Although Barred in DC is a hardcore college football fan (often spending 10 hours of the greatest season of the year inside and skipping beer festivals), I cannot deny that NFL is the most popular televised entertainment in this country and in this city. Owing to that and to the fact that crazily enough that not every game is nationally televised even in 2019, lots of bars in DC have watch parties for different teams. Some of my earliest DC memories include watching Stillers games at the Pour House on the Hill with like 1000 people crammed in all 3 floors.

With the heavy assistance from Twitter follower/redditer here  as well as some Twitter outsourcing and this Washingtonian post here, I’ve come up with a list of all teams that have folks gathering to watch their games at bars in DC below (you can find suburban links in the links above). Email barredindc@gmail.com or comment below if something is missing. I’ve tried to approximately list which bar appears to have the most fans in order (if multiple teams), but this can be subjective. A couple observations: The Patriots with SIX friggin watch parties really show their excellence (i.e., in attracting bandwagon fans) over the past couple decades. Surprising to me that the Texans get a DC proper bar while the Falcons have ZERO in the entire DC metro.

Note you can always catch more games at once at spots like Walter’s Sports Bar and other spots

• BUFFALO BILLS: Grand Central, Exiles, Bar Deco

• CAROLINA PANTHERS: Mission Navy Yard

• CHICAGO BEARS: Union Pub, Ivy and Coney

• CINCINNATI BENGALS: The Bottom Line

• CLEVELAND BROWNS: Fado

• DALLAS COWBOYS: Parlay DC, Homeslyce Pizza

• DENVER BRONCOS: Penn Quarter Sports Tavern, Stoney’s

• DETROIT LIONS: Capitol Lounge (basement), Ivy and Coney, Biergarten Haus

• GREEN BAY PACKERS: Hamilton’s, Duffy’s Irish Pub, Lost and Found

• HOUSTON TEXANS: St. Arnold’s on Jefferson

• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS: Penn Quarter Sports Tavern

• KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: Blackfinn DC

• MIAMI DOLPHINS: Solly’s, 1831 Bar & Lounge, Blackfinn DC

• NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Capitol Lounge, Dirty Water , Across the Pond, Irish Times, Proper 21, Jake’s Tavern

• NEW ORLEANS SAINTS: Little Miss Whiskey’s, The Brig, Lou’s City Bar,

• NEW YORK GIANTS: Across the Pond Restaurant & Pub, Nanny O’Briens, Rebellion

• NEW YORK JETS: Irish Channel

• OAKLAND RAIDERS: Lou’s City Bar

• PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: District Anchor, Boundary Stone

• PITTSBURGH STEELERS: Johnny Pistolas

• SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS: Town Tavern

• SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Red Bear Brewing Company, Lou’s City Bar

• TENNESSEE TITANS: Lou’s City Bar

• WASHINGTON REDSKINS: Blaguard, The Camelot (strip club), 1831 (almost every bar will show Skins games)

Nothing in DC proper: Baltimore Ravens (almost always on TV in DC anyways(, Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Bucs

Nothing in DC metro: Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons (!), LA Rams, LA Chargers

In light of Buffalo Billiards’ impending closure, I’ve attempted to list every self-proclaimed sports bar in DC, plus others that basically feel like them. The latter will certainly have some missing spots, so let me know.

The Ella Grace re-opening on H Street (pic from short-lived SOTW location)

The Ella Grace, the cocktail bar which popped up on the second-floor of the non-defunct Sign of the Whale for less than a month back in March, is taking over the recently-relocated The Pursuit Wine Bar at 1421 H St. NE. The spot plans to open in September. Folks with experience at Harold Black, 600t, Gravitas, and Del Mar will be running things.

[At the request of the folks running the bar, I took down the description the provided that was hilarious and misguided.]

An attempt to comprehensively chronicle all the bars & restaurants in which you can drink at 8am everyday (or most days) is now posted on the front page of Barred in DC. Comment if you have any additions or revisions.

[This post has been edited after another visit]

The Eastern, 360 7^th St. SE (b/t C & Penn SE), open at 4p daily, HH 4-7p M-F, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. The Eastern, an eagerly awaited wine bar around 450 feet from the Eastern Market Metro station, opens Tuesday, July 30^th in the 700 Penn development. The cozy yet bright spot, which can fit around 50 inside and 20 outside, comes from Matt Weiss and Mike Schuster, who also co-own the whiskey/Southern food spot Barrel 800 feet away.

The Eastern will feature 35-40 wines by the glass (median price seems to be around $12-13); menu is smartly divided into categories based on popular types of wines. Several of the wines will be on draft, as will a couple beers (you can get a 750ml champagne bottle of High Life for $10). A small list of cocktails include a great wine cocktails like the Kalimotxo from Basque country in Spain (red wine and coke) and the refreshing Port and Tonic (popular in north Portugal). Lots of whiskeys too-so if you’re someone like me who can go without wine, this will still be a great place to check out. There will be a HH 4-7p M-F (opening HH included $7 house wines, an $8 riff on an Aperol spritz, $6 beer, and several food options). A firmly-tongue-in-cheek $10 “champagne” service of a 750ml bottle of Miller High Life, the champagne of beers, will be offered (you can get a standard $4 12 oz. option if you life).

Despite only packing seating for 45 or so, there will be multiple servers and sommeliers at all times, and the owners and GM Robert Morin told me that they expect to make good service a hallmark at the outset. Food comes from the executive chef at Barrel (Walfer Hernandez) and it will be not extensive but very good: bar nibbles, dips, charcuterie/cheese, and other tasty medium plates.

For a much better preview, read these great female journalists’ articles: Eater’s Tierney Plumb, Hill Rag’s Elizabeth O’Gorek, and Washingtonian’s Jessica Sidman, Hill Rag.

Random tidbit, Weiss also owns Capitol Hill watering hole Union Pub and private event space The State Room (formerly The 201 Bar), as well as cocktail bars Truxton Inn and McClellan’s Retreat. Schuster co-owns popular foodie spots Maydan and Compass Rose as well as the neighborhood bar Trusty’s (one of these three is not like the others-he also was a partner in the recently departed The Star & Shamrock).

The follow-up guide to the rooftop bars guide and DC’s outdoor bars and beer gardens, is now linked on the front page.

The follow-up guide to the rooftop bars guide, the guide to the rest of DC’s outdoor bars and beer gardens, is now linked on the front page.