – 20% off
• Toki Underground (H St) – free “Off the Wall” cocktail with meal purchase (Vodka, grapefruit, lemon and orange bitters)
• Good Stuff Eatery (Georgetown, Cap Hill, somewhere in Arlington) – free snack fry and fountain soda w/ purchase of burger
• Santa Maria Taqueria (Cap Hill) – BOGO Sauza Tequila Margarita
• LEON (Downtown) – 50% off
• Equinox (Downtown) – 20% off
• Via Umbria (Georgetown) – free Aperol spritz
• Homestead (Petworth) – free shot
• Penn Commons (PQ/Chinatown) – $3 Bud Light drafts
• RiRa Georgetown – free shepherd’s pie
• Emissary (Dupont) – all day HH
• Radiator (Logan) – free “Furlough Fix” cocktail
• Shop Made in DC (Dupont) – claim Pay it Furloughed Beer

Mostly Only Available During Late Afternoon/Evening or Weekend Daytime Due to Biz Hours

• &pizza – free pizza 3-5p everyday ($5 pies available to contractor employees)
• DC Brau – percentage discount in the tasting room depending length the shutdown. On day 13 (1/3), federal employees get 13% off. On day 15 (1/5), 15%off. Discount not valid on Fridays (flagship beers are half-off). Note closed Monday-Wednesday (Winter Hours: Thursdays 4-9pm, Fridays 3-11pm, Saturdays 12 – 8pm & Sundays 12 – 6pm). Free beer via Pay It Furloughed
• Valor BrewPub (Barracks Row) – HH 4p-close + $7 food specials (might be only available on weekends)
• City Winery (Ivy City) – $1 glass of City Winery wine on tap (open at 5p weekdays, 2p weekends)
• Satellite Room (Shaw) – $2 pizza slice special + pizza/shot combo special (open at 5p, closed on Mondays)
• Capitol Cider House (Petworth) – extended HH 4-8p (closed Mon-Wed, open 4p Th-Fri, 11a wknds)
• Dacha (Shaw) – $10 Pilsner boots (winter hours: open 4p M-Th, 3p F, noon wknds)
• Ten Tigers (Petworth) – $7 Sapparo + shot combo (open 5p Wed-Sun, closed Mon-Tues)
• The Bird (Shaw) – HH extended all night at bar + $5 beer/shot Shot Down for What combo special (Narranganset can and something else) (open 5p M-Th, 4p F, 11a wknds)
• Little Havana (Columbia Heights) – half-off drinks (open 3p M-F, 10a wkdys)
• Dino’s Grotto (Shaw) (bar only) – HH all day (so extended from 7-10p & noon-5p on Saturdays, already all day Sunday/all night Monday) – includes $4 select drafts, $6 house wine/prosecco/bellini, $8 signature cocktails and $5 bar snacks [contractor employees on furlough can also get this] (open 5p M-Sat, noon Sun)
• Nama Sushi (Mt. Vernon Square) – “Take Me to Japan” glass of sake – 1st one free to feds (open at 5p)
• Tico (14th/Logan) – Rum With Us punch – 1st one free to feds (open at 3p M-F, 10a wknds)
• Alta Strada (Mt. Vernon Square) – Overflowing Prosecco glass – 1 free to feds (open at 4p M-F, 10:30a wknds)
• Reliable Tavern (Petworth) – $8 Old Fashioneds, $5 house beers, and discount on crystal clear ice to take home (open at 5p M-Sat, noon Sun)
• The Queen Vic (H Street) – 18% off check (open at 5p M-F, 10a wknds, sometimes earlier for soccer)
• Wisdom (Cap Hill East) – 15% off (open at 5:30 except Sun, when open at 5p)
• Atlas Brew Works (Ivy City) – 15% off for employees and contractors with gov’t ID.
  Free beer via Pay It Furloughed. (open at 4p M-F, 11a wknds)
• Rock and Roll Hotel (H Street) – free show for feds with ID ($15 others) on Thu Jan 17th
• Sweetgreen (all over) – free signature salad 6-8p Fri-Sun 1/11-1/13
• Tiki TNT (The Wharf) – all day HH ($4 daiquiris made with the house Thrasher’s Rum, $4 beers, $5 wine and $9 frozen drinks, plus $3 steamed buns and $7 wings or tots) (open 3p M-F, 11a wknds)
• GCDC (Downtown) – starting Thu Jan 10 – $5 select cocktails after 4p
• Rebellion (Dupont) – 2 oysters for $1
• Hellbender (Ft Totten) – special HH Sat Noon-7p ($5 full pours) (already on Wed-Fri 5-9p and Sun Noon-8p)
• Federalist Pig (Adams Morgan) – free beverage w/ any purchase M-F
• Morris American Bar (Shaw) – $6 Old Fashioneds (open at 5p)
• The Passenger (Shaw) – 20% off + special guest furloughed feds bartending Shutdown Saturday (1/12)
• Lucky Buns (Adams Morgan) – free beer, side dish or dessert
• El Centro (Georgetown & Logan Circle) – free guacamole or house margarita
• 3 Stars (Fort Totten) – claim payitfurloughed beer
• Local Sixteen (U Street) – free pizza + $3 Miller Lite/$4 DC Brau flagships/$4 rails

