Barred in DC

Where to Watch Canelo – GGG 2 Fight in DC Tonight

Canelo Álvarez fights Gennady Golovkin (GGG) in an eagerly anticipated rematch tonight (Saturday, September 15th). As a public service, a list of spots in the District showing the fight are below (I have no information about covers where not mentioned): Public Bar (Dupont) $5-10 cover Lou’s City Bar (Columbia Heights) $30 cover ($20 advance entry will…

Barred in DC

September 15, 2018

Fun Events at Bars

Barred in Portugal – Trip Report

Portugal is awesome. After spending 8 nights traveling with Mrs. Barred in DC and our third-wheel buddy in mid August, I highly recommend making a visit to the small, beautiful, relaxing, affordable country on the Iberian Peninsula. We hadn’t been expecting to make it to Portugal any time soon, but couldn’t pass up a $430…

Barred in DC

September 14, 2018

Barred in Travelogues

Emilie, New Restaurant from Himitsu Chef, Coming to Capitol Hill

In a massive development for Capitol Hill, Kevin Tien, the executive chef/co-owner of the critically-acclaimed Petworth restaurant Himitsu, is opening up a new restaurant, Emilie, at the corner of 11th and Pennsylvania SE (just a few blocks from the Barracks Row corridor/Eastern Market Metro) in the Penn Eleven condo building. Penn Eleven is the future site of…

Barred in DC

September 13, 2018

Capitol Hill

Where to Find DC Bar Specials for Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence is about to wallop the Carolinas and has already impacted DC with mass cancellations (such as the eagerly anticipated H Street Festival, now rescheduled for a perfect time of October 13th) and a state of emergency announced for this weekend. It will almost certainly not be that bad here in DC, but expect…

Barred in DC

September 11, 2018

Fun Events at Bars

City-State Brewing Coming to Ivy City in 2019

Credit: City-State Brewing (http://citystatebrewing.com/about/) City-State Brewing, [Twitter, website, Instagram] which has had a name, a concept, a brewer, and some home-brewed beers since at least October 2016, has signed a lease to open in Ivy City in spring/summer 2019. City-State, which comes from James Warner, is slated to open in the Hecht’s warehouse development from Douglas…

Barred in DC

August 15, 2018

Beer, DC Bar News

Tiki Trail Returns to DC for August

Tiki Trail DC (Website, Facebook, Instagram) returns to DC for a month-long celebration of tiki starting Wednesday August 1st, ending Friday August 31st. The treasure hunt has grown 50% from last year, to 12 bars (listed below). A free map is available at each of the bars; with a tiki drink purchase, each bar will…

Barred in DC

August 1, 2018

DC Bar News

The Next Laotian Spot from the Thip Khao Folks is coming to Shaw.

This morning, Jessica Sidman of the Washingtonian reported that the folks behind the awesome Columbia Heights Laotian restaurant, Thip Khao, were opening up a 3rd (1st is in Seven Corners in NoVa) restaurant somewhere in DC this fall. The owners did not reveal the neighborhood or the name of the restaurant, which will have a…

Barred in DC

July 20, 2018

DC Bar News

Are Intern Bars Really Disappearing from DC?

You’ve probably read Lavanya Ramanathan’s fun article posted this morning (July 10th) on the Washington Post’s website. The article, entitled “As D.C. dive bars go extinct, summer interns find Washington less welcoming” is notable for both its thesis that there are fewer cheap intern bars for young adults to get their swill on for little…

Barred in DC

July 10, 2018

DC Bar News

Barred in Portland Maine

Mrs. Barred in DC and I recently spent an amazing couple days over the July 4th holiday in the other Portland, the one in Maine. Hopping a $200 non-stop flight from DCA on American Airlines (you can also drive there in 10 hours or so from DC), we found a more blue-collar/hipster town (lots of tattoos and…

Barred in DC

July 8, 2018

Barred in Travelogues

Idle Hands a Solid Addition to the H Street Scene

[NOTE: This bar closed at end of September 2018] Idle Hands [Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, 1236 H St. NE, open at 6p, est. 2018] is a solid addition to H Street from Hill bar owner Erik Holzherr. Idle Hands comes to the space that was the super (overly?) chill Church & State. Erik also ran Church…

Barred in DC

June 20, 2018

Chill, H Street