DC’s Alley Bars

Betsy, gin-focused spot behind Belga Cafe on Barracks Row (photo by author)

Mostly in Blagden Alley in Shaw.

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Alley Bars

The Betsy (Barracks Row)

District Alley (U Street)

Never Looked Better (Shaw)

Death & Co. (Shaw)

Calico (Shaw)

Blues Alley (Georgetown)

Pearl Street Warehouse (The Wharf)

Union Stage (The Wharf)

The Green Lantern (Downtown)

Alley Restaurants with a Bar

Tiger Fork (Shaw)

Causa/Bar Amazonia (Shaw)

The Dabney (Shaw)

The Little Grand (H Street)

Lupo Marino (The Wharf)

Kafe Leopold (Georgetown)

KYOJIN Sushi (Georgetown)

Maydan (U Street)

Grazie Mille (Downtown – fancy alley)

Medina Nights (U Street)

Kinda Alley Bars

Lost and Found (Shaw – secondary entrance in alley)

The Sovereign (Georgetown – more of a long driveway from street)

Pinstripes (Georgetown – off the street, on canal)

Nice n Easy (NoMa – not technically an alley but dead end one block street feels like one)

Hamilton’s Bar and Grill (Downtownish/Judiciary Square – not technically an alley but random one way street sure feels like one)

Brightwood Pizza (Brightwood Park)

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