Non-food/drinks

• Free museums:
  • National Building Museum
  • Woodrow Wilson House
  • Phillips Collection
  • Lincoln’s Cottage (call ahead to reserve tickets, and bring your federal ID. 202-829-0436, ext. 0, note guided tour not available rest of Jan.)
  • Newseum
  • Madame Toussad’s
  • U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center, Library of Congress, Holocaust Museum also free like usual
• Artechouse – use DCISOPEN code for 20% off
• Capitol Hill Books – 15% off
• Kreeger Museum – free poster
• Woolly Mammoth Theatre – use code SHUTDOWN for 15% off BLKS show (Feb 4-March 3). Show fed ID
• Shakespeare Theatre – use code SHUTDOWN18 for 50% off trio of plays written by David Ives (Jan 3-Jan 6)
• Studio Theater – use code DCisOPEN and show ID for 20% for KINGS or ADMISSIONS, expires Jan 23rd
• Arena Stage – 40% discount using code GVT40 for show Kleptocracy
• Miracle Theater – $5 tickets
• Fitness [More found here]
  • Balance Gym – 1-4p M-F – free access (locations on Capitol Hill, Foggy Bottom, Glover Park, Thomas Circle)
  • Vida Fitness – redeem at vidafitness.com/furlough for a free workout or class of choice
  • Elevate Fitness – 2 free off-peak classes/week
  • Biker Barre: $15/class rate or $150/10-class pack
  • Bar Method – 2 weeks of unlimited classes for new/lapsed with code “shutdown” for $39

Specials for everyone during shutdown:

• City Tap House Penn Quarter – 4-10p extended HH inc. $5 select drafts/$6 house wines/$7 beer & shot combo
• Pennsylvania 6 (Downtown) – extended HH 3-9p includes $5 mixed drinks/drafts/house wine
• Dock FC (Ivy City) – all beer buckets are $25 + Dock Pilsner pitchers $20 (this is a special??)
• Ari’s Diner (Ivy City) – all Adult Milkshakes are half-priced
• Acqua Al 2 (Eastern Market) – wine bottles half off at bar (who gets a wine bottle at the bar?)
• Casolare (Glover Park) – “Treason to Believe” (like a White Russian) – $5
• Nama Sushi (Mt Vernon Square) – “Take Me to Japan” glass of sake – $5
• Tico (14th/Logan) – Rum With Us punch – $5
• The Riggsby (Dupont) – Mulling With You warm, mulled red wine – $5
• Solid State Books (H Street) – select wine/beer $5
• The Midlands (Park View) – open at Noon + $5 Irish Coffees & BOGO Local drafts til 7p + free wifi
• Due South (Navy Yard) – HH starts at 2p instead of 3:30p (includes $5 select beer/$6 house wine & rails/$8 Kentucky Mule or Whiskey of Day)
• Quill at the Jefferson (Downtown) – $2 fries
• Meridian Pint (Columbia Heights) – Beat the Clock deals on Genessee: 50 cents 5-5:30p, $1 5:30-6p, $1.50 6-6:30p, $2 6:30-7, $2.50 7-7:30p, $3 7:30-8p, $3.50 8-8:30p
• Meatball Shop (14th/Logan) half-off draft beer/Meatball Shop-branded wine/well drinks + 50 cent mini buffalo chicken balls
• Kaliwa (The Wharf) – all day HH (open at 11:30a)

Good specials to take advantage of year-round

• Duke’s Grocery – HH 12-7p M-F
• Duke’s Counter – HH 12-7p M-F
• The Royal – HH 12-7p Monday, 3-7p T-F
• Hamilton’s Bar and Grill – $1 PBR and High Life Fridays (open at 11a)
• EatBar – $4 beers, cocktails, wine and bites M-F 4-7p

Deals don’t include one-off/time-limited specials appreciated like those by District Winery, Union Pub, Madam’s Organ, etc.

