If I’ve missed anything, like always, you’re welcome to email me at barredindc@gmail.com for suggestions.

• Bar News
  • DNV, the newly-renamed rooftop bar at the Donovan House on Thomas Circle, opens for the summer on Friday, May 24th. $300k in renovations, solid $5-7 happy hour options from 5-7p. (PoPville)
  • Policy (U Street) will be hosting a Crab Festival on Sunday, May 26th. $35 all-you-can eat crabs, corn on the cob, hush puppies, slaw, hot dogs, and wings from Noon-5p. $5 Blue Moon drafts, $15 pitchers including 2 exclusive drafts. (Policy website, Washingtonian Best Bites Blog, Girl Meets Food, DC After Five)
  • Vendetta (H Street) opens Tuesday, May 21st in the old Red and Black space. $16 pasta dishes, bocce courts, and Vespas from Joe Englert and co. (WaPo GoG/Fritz Hahn, The Hill is Home)
  • Libertine, which replaces Toledo Lounge (in a previous incarnation, one of top dives in town) in Adams Morgan, gets its awning. (PoPville)
  • Helix Lounge (Logan Circle) kicks off its summer specials. Tuesdays will be $4 local beer nights, Wednesdays will have weekly patio parties from 5-7p, with $8 burgers (includes chips & macaroni salad) along with HH specials. (Best Bites Blog, Borderstan)
• New Posts: Buffalo Billiards (Dupont)
  
• Barred in DC Activity: The Gryphon (Dupont), Buffalo Billiards (Dupont), Glen’s Garden Market (Dupont), J&G Steakhouse Patio (Downtown)
  
  • NYC: Willow Road (Chelsea), Village Pourhouse (East Village), Booker and dax (East Village) Phebe’s (East Village), One and One (Lower East Side), Grape and Grain (Alphabet City), Alphabet City Beer Co. (Alphabet City), Zum Schneider (Alphabet City)