Category: Bar Scene Type

• Guest Post – Tony T Remembers Capitol Lounge

      [This is a guest post from Tony Tomelden. You may know him by Tony T, who owns (solo or w/ others) The Pug, Union Trust, and Brookland’s Finest. Before these joints opened, he managed Capitol Hill’s Capitol Lounge for years, which announced yesterday on social media (Twitter (post went viral), Facebook, and Instagram) that…

  Barred in DC

  September 11, 2020

  Capitol Hill, Chill, DC Bar News, Guest Post

• NEW POST – Covered Patios to Drink and Eat in DC

  I wrote up a post about all the covered patios in DC.

  Barred in DC

  June 8, 2020

  DC Bar News, Divey

• Booze To Go and Delivery in DC – Highlighted Spots

  Last Updated: June 10, 2020 (out of date) On Tuesday, March 17th, a new law temporarily allowing bars and restaurants to sell beer, wine, and hard liquor (including cocktails) to go and for delivery (accompanied by sale of prepared food-i.e. not pre-packaged snacks) became effective, and over 500+ bars have sought permission to do so.…

  Barred in DC

  March 25, 2020

  Bar Scene Type, DC Bar News

• Sundevich Coming to Capitol Hill(ish) Later This Year

  Sundevich, one of Barred in DC’s Essential Sandwich Shops is expanding once again, this time to the area southwest of Union Station known by some (many?) as part of Capitol Hill. An alert tipster (oh wait, it was me) found that the global-inspired sandwich spot’s website now lists a location at 601 New Jersey Ave.…

  Barred in DC

  February 18, 2020

  Restaurant

• So Long Iron Horse Tap Room, Long (?) Live Boardwalk in Penn Quarter

  The Boardwalk, 507 7th St. NW (at E St), M-F open at 4p, Sat-Sun 2pish, HH 4-7p M-F Sat-Sun 2-5p, Twitter, website (est. 2019) Iron Horse Tap Room, the biker-themed Penn Quarter spot with games and a solid beer list, unceremoniously closed on Saturday October 26th, two months shy of a full decade in operation.The…

  Barred in DC

  November 8, 2019

  Bar Scene Type, Chill, Chinatown / Penn Quarter

• Island Time Bar and Grill – DC’s Most Secret Bar Is Off the … GW Parkway.

  Yes, the headline is true. Legally speaking, islands in the Potomac River between DC and Arlington/Alexandria are part of the District of Columbia. This includes Columbia Island, where’ll you find the traffic circle opposite the Lincoln Memorial at the end of Memorial Bridge, and about 1.3 miles of George Washington Parkway towards I-395. Also on…

  Barred in DC

  July 1, 2019

  Chill

• Duke’s Grocery Comes to Foggy Bottom

  Duke’s Grocery, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW #3500 (at I), Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, website, est. 2019, 11a-late, HH Noon-7p M-F ($5 select beer & wine, rails) opens in Foggy Bottom on Thursday, May 30th. The new spot, which is still located at it’s original location in Dupont Circle (17th & P, opened in Sept 2013; full…

  Barred in DC

  May 30, 2019

  Chill, DC Bar News

• Astoria Comes to 17th Street in Dupont

  Astoria (1521 17th St. NW (b/t Q & P), 5p-2a Sun-Th, 5p-3a Mon, Instagram, Washingtonian), from Devin Gong and the folks that brought you the great cocktail + bao/dumplings/skewers H Street spot, Copycat Co., opened Wednesday, April 24th (as first reported by PoPville). This 17th Street spot, in the long-vacant space between JR’s and Agora,…

  Barred in DC

  April 29, 2019

  Barred in DC Pick, Chill, Cocktails, Dupont

• Idle Hands a Solid Addition to the H Street Scene

    [NOTE: This bar closed at end of September 2018]   Idle Hands [Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, 1236 H St. NE, open at 6p, est. 2018] is a solid addition to H Street from Hill bar owner Erik Holzherr. Idle Hands comes to the space that was the super (overly?) chill Church & State. Erik also ran Church…

  Barred in DC

  June 20, 2018

  Chill, H Street

• Bar Roubaix, a New Hilton Brothers Concept, Opens Next Friday in Columbia Heights

  Bar Roubaix, Facebook, Twitter, est. Dec 2017, 1400 Irving St. NW [open at 5p daily, closes at noon Mon-Wed, 1a Thu, 2a Fri-Sat] is slated to open Friday, December 8th (a previous version of this story said the 1st but this has been pushed back), in the old Acre 121 space at 14th and Irving…

  Barred in DC

  November 29, 2017

  Chill, Columbia Heights, DC Bar News