Category: Week in Review
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DC Bar News Roundup – January 15th – February 9th
Apologies for the delay in getting one of these eagerly awaited (yet rarely read) news round-ups. Had a somewhat important life event (got engaged!), so haven’t been able to turn to this lately. Will do better at some point, though now we need to plan for a 9 day trip to Colombia (Cartagena & Bogota)…
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DC Bar News Roundup – January 2nd-14th
First news round-up of 2014, hope you follow me on Twitter (now with more followers than accounts followed!) and Facebook. Bar Openings El Rey (U Street) – 919 U St. NW – opened Fri. Jan. 10th – (Facebook, Twitter, website) taqueria & beer garden from Hilton Brothers, made up a shipping containers and a patio with a…
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DC Bar News Roundup – December 18th-January 1st
Happy New Year! Hope you enjoyed New Year’s Eve with the help of Barred in DC’s most popular post ever (over 2500 hits)-the comprehensive list of NYE events at DC bars. Thanks to those Google searchers, three different Reddit threads, and a Yelper who led all those folks to this site. Don’t forget to follow us…
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DC Bar News Roundup – December 2nd – 17th
Again, recapping the news that was in DC bar-land for the first half of December- No NYE plans yet? Check out my continually-updated list of events at DC bars Pics & recap of the fun times of the Barred in DC Circulator Bus Bar crawl Barred in DC hit 400 followers (now up to 422)…
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DC Bar News Roundup – November 18th-December 1st
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday, whether back home, in DC, or in a vacation spot. Don’t forget to read the details about this Saturday’s college football-themed Barred in DC Circulator Bus Bar Tour here. Hope to see many of you there! New neighborhood page for Adams Morgan posted. Check out my review of Lucky Bar…
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DC Bar News Roundup – November 5th-18th
Recapping DC bar news for the past two weeks: First, don’t forget to read the details about December 7th’s Barred in DC Circulator Bus Bar Tour here. If you haven’t already, check out my story about the ANC protest of Bar Charley‘s request to be open until 2a/3a. Story includes closing times for the neighboring establishments and…
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DC Bar News – Week(s) in Review – October 22nd – November 4th
Read the news I broke about the new bar in Brookland (Brookland’s Finest) receiving an unrestricted liquor license, despite ANC protest, my roundup of news about the opening of The Arsenel/Bluejacket, and my review of Jack Rose. Other news: Openings The Arsenel/Bluejacket Brewery (Navy Yard) ( website, Facebook, Twitter,) – (300 Tingey St. SE) – eagerly awaited brewery/bar…
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DC Bar News – Week(s) in Review – October 7th – 21st
The 16 day government shutdown finally ended last week, and so did all of the great bar/restaurant specials for feds and non-feds alike that I detailed here. Barred in DC Breaking News – I broke several stories somehow in past few weeks here or on Twitter; roundup of these stories and media follow-up crediting Barred…
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DC Bar News – Week in Review – September 25th – October 6th
The government has shut down, but lots has happened in the DC bar scene in the past week or so: I had a comprehensive post about where fellow furloughed feds like myself should have went to drown their sorrows last Tuesday. I urge you to refer to more updated lists from the Post and the…
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DC Bar News – Week(s) in Review – September 5th – September 24th
Sorry for the radio silence, been out of town (more on that later) much of the past 3 weeks or so with trips to Charlottesville, Memphis, Savannah & Charleston (Darius Rucker/Hootie sighting at brunch in the latter locale). Not too busy on the DC bar news front, but there are some interesting bits of news…
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