Barred in DC

Lucky Bar reference

WWE doing a free fan fest on F Street before the John Cena fight Saturday. 2:30-6p. There will be booze sold as well (using the arena’s liquor license, which honestly they should try doing more). Area gonna be fun with the holiday market next block

Spot replacing The Passenger will be called The Grace

D.C.’s Best Holiday Pop-Ups A running list of wintery takeovers at local hotels, bars, and restaurants

There definitely appears to be a glut of holiday themed bars this year, sooo many can’t even keep track. Eater is trying dc.eater.com/maps/dc-best...

Looks like even Barred follower CNN anchors have been paying attention. Eeebees

lol not the complainer saying the building parking garage should have had a public comment period for increasing parking rates

Morris American Bar has transformed itself into Cheers on the Shelf, the first official Elf on the Shelf bar in the country, for the book’s 20th anniversary, until Dec 30th.

Geared to families noon-5p wknds, 21+ rest of time.

All the Barreds invited to the preview event

4th stop on bus tour was Duke’s Foggy Bottom “Through the Cocktail Glