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Want to Have a Bar Crawl in DC? Don’t Do It in H Street and Adams Morgan – Part 2
Read Part 1 Here Yesterday, I wrote about how a BYT Zombie Takeover event in October 2012 led to thousands of dollars in fines for H Street establishments. I discussed how bars in DC often enter into voluntary/settlement agreements with neighbors that contain restrictions on how they do business. Nearly every single bar on H…
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Want to Have a Bar Crawl in DC? Don’t Do It in H Street and Adams Morgan – Part 1
On October 18, 2012, the webzine/party promoter Brightest Young Things (BYT) staged one of its typically eccentric, hipster events. Inspired by Halloween, the “Zombie H Street Takeover” invited attendees to pay around ten bucks to dress up in zombie costumes and enjoy food and drink deals from 11 different H Street establishments. Many drink deals…
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Where to Celebrate Mardi Gras in DC – 2014
Many DC bars and restaurants will be celebrating Mardi Gras this upcoming Tuesday, March 4th. Here’s a round-up of those events, including the more grown-up ones highlighted by the Post and the more debaucherous ones for the younger folks. Eater, Zagat, Washington Life, & Washingtonian also have solid round-ups. Bayou, Black Jack, and the Hogo/Passenger block party are…
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Black Whiskey Fined for Allowing Drinking on Sidewalk
Earlier this month, Black Whiskey, the newish Logan Circle dive, paid a $850 fine to DC’s Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) after a discovery last July by two ABRA investigators who happened to be driving down 14th Street. These investigators spotted a large crowd of people (pages 4-7 of this Investigative Report contain some nice color photos by the…
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Romeo & Juliet Gets its Liquor License and Full Late Night Hours (Except on Patio)
Romeo & Juliet (301 Massachusetts Ave. NE), the new Italian tapas restaurant set to open on Capitol Hill near Union Station, recently received its liquor license granting full liquor-serving hours (till 2a on weekdays, 3a on weekends); ABRA, keeping with previous decisions, ordered the large patio to close at 11p on weekdays and midnight on…
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DC Bar News Roundup – January 15th – February 9th
Apologies for the delay in getting one of these eagerly awaited (yet rarely read) news round-ups. Had a somewhat important life event (got engaged!), so haven’t been able to turn to this lately. Will do better at some point, though now we need to plan for a 9 day trip to Colombia (Cartagena & Bogota)…
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DC Restaurant Spreadsheet – February 2014
Although this is a bar blog and website, some of you may know that I originally set out to document and visit the DC metro area’s best restaurants. To that end, I’ve compiled and regularly updated a now-massive spreadsheet that contains nearly 500 restaurants around the DMV. I’ve shared this with my address book the…
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Bar Charley
Bar Charley, Facebook, Twitter, 1825 18th St. NW (at Swann/T), opens at 4p on weekdays, 10a on weekends, closes at 11p Sun-Thu, midnight Fri-Sat, HH 4-6:30p M-F, est. 2013 [Post (Sietsma), Post (Hahn), InTheCapital, PoPville, Forking DC, Eater, Yelp] A welcome respite from the circus that is the nearby Lauriol Plaza, Bar Charley is one of my favorite places…
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A New Restaurant on the Hill Applies for Late Hours, Hilarity Ensues
What happens when a new Capitol Hill Italian restaurant seeks permission to serve alcohol after midnight? An ABRA protest hearing is held, resulting in one of the most entertaining transcripts I’ve ever read. Those interested in Bar Charley‘s recent request for similar hours may find it illuminating on how that process will go. Background Romeo and…
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Recap of the Barred in DC Shrawl (Shaw Bar Crawl) + Pictures
Despite only being announced less than 48 hours beforehand, Friday’s Barred in DC Shrawl, a bar crawl of 4 new spots in the Shaw neighborhood, was quite successful. Around 15 crawlers joined Barred in DC to check out these new bars along 7th Street NW, all less than 6 weeks old, for the first time.…
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DC Bar News and Happenings
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DC Bar News Roundup – January 15th – February 9th
Apologies for the delay in getting one of these eagerly awaited (yet rarely read) news round-ups. Had a somewhat important life event (got engaged!), so haven’t been able to turn to this lately. Will do better at some point, though now we need to plan for a 9 day trip to Colombia (Cartagena & Bogota)…
Barred in DC 