Barred in DC

Check out my latest neighborhood page, this time for Penn Quarter / Chinatown here. Here’s my blurb description of the area: The neighborhood of Penn Quarter, typically mentioned in conjunction with or interchangeably with the misleadingly named Chinatown (more like Chinablock), is perhaps DC’s most urban area. Thousands of folks flock to the area on…

As the government shutdown enters its second week, bars and eateries in the DC area continue to offer special deals (as I detailed last week) to both furloughed gov’t employees like myself and everyone else.  Eater, the Post, and DCist have comprehensive listings of the deals that have continued; I’ve pored through these to come up with…

As first reported earlier today by Washington City Paper’s Young & Hungry blog and the Post’s Going Out Guide, the new Dupont cafe/pub/market Duke’s Grocery opens at 11a tomorrow (Tuesday, September 10th). Located in the former Cafe Green space next to Mr. Yogato between P and Church Streets on the 17th Street corridor,  this cozy, neighborhood spot…

I’ve updated one of the pages linked at the menu at the top of the page, “Bars – Admission Pending.”  Originally a useless (to you) devoted to the bars I hadn’t yet visited, I’ve now updated it so it lists all the bars that are currently in development in DC. If you have any additions/changes/deletions,…

Check out the new neighborhood page for the loosely-defined hot neighborhood of U Street / Logan Circle / 14th Street.  I’ve also made updates to the Dupont Circle and H Street neighborhood pages.