Category: DC Bar News
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EatBar Returns – This Time in Barracks Row
The name of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s new Barracks Row eatery/bar is a familiar one to many “foodies” inside the Beltway- EatBar- the same as the group’s popular Clarendon/Lyon Park eatery that garnered accolades from 2007 until closing in late 2014. This news comes from a recent liquor license trade name change that was approved (see page 17) on Wednesday.…
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Is the Party Over? DC Issues New Rules for Pub Crawls
In a blow to daydrinkers and many Dupont bars, hosting pub crawls in DC just got a bit more difficult. After numerous complaints from local residents, ANCs, business groups, and DC police, the Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) Board last Wednesday issued emergency/proposed rules imposing new requirements for crawls in DC to “ensure pub…
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Dacha Beer Garden Resolves Issues with Neighbors and ABRA
The ridiculously popular Shaw (mid-Shaw?) beer garden/bacchanalia, Dacha, has resolved, for now, the many legal issues it has with capacity and noise complaints from neighbors and DC’s alcohol regulators. Dacha engaged in some Uber-style lobbying efforts (urging patrons to complain to politicians/regulators with potentially misleading information, firing workers and threatening to sell to a conglomerate, etc.)…
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The Speak Speakeasy Gets Busted by ABRA – With Pictures!
The Speak, a basement “speakeasy” bar underneath the old Tattoo Bar at 1413 K Street NW, was recently shuttered by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) for not having liquor license, though it had been operating quite publicly for a half year. As first reported by Borderstan, ABRA shut the bar down after an investigator, acting on…
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All Souls Bar All Set to Open Outdoor Seating
Rendering of All Souls Bar sidewalk patio along 8th Street (Credit: All Souls Facebook page) All Souls Bar (725 T St. NW), the low-key north Shaw neighborhood bar, is on the verge of opening a sidewalk patio [UPDATE: The bar tells me that they will likely open in the spring]. The Barred in DC favorite recently…
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Wunder Garten Beer Garden Pop-Up Opens in NoMa – With Potential Noise Penalties
Wunder Garten (150 M. St NW, Facebook, Twitter, website) a new temporary beer garden in a lot slated for redevelopment in NoMa in the near future, opened this Wednesday. The spot, which serves German and Austrian beers (perhaps some wine, no hard stuff), as well as a couple local DC-area brews, will surely be popular in an…
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Sudhouse Set to Open at 14th and U on May 31st (UPDATED)
Sudhouse (1340 U St. NW, Facebook, Twitter, website), a new “beer hall and social club,” announced today that it will open Friday, May 22nd that it will open Sunday, May 31st (with all day happy hour) in the space previously occupied by Bistro La Bonne (which closed in mid-April) near the intersection of 14th and…
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Salty Dog Tavern Soft Opens Today in Dupont
Salty Dog Tavern (1723 Connecticut Ave. NW (b/t R & S), Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, website) is set to open in the former Black Fox Lounge today, Tuesday, April 21st, in north Dupont Circle. The lounge/restaurant will feature $4 specialty cocktails for its daily 4-7p happy hour; the spring cocktail list features $4 passion fruit sangria, blood orange mojitos, ginger margaritas, vodka…
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Salty Dog Tavern Set to Open in Dupont to Replace Black Fox Lounge
Salty Dog Tavern is set to open in Dupont in the space previously occupied by Black Fox Lounge at 1723 Connecticut Ave. NW, Barred in DC has learned. This spot, in the northern part of Dupont between R & Streets, will replace the gay-0wned lounge that shuttered in December of last year. ABRA approved the liquor license…
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DC Bread and Brew Closes in Dupont after Six Years
DC Bread and Brew, the cafe/bar tucked away just steps from Dupont Circle, closed its doors today, Wednesday, February 18th. The bar announced the news out of its blue on its Twitter account, exclaiming “True last call!” and announcing that every drink (including top shelf booze and draft beer) would be $1 and free pizza…
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