Barred in DC

[This post has been edited, and now includes a PoPville comment from one of the owners] Bardo River Brewery [25 Potomac Ave. SE, basically near East Potomac & Q St SE, Facebook, Twitter], the massive brewery and beer garden located between Nationals Park and the Anacostia River, (soft-) opened this weekend to large crowds of humans…

Ben’s Upstairs (10th/H) on H Street has received permission to have entertainment, both inside and on its roof deck. Its settlement agreement with the local ANC has some interesting provisions.According to the agreement, Ben’s can only have unamplified music and spoken word performances on the roof; no amplified music or DJs are allowed. The agreement…

Tonight, the Pretzel Bakery in Hill East provided additional details to its neighbors about its plan to serve beer  with its pretzels. According to owner Sean Haney and manager Alan Chargin, who hosted the meeting at the shop along with ANC 6B commissioner Chander Jayraman (a neighboring ANC commissioner, Daniel Ridge also attended to express his support), the…

Ben’s Upstairs, the recently-renamed restaurant/bar above the H Street Ben’s Chili Bowl (at 10th and H NE) hosts events on both Friday, January 20th for Inauguration Day and Saturday the 21st before the Women’s March on Washington. The all-day Friday event (starts at 11a), styled as an “Inauguration Day Rooftop Retreat” features: a Noon moment…

The Pretzel Bakery, the beloved Hill East shop, has applied for a liquor license to serve beer (and possibly wine) alongside its eponymous pretzels. The bakery moved down the street-it’s now at the corner of 15th and C SE a few blocks from Potomac Avenue Metro- in early 2016 and promised it would apply for a…

Thanks to sites like The Flight Deal and a pretty flexible job in taking vacation with little notice, 2016 was actually pretty great for me. I traveled to a bunch of places (and didn’t go broke, kind of) that I’ve ranked in terms of my 2016 experience below. All places were great in one way or another-I’d…