In late November, the DC ABC Board unanimously voted to approve a three-year extension (until around end of 2021/early 2022) of the Adams Morgan liquor license moratorium, which has been in effect since 2000. This follows a 3 year extension approved in 2014, and effectuated in 2015, which removed the previous restrictions on restaurant, hotel, and off-premises liquor licenses which many thought stifled development. Barred in DC has obtained a copy of the rulemaking, though there may be a few editing fixes before it’s published in the DC Register later this month.

Under the moratorium, which received mostly support for an extension, no new nightclub licenses can be added in Adams Morgan  and the number of tavern licenses cannot exceed 10 (there are currently more than 10, which means if they close, they cannot be replaced until the number hits 10). ABRA also granted the local ANC’s and neighbors request to expand the moratorium zone  an additional 400 feet on all sides, and shifted the center a bit. The moratorium now extends 1800 feet (one-third a mile) in all directions from Tryst Coffeehouse. Most new areas are residential but the biggest deal is that the moratorium now extends northeast on Columbia Road to the intersection with Mozart Place (half block past Federalist Pig). The ABRA explained why it expanded (basically the spectre of Chief Ike’s reincarnated scared everyone):

The Board recognizes that when it amended the moratorium in 2014, it had not considered a moratorium covering Columbia Rd., N.W.  At that time, fewer residential properties were being built in that area.  Since then,several residential communities have opened on or near Columbia Rd., N.W. and future development projects are planned. … Presently, these residents on or near Columbia Rd., N.W. are not protected by the moratorium.  There has been a substantial amount of testimony of how this lack of protection left those residents vulnerable to a new nightclub opening in the location vacated by Chief Ike’s.  Although the community was successful in preventing the nightclub from opening there, it required a significant amount of time and effort.  Had the moratorium covered this section of Adams Morgan, the community would not have been subjected to this burden.

However, because it expanded the zone, it extended the moratorium 3 years instead of the 5 years sought by the ANC and neighbors, due to the progress made during the previous 3-year moratorium, and a shorter period to review impact of geographic expansion of moratorium would allow amendments to made sooner. Information on the current moratorium (with a map that will need to be expanded slightly) can be found on the ABRA website.

[Post Edited] 750 ml champagne bottles (!) of the DC bar alternative for brohsters to Natty Boh and PBR, Miller High Life, has been rolled out nationwide for the first time. Barred in DC has had trouble (Ed. Note: He has not actually tried) finding it in DC, but a source has told him (Ed. Note: ok the source is the social media person behind the Miller High Life Twitter account) which 13 bars and 6 liquor stores in DC have ordered Champagne of Beers in a big bottle. Note that many of these spots may have already run out or are waiting until NYE to pour them. There may be others who’ve ordered otherwise. Barred in DC picked up one at one of these liquor stores for $3.99; each bottle is 25.4 oz. FYI.

Bars

Brookland
Brookland Pint

Capitol Hill/Navy Yard/The Wharf
Due South
The Dubliner (sold out) 
TikiTNT ($15 normal, $12 during HH, $10 during late night HH; 200 cases ordered)

Mt. Pleasant/Columbia Heights/Petworth
Elle (available NYE, and afterwards, supply permitting)
Slash Run (currently available for $12, should be available on NYE)
Wonderland

Shaw/U Street
Espita (in cooler but not available for sale yet)
Service Bar (sold it Thanksgiving Eve for $15)

Dupont
Glens Garden Market (sold out)
McClellan’s Retreat (sold for $15 starting 12/13 for the 12 days of Christmas; 2 cases being held for NYE)

H Street/NoMa
Hill Prince
The Star & Shamrock
The Eleanor (will be available for NYE)

Liquor Stores

Grand Liquors – Hill East  (As of 12/12, they had 3 bottles left for $3.99)
Metro Liquors – Adams Morgan
Paul’s – Friendship Heights (as of 12/15, currently out of stock)
Sherry’s – Woodley Park
Sunset Liquors – Bloomingdale
Wardman Wines – Brookland

While killing time on an unexpected day off, and while researching for my next eagerly-awaited Twitter poll, I went down the rabbit hole and started calculating how many locations of prominent fast food/fast casual/quick service chains were in DC proper. After tweeting some figures, I ended up getting tons of reaction, showing that this is many interested in. People are fascinated that there is one Little Caesar’s in DC, up on a strip across from the Georgia Ave. NW Wal-mart in Brightwood. One follower even created a Google Map (https://twitter.com/ChelseaCirruzzo/status/1070768690394791939?s=19)with many spots.

Decided to put this in a post and organize it better. This doesn’t include very limited chains necessarily and the figures can be off a few.

