Barred in DC

2024 has been marked in DC by news of potential recalls – Charles Allen, the Ward 6 DC Councilmember, and Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1) face formal recall petition drives prompted by frustration about crime. Still, recall proponents face a uphill battle. News reports will frequently note (including a nice overview from WAMU published recently) that…

Updated April 15, 2024 Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department comes out Friday, April 19th. Not surprisingly-several DC bars are hosting listening/dance parties. The Post has more events. Thurs April 18th Fri April 19th Mon April 22nd

Updated March 21, 2024 March Madness 2024 is upon us. First Four is Tuesday/Wednesday, but starts in earnest on Thursday at noon. Schedules and Bracket official: Only including places open for all games. Italics is likely open for all games, but not yet confirmed**-can bet using non-DC Lottery app/kiosks Navy Yard/The Wharf Penn Quarter/Chinatown/MVT Dupont/Adams…

$8 or $9 most other places on draft. If you just want a wee taste, pour your own Tap99 at 75 cents an ounce

UPDATED with oral amendment language – March 8, 2024 DC Council, with one no vote (Vince Gray), voted to approve the Restaurant Revitalization and Dram Shop Clarification Amendment Act of 2023 today (Wed. March 5th), sending it to Mayor Bowser for her signature followed by likely enactment following required Congressional review period. Although the bill…

On Tuesday, March 5th, DC Councilmembers will consider an amendment to an-already-passed-once bill – the Restaurant Revitalization and Dram Shop Clarification Amendment Act of 2024 – which would speed up the elimination of DC’s tipped minimum wage (from July 2027 to July 2025), while skipping this year’s increase of the tipped minimum wage. This proposal,…

Mostly in Blagden Alley in Shaw. Missing Any? Comment below, email barredindc@gmail.com or Tweet @barredindc or IG/Threads @therealbarredindc. Alley Bars The Betsy (Barracks Row) District Alley (U Street) Never Looked Better (Shaw) Death & Co. (Shaw) Calico (Shaw) Blues Alley (Georgetown) Pearl Street Warehouse (The Wharf) Union Stage (The Wharf) The Green Lantern (Downtown) Alley…

It is nearly impossible, absent failure to pay licensing fees, to get a bar/restaurant’s liquor license revoked in DC once they’ve been issued. Still, it happens every few years, and the latest takeaway is: don’t clean up the blood on the sidewalk in front of your spot after your security guy shot someone and not…

Underrated is defined as “rated or valued too low” by our favorite dictionary turned social media maven site. When talking about bars, which are not actually rated or valued by any one definitive source, this term leads to all kinds of meanings from folks, such as more like “under the radar.” After being asked by…

On Tuesday, December 18th, Judge Amy Berman Jackson – a Federal district judge in DC – granted the DC government’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by The Big Board (plus one of its owners Eric Flannery) last October 2022. The H Street bar/burger joint became well known when it was shut down temporarily by…