Barred in DC
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Barred in DC blog focuses on liquor licensing and other bar news and hosts public transportation bar crawls in the DC area. Read Bar and Food guides, Bar experiences, Places with specific Bar conditions and a full, charming overview of DC's nightlife.
Barred in DC
1w ago
2024 has been marked in DC by news of potential recalls – Charles Allen, the Ward 6 DC Councilmember, and Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1) face formal recall petition drives prompted by frustration about crime. Still, recall proponents face a uphill battle. News reports will frequently note (including a nice overview from WAMU published recently) that ..read more
Barred in DC
1M ago
Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department comes out Friday, April 19th. Not surprisingly-several DC bars are hosting listening/dance parties (unless otherwise stated, this will be on Friday April 19th ..read more
Barred in DC
2M ago
$8 or $9 most other places on draft. If you just want a wee taste, pour your own Tap99 at 75 cents an ounce ..read more
Barred in DC
2M ago
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 ..read more
Barred in DC
2M ago
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) Alley Restaurants with a Bar ..read more
Barred in DC
3M ago
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 ..read more
Barred in DC
3M ago
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 ..read more
Barred in DC
5M ago
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 ..read more
Barred in DC
7M ago
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 ..read more