Using the great QSR’s magazine’s 2018 rankings based on revenue, here are those found in top 65 in DC:

BIG CHAINS (Ranking by Revenue)

Burgers

#1 McDonalds – 26
#4 Burger King – 3 (soon to be 2 after Van Ness closes, others are in Adams Morgan and on Bolling Air Force Base in SW)
#6 Wendy’s – 3 (Dave Thomas Circle/NoMa, EOTR near Minnesota Ave station, on Georgia Ave. near Howard)
#27 Five Guys – 8
#33 Checker’s – 1 (Bladensburg/NY Ave)

Nearby: Sonic (Inside the Beltway in PG Co.), Hardee’s (Ft Meade), Steak ‘n’ Shake (Annapolis, redericksburg), Freddy’s Frozen Custard (Fairfax)

Sandwich
#3 Subway – 50+
#11 Panera Bread – 7
#23 Jimmy John’s – 4
#31 Jersey Mike’s  – 2 (near Rhode Island Ave Home Depot and NE Costco)
#54 Potbelly – 22
#63 Corner Bakery Cafe – 5
#65 Charleys Philly Steaks – 2 (Union Station, L’Enfant)

Nearby: Arby’s (Rockville, Hyattville, PG Co., Annandale), Firehouse Subs (Annandale), McAlister’s Deli (Mt Vernon, Fairfax), Jason’s Deli (College Park, Falls Church), Dickey’s BBQ Pit (Alexandria)

Snacks/Coffee

#2 Starbucks – 50+
#7 Dunkin Donuts – 19
#45 Baskin Robbins – 4 (only 1 in Woodley Park is standalone, rest are w/ Dunkin)
#47 Auntie Anne’s – 2 (Union Station, L’Enfant)
#52 Jamba Juice – 2 (Union Station, L’Enfant)
#59 Tropical Smoothie Cafe – 1 (Mt. Vernon Square)
#61 Cold Stone Creamery – 1 (Cleveland Park)
#62 Smoothie King – 4
Nearby: Dairy Queen (couple inside Beltway near Skyland area) 

“Ethnic”

#5 Taco Bell – 3 (Union Station, NY Ave/Bladensburg, near Fort Totten)
#12 Chipotle – 20
#20 Panda Express – 4 (L’Enfant, Columbia Heights, Navy Yard itself, Costco area)
#36 Qdoba – 2 (Penn Quarter, Dupont)
#40 Moe’s SW Grill – 3 (Downtown, NoMa, L’Enfant)
#50 Noodles & Co – 1 (Downtown)

Chicken

#8 Chick-Fil-A – 7 (Tenleytown, H Street, Union Station, Columbia Heights, GW, Georgetown, Catholic U)
#13 KFC – 2 (NY Ave/Bladensburg, in NE near Fort Totten)
#19 Popeyes – 9
#29 Bojangles’ – 1 (Union Station)
#37 Church’s Chicken – 1 (L’Enfant)
Nearby: Zaxby’s (Winchester), Wingstop (several inside Beltway), Boston Market (South Arlington:Glebe & Columbia Pike)

Pizza

#9 Domino’s – 9
#10 Pizza Hut – 3 (not counting the Target one)
#17 Little Caesar’s – 1 (Brightwood across from Wal-Mart)
#20 Papa Johns – 9
Nearby: Marco’s Pizza (closest in Fairfax Station), CiCi’s (Bailey’s Crossroads, Rockville) 

Nearby in Top 65: Captain D’s (Manassas), Long John Silver’s (one in PG Co. temp. closed due to fire, Dale City)

Other Fast Casual Chains (minimum 3 spots in DC)

&pizza – 13
Sweetgreen – 12
Chopt – 9
Cava – 8
Roti – 8
Pret a Manger – 7
Au Bon Pain – 7
Devon & Blakely – 7
Cosi – 7
Shake Shack – 6
Jettie’s – 5
California Tortilla –  3
District Taco – 4
Amsterdam Falafelshop – 3
TaKorean – 3
Beefsteak – 3

[Full Disclosure: Barred in DC spent at least 30 minutes updating his resume and drafting a cover letter and applied for his job. He never got a callback, and is not bitter. At all.]

