Category: Chill

• 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

• 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

• Hill Prince: The Best Bar in DC Right Now.

  Hill Prince, website, Facebook, Instagram, 1337 H St. NE, opens at 5p (weekdays), noon (weekends), HH until 7p everyday, closed Mondays, est. March 2017 [Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Washingtonian, Eater DC] Hill Prince is the best bar in DC right now. I’ve been to the newish H Street spot (opened back in March) at…

  Barred in DC

  November 20, 2017

  Barred in DC Pick, Chill, Cocktails, H Street, Outdoor Space

• Thomas Foolery

  Thomas Foolery, website, Facebook,  2029 P St. NW, opens at noon everyday, closes at midnight weekdays, 2a on weekends, HH (Angry Hour 5-7p daily, est. 2013 [Post (Carman), Post (Hahn) WCP (read this), HuffPo, Yelp] Indisputably the goofiest bar in DC, the uber-fun Thomas Foolery entertains those who stop by the snug basement spot in west Dupont on P Street with games and…

  Barred in DC

  April 21, 2014

  Adult Friendly, Chill, Dupont, Games

• Bar Charley

  Bar Charley, Facebook, Twitter,  1825 18th St. NW (at Swann/T), opens at 4p on weekdays, 10a on weekends, closes at 11p Sun-Thu, midnight Fri-Sat, HH 4-6:30p M-F, est. 2013 [Post (Sietsma), Post (Hahn), InTheCapital, PoPville, Forking DC, Eater, Yelp] A welcome respite from the circus that is the nearby Lauriol Plaza, Bar Charley is one of my favorite places…

  Barred in DC

  January 23, 2014

  Adult Friendly, Barred in DC Pick, Chill, Cocktails, Dupont, Outdoor Space, Restaurant