Barred in DC

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…

DC sent me a copy of its ground lease for Capital One Arena. Update: There was an amendment to the lease in 2007 that has apparently not been properly recorded with Recorder of Deeds – here’s the one substantive page of it UPDATE: I obtained copies of the agreements related to the issuance of the…

The Baltimore Orioles, which was the only Major League Baseball team in the DC area from 1971-2004, just had its best regular season in over 4 decades and won the American League East. They play in the ALDS against the Texas Rangers: Game 1- Sat Oct 7 at 1p; Game 2-Sun Oct 8 at 4p;…

Uhh, nevermind Updated Sept 29, 2023 Nearly all of the Federal Government is on the verge of having their appropriations lapsed Saturday night at midnight, leading to a Government shutdown. Although a chunk of Federal employees will continue to work, and all Federal employees (but not contractors) are now by permanent law guaranteed to be…

Atlas Brew Works, which started selling its beers in September 2013, just six months after Barred in DC was founded, celebrates 10 years in operation at its original Ivy City location this Saturday afternoon (September 30th). The party kicks off at Noon – $20 entry includes a beer, all other beers for $5, live music,…

Published on September 15, 2023 Henceforth, [1335 H St. NE, Instagram, website], a self described “gathering place/brewery/wine bar” is taking over the H Street Country Club space, planning on opening in spring 2024 (this usually means hopefully it will be open by September 2024). The mini-golf bar closed with no public announcement at the end…