Today, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed Shawn Townsend, a Supervisory Investigator at ABRA, the Night Mayor Director of the Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and Culture.  Reactions have been fairly negative thus far:

• “D.C. Put A City Bureaucrat In Charge Of Its New Nightlife Office” – DCist, Rachel Kurzius
• “I’m thoroughly disappointed,” [the owner of Trade/Number Nine] says. “We wanted someone with real world experience. ‘I once opened a bar in South Carolina,’ isn’t enough.” (see WCP/Laura Hayes article
• #keepdcboring
• “Wow. So lame”
• “bucking trends is something only the coolest towns do. DC is a cool town and totes has a gf…u wouldn’t know her cuz her mom used to be the Canadian ambassador, so, uh, she’s back there, now, yeah”
• “Oh this is not going to end well” – Trevor Frye, former DC bar owner/bartender
• Real-life tweets from non-family members or on my payroll:
  • “It’s not Barred in DC so I move along.”
  • “Barred in DC was robbed.”
  • “Barred in DC’s name isn’t Shawn Townsend tho.”

The Washingtonian’s Brittany Shepherd found out some public details about Mr. Townsend, including exactly which bar Mr. Townsend opened: a bar in the West Ashley suburban area of Charleston, SC, called 7 Cafe. The spot was open from around 2010 to 2015, it seems was located in a strip mall parking lot, which isn’t exactly comparably located to the many bars in DCs in walkable, dense districts near residents and the like.

Laura’s article is really a good read regarding the missed opportunity they had with this position, as many folks wanted something more akin to the Night Mayor in Amsterdam, NYC, London, and other cities around the world being a creative force in getting nightlife really ramped up, which is the key issue in why so many folks were disappointed.

The office that Mr. Townsend will lead was created by the DC Council to be more of an outreach/liaison role in the first place. This was always clear by anyone who followed the law and read the position description that this wasn’t going to be a “night mayor” as in other cities. Instead, DC apparently really hyped up this position to the media, talking about all the applications they received, and the media ate it up (note many of these articles really explained what the position did, but again most people only read tweets/headlines).

• The New York Times: “Washington Wants to Hire a Night Mayor. So What is That?
• WP: “Want to deal with D.C.’s after-hours noise? The District is looking for its first ‘night mayor.’”
  • ““This job, man. People are excited about it. Around the country, across the oceans,” said Lindsey Parker, Bowser’s deputy chief of staff. “We’ve received a very diverse group of résumés.”
  • Buried at end of article: ” Just don’t call him or her the “night mayor. We’ve already got a morning, noon and night mayor,” Parker said. “We’re not looking for another mayor. But we are looking for a director.””

• WP: “Dear Mayor Bowser: D.C.’s first night mayor has got to be a mom. How about me?
• Fox5: “DC hiring ‘Night Mayor’ to help oversee city’s nightlife”
• DCist: “Do You Have What It Takes To Be D.C.’s Night Mayor?”

• WTOP: “DC now taking applications for ‘night mayor’ job”
  • “D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office is hiring for a new night life position in the district, unofficially known as a “night mayor.””
• NBC4: “DC Looking to Hire ‘Night Mayor’ to Oversee Nightlife”
  • “All those late nights you spent out in D.C. might be an advantage if you’re looking for a new gig.”
• WUSA: “Love DC nightlife? The ‘night mayor’ job may be for you”
• WJLA: “DC now hiring for ‘Night Mayor’ to oversee city’s nightlife”
  • “Yes, you read it correctly. The District has a new job opening for the position of “Night Mayor.” While the city already has a mayor, Mayor Muriel Bowser, the city is looking for someone to fulfill the responsibilities and duties related to Washington’s nightlife scene and culture.”
    

As early as October 9th (before many of these articles came out), Mayor Bowser was saying the  city has already has “a daytime, lunchtime and night time mayor” but this didn’t stop the media from continuing using the term (particularly since it seems self-serving from the Mayor in an election year.). As a result, with the government really pushing forward the narrative that this was a big deal with all their applications set the expectation that the government wouldn’t be hiring another bureaucrat. [Disclosure: I’m really good at being a bureaucrat, but alas.]

Public Bar, the Dupont Circle/Midtown sports bar slash nightclub, is set to shutter in early 2019 (perhaps as early as New Year’s Day), the bar has confirmed to Barred in DC. It will be replaced by a new concept/name (though still be a sports bar) to reopen in spring 2019. 

The well-attended spot (perhaps not popular given the 2.5 Yelp stars and the likely “good riddance” derision this post will get from DC yuppies who turn their nose at that area) first opened in spring 2009, replacing Club Five.  Barred in DC personally saw Nationals player Ryan Zimmerman arrive in his Uber from Clarendon (not an unusual sight) a few years back.

As a way to close down the bar, the bar is having a “Come As You Are” NYE party, with a $20 admission charge ($15 early bird, $25 later on), with all drinks (yes, even top shelf liquor) priced at $5.

It’s unclear whether this development has anything to do with the upcoming Chik-Fil-A to be located on 1st floor and basement of same building.