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The Saloon feels cozy with its low lights and brick walls. I can guarantee you’ll make at least one friend between all the brews and books at your disposal. It’s where I’ve almost discovered as many great beers (Ommegang) as I have writers (Bruce Chatwin). I’m not going to lie, I’ve spent hours in this place reading books from Kramer’s shelves. With eighteen draft beers and five premium bottle options, it’s one of the perfect spots to go when you’re flying solo around Dupont Circle.
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I suppose the fact that they serve drinks in mason jars may be a hipster-hate trigger point, because sometimes that’s a little too quaint for it’s own good, isn’t it? I recommend heading to American Ice Company after a show at the 930 Club on a Monday or Tuesday when it’s less crowded and you can enjoy the cool, converted-garage interiors.įor a business known for its books and cafe, I feel that Kramerbooks’ beer selection doesn’t get enough due. American Ice Company (potentially controversial choice-we know-Ed)Īmerican Ice Company can get fairly out of control and unmanageable on weekends when crowds rush inside, but what place on a weekend that’s worth it isn’t going to be loaded? I prefer checking this place out on a week day, especially during Spirits In Black when heavy metal-inspired specialty cocktails are served by staff and guest mixologists, all while a specially curated metal playlist crunches overhead. Or if you’d rather not sit back and enjoy a great selection of can beer or dangerously priced King Combo ($7 tallboy w/ a shot of whiskey) with a slate of games at your disposal, there’s always a breeze to catch on Red Derby’s rooftop. Red Derby is possibly my favorite DiveBar in DC solely because it has Apples to Apples (you know, the kid’s game where you match adjectives to nouns that got turned into a hilarious adult drinking game). It can be a madhouse when you hit it on a hoppin’ night, but every one there seems to be there to to get classy drunk/tipsy rather than to rage. In the front of the house you can sit in booths with friends and enjoy an array of excellent cocktails, or mosey back to the Columbia Room where the brothers Brown (formerly of the Gibson and Cork) will further blow your mind with craft cocktails.
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Another bonus is that it’s an antechamber of sorts for the Backstage Concert room where there are other bands, DJs, or even occasional movie and television happy hours happening that you didn’t know were happening until you found yourself in the Red Room.Įven though it’s right next to the hustle and bustle of New York and Massachusetts Avenue, as well as the Convention Center, Passenger has always retained a homely, neighborhood feel to it. Either way, the drinks are cheap, and it’s generally quiet enough to feel at ease with a group of friends. Or maybe you use it as a casual, cover-free destination when bar hopping along the spine of 14th Street. The Black Cat’s Red Room has long since been a great halftime spot while you wait between band sets upstairs at the Cat’s main concert hall. And no matter what bars we come up with, I’m sure there would be at least five eager volunteers to tell us why we’re wrong. That said, we think we have 25 good counterpoints: Black Cat Red Room ‘The less remixed top 40 the better’ is a maxim passed down from the time of my great, great, great grandfather.Įveryone has their own idea of a douchestination, no doubt with terms narrower than my own. So what makes a non-douchey bar? Ones that don’t sponsor 7 kickball teams or have an iPod port in place of a DJ, ones that DO have staff that are chill and rarely on edge or too affected with enthusiasm. We all felt comforted that everyone can be reduced to a character type and congratulated ourselves for being “complex,” special snowflakes, incapable of doing anything or frequenting any establishment that’s… that’s douchey, right? Every phylum of douche was enumerated and cut down: college, prep, hipster, sportsbro, rich kid, club head, intern, or basically anyone that wasn’t the author. Last week, Complex posted their list of The 25 Douchiest Bars in DC and for the most part it was an inoffensive, agreeable list that inspired little but reaffirmation of stereotypes: Adams Morgan is a shithouse zoo, Georgetown is too preppy and too Republican, and oh-yeah-screw-hipsters.