Category: DC Bar News
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Granville Moore’s Reopens as a Belgian Tavern Thursday April 29th
Granville Moore’s, the great Belgian H Street tavern, reopens for dine-in service on Thursday April 29th for the first time since mid March 2020. Since last May, because of limited seating and most importantly the fact that its popular mussels aren’t suited for takeout, the spot has served Italian-American dishes to go as Granville Moore’s…
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DC Denies Church’s Request for Fully Vaccinated Seating With No Social Distancing Because Not Consistent with CDC Guidance
Capitol Hill Baptist Church (6th and A NE), which successfully sued DC government last fall to permit increased capacity for outdoor services, had its waiver request to allow a “COVID-19 Immune section” seating fully vaccinated people at 100% capacity with zero social distancing denied by DC’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA). DC denied…
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Best DC Restaurants/Bars to Eat and Drink Outdoors Right Now
Although bars and restaurants have been allowed to serve patrons onsite outdoors since May 29th of last year, many DC residents have shied away from going more than a handful of times (or at all), even outdoors. But now as people get vaccinated, expect the visits to increase. Still, given the pandemic is still not…
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Where to Watch March Madness in DC – 2021
March Madness 2021 (aka the NCAA Men’s Basketball Division 1 tournament) is upon us, after a sad cancellation last year, this time in a strange way befitting this time. All 67 games are in Indianapolis or nearby and the first wall-to-wall 32 game first round is Friday and Saturday (pushed back a day), with second…
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DC’s Vaccine Portal – What Went Wrong and What is Coming Next
it Last week (Thu-Fri Feb 25-27, tens of thousands of DC residents (and some non-DC residents) were frustrated and angry after 3 straight days of DC”s COVID vaccine registration portal was plagued with crashes and errors. Last night (Thu March 4), the DC Council’s Committee on Health held a marathon oversight hearing, with over two…
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No Benefits- Become A Barred in DC Patron Today on Patreon
Barred in DC, aside from barely hundred bucks in WordAds ad revenue annually and free preview drinks and food, is more of a hobby than a side hustle from my day job as lawyer. People have always told me I need to monetize it but it seems like even more work and that gets rid…
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What DC Restaurants Supporting the National Guard
Up to 21,000 National Guard troops from across the country are expected to be in the DC area by the time of Inauguration Wednesday, with nearly 1/3 here by the end of the weekend. In part due to the viral tweets that showed many of these military reserve soldiers (mostly part-time) sleeping on the floor…
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An Interview with the Porch Guy
Peter Tracey, the DC resident who went viral on Wednesday. Screengrab from video shot by Veronica Westhrin Note: New update including a statement from Peter one year later Yesterday, DC and the nation were rocked by pro-Trump protesters/rioters/terrorists/insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol and broke inside in face of a woefully prepared (or worse) U.S…
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The Big Hunt Has Terminated Its Lease. Building for Sale/Rent
1/11/20 Update: A former staffer at the Big Hunt informed me that the owner sent an email to staff on January 6th that “they can stop holding their breath.” The legendary dive/beer bar The Big Hunt formally terminated its lease as of October 31st, 2020, Barred in DC has learned. The news looks bleak for their…
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Indoor Dining in DC to Take a “Pause” Starting Christmas Eve
This post has been updated to reflect the Mayor’s Order released (13 hours after I broke this news) around 10p Friday night as well as a press conference that was held midday Monday. Following the lead of Baltimore, Montgomery Co, Prince Georges Co., Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Michigan, Washington, New York City and other parts of…
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