Category: Downtown

• Barred in DC Five Year Anniversary Party – Union Trust – Tuesday March 6th

  To mark, if not celebrate, a half decade of ignominy since Barred in DC was officially launched on March 6, 2013, a happy hour (and longer) celebration will be held at Union Trust Bar (740 15th Street, NW, south of H, next to Joe’s Stone Crab) next Tuesday, March 6th, with festivities kicking off at 5:30p…

  Barred in DC

  February 27, 2018

  DC Bar News, Downtown, Fun Events at Bars

• Mackey’s Replaces Laughing Man Tavern on St. Paddy’s Day

  As first reported by Barred in DC (and then by PoPville), The Laughing Man Tavern has been transformed into Mackey’s Pyblic House at 1306 G St. NW, the bar announced on its Facebook account just two days after ABRA approved its name change. The Irish pub, which was in Dupont/Midtown from 1999 until just a…

  Barred in DC

  March 17, 2017

  DC Bar News, Downtown

• Mackey’s to Replace Laughing Man Tavern

  Mackey’s Public House is set to replace Laughing Man Tavern at 13th and G Streets, Barred in DC has learned. Jessica Sidman reported on February 10th that the pub had lost its lease near 19th and L and was moving to a larger space in Metro Center, though the specific address was not announced. On…

  Barred in DC

  March 4, 2017

  DC Bar News, Downtown

• DNV Rooftop Lounge

  DNV Rooftop Lounge, website, Facebook, Twitter, 1155 14th St. NW (on Thomas Circle near M St. NW), opens at 5p (weekdays) 7p (weekends) closes at 1a, est. 2008 (renovated 2013) [Yelp, WaPo, Thrillist] High atop the Donovan House, a Kimpton Hotels property located on Thomas Circle and 14th Street (in somewhat of a no-man’s land between downtown…

  Barred in DC

  July 30, 2013

  Barred in DC Pick, Downtown, Loungey, Outdoor Space, Roof Deck

• J&G Steakhouse – Wine Bar & Patio

  J&G Steakhouse – Wine Bar & Patio, website, Facebook, Twitter, 515 15th St. NW (15th and Pennsylvania near G), open 5-11p (Sun-Thu) 4p-midnight (Fri.-Sat.) + lunch non-Sunday, est. 2009 [Yelp] [Update 6/22/13: Wine Bar and newly constructed bar upstairs to be renamed Bar 515, opening in mid-September] The W Washington hotel, with a location a block from…

  Barred in DC

  April 26, 2013

  Adult Friendly, Chill, Downtown, Loungey, Outdoor Space, Restaurant

• BlackFinn

  BlackFinn, website, Facebook, Twitter, 1620 I St. NW, 202-429-4350, opens at 11a everyday, HH 4-7p weekdays, est. 2009 [Yelp, WaPo, Tripadvisor] Unlike most non-lounge/club bars in downtown DC (which really doesn’t exist as a neighborhood, but it’s roughly between 11th and 21st streets between E and L Streets for the purposes of Barredindc), BlackFinn draws…

  Barred in DC

  March 28, 2013

  Adult Friendly, Downtown, Meat Markety, Outdoor Space