Author: Barred in DC

• DC Bar News Roundup – November 5th-18th

  Recapping DC bar news for the past two weeks: First, don’t forget to read the details about December 7th’s Barred in DC Circulator Bus Bar Tour here. If you haven’t already, check out my story about the ANC protest of Bar Charley‘s request to be open until 2a/3a. Story includes closing times for the neighboring establishments and…

  Barred in DC

  November 19, 2013

  Week in Review

• Barred in DC Circulator Bus Bar Tour – Sat. December 7th – 2-8pm

  Fresh off the success of the first Barred in DC Bus Tour (recap), Barred in DC will be hosting and leading yet another free bar tour using public transportation on Saturday, December 7th, from 2pm until 8pm. This time we will be using the D.C. Circulator bus, taking the Woodley Park – Adams Morgan – McPherson Square Metro route. We’ll start off in Downtown near K…

  Barred in DC

  November 17, 2013

  Fun Events at Bars

• ANC 2B Votes to Protest Bar Charley’s Request for Later Operating Hours

  Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2B voted last night (Wed. Nov. 13) to formally protest Bar Charley’s request for expanded interior operating hours. This protest will be made despite the statement of Will Stephens, a local ANC2B commissioner, who posted on his official blog (incredibly helpful Q&A here) that he would propose that the ANC support the application. According…

  Barred in DC

  November 14, 2013

  DC Bar News

• DC Bar News – Week(s) in Review – October 22nd – November 4th

  Read the news I broke about the new bar in Brookland (Brookland’s Finest) receiving an unrestricted liquor license, despite ANC protest, my roundup of news about the opening of The Arsenel/Bluejacket, and my review of Jack Rose. Other news: Openings The Arsenel/Bluejacket Brewery (Navy Yard) ( website, Facebook, Twitter,) – (300 Tingey St. SE) – eagerly awaited brewery/bar…

  Barred in DC

  November 5, 2013

  Week in Review

• Jack Rose Dining Saloon

  Jack Rose Dining Saloon, website, Facebook, Twitter, 2007 18th St. NW, opens at 5p everyday, HH 5-7:30p M-F, est. 2011 [Yelp, WaPo, Washington City Paper, Washingtonian] Jack Rose, located at the far southern end of Adams Morgan at its border with Dupont and U Street, is my favorite non-dive bar in DC. With frequent events…

  Barred in DC

  November 4, 2013

  Adams Morgan, Barred in DC Pick, Beer, Chill, Outdoor Space, Roof Deck

• The Arsenal, Bluejacket’s Bar/Restaurant, Opens in Navy Yard Today

  Perhaps the most eagerly awaited DC bar this year, Bluejacket Brewery’s bar/restaurant The Arsenal opens today, October 29th, in the Navy Yard/Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, just 1/3 mile east (i.e. 5 Jayson Werth home runs) of the Nationals Park’s center field gates. This new establishment, from the Neighborhood Restaurant Group behind the uber-popular beer destinations Rustico (Alexandria &…

  Barred in DC

  October 29, 2013

  DC Bar News

• BREAKING NEWS: Brookland’s Finest Granted Liquor License

  Despite protests from the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) and 35 neighbors, Brookland’s Finest Bar and Kitchen (3126-28 Jackson St. near 12th St. NE), the restaurant/bar collaboration from the owners of the popular H and U Street dive bars Solly’s and The Pug, respectively, was granted a liquor license on Wednesday by the Alcohol Beverage…

  Barred in DC

  October 25, 2013

  DC Bar News

• DC Bar News – Week(s) in Review – October 7th – 21st

  The 16 day government shutdown finally ended last week, and so did all of the great bar/restaurant specials for feds and non-feds alike that I detailed here. Barred in DC Breaking News – I broke several stories somehow in past few weeks here or on Twitter; roundup of these stories and media follow-up crediting Barred…

  Barred in DC

  October 22, 2013

  Week in Review

• The Other Side – the Sticky Rice Liquor License Suspension & Follow-Up

  As a follow-up to the story Barred in DC broke yesterday (which gained me 60 new Twitter followers and over 1,200 hits today-not bad for a fake journalist), I took a quick look at the July 2013 Hearing Transcript (you can review yourself) to pull out the statement Jason Martin (Sticky Rice owner) offered at the…

  Barred in DC

  October 21, 2013

  DC Bar News

• BREAKING NEWS: Sticky Rice’s Liquor License Suspended for 15 Days for Ejecting ABRA Investigators

  As first reported by Barred in DC on Twitter, the hipster sushi/dance party H Street spot Sticky Rice has been severely punished by the Alcohol Beverage Control Board for ejecting two Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) investigators last New Year’s Eve.  The bar cannot serve booze for a 15 day period next month and must…

  Barred in DC

  October 20, 2013

  DC Bar News