Barred in DC

Almost every spot is sold out but looks like there are few spots still offering Thanksgiving meals today for late changing plans: Trio Bistro (Dupont): $42/pp. Brunch at 11, dinner at 2p Stoney’s (Logan Circle): Open at noon Tunnicliff’s Tavern (Eastern Market): $30. Open at 11a. Old Europe (Glover Park): Open at Noon-6p. $25 Worst…

Today, Mayor Bowser’s administration announced $100 million in funding via the “Bridge Fund” (the logo is clearly inspired by the new Douglass Bridge across the Anacostia). The fund closely tracks the Business Support Grant Program passed by DC Council and signed by the Mayor in July; DC had said in August that it didn’t have…

  4/15/21 Update: Reposting this to mark the annual Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17) which calls attention to the terrible disparities for Black mothers and childbirth. Nationally, Birth Queen is doing great work in this area; Local DC organizations that support Black maternal health include Mamatoto Village and Community of Health.  Mrs. Barred made…

[Author’s Note: One of the owners of The Big Stick reached out and we had a 15 minute conversation Wednesday addressing some factual issues in this article. I had drafted a summary of that conversation that I was going to add to the end and sent it to them to make sure it was accurate…

As predicted by many in the industry, the pandemic as well as the associated restrictions have led restaurants/bars to announce that they are closing permanently (though several would have closed no matter what). In addition, many spots 1) reopened but since have announced winter/indefinite closures including takeout (Still hoping to come back, despite poor reading…

Colder weather is on its way. In normal years, that means spending more indoors in bars, but obviously due to COVID-19, many people would rather stay home. Enter heaters on patios. I’ve gotten several queries about this so I will start an incomplete list until DC announces the 666ish awardees of $6,000 Streatery Winter Ready…

I am often amazed at which spots share ownership or are outright owned by the same group. Since I just got the second question of the last couple months asking for more details, here’s a list of spots that belong to named ownership groups as well as spots that at least share some ownership or…

Next in the series of Barred in DC food guides is where to find the best Thai food  in DC. Like almost all of these guides, this is generated from an open Twitter thread. They are based on what my Twitter followers believe is the best Thai food in the District of Columbia proper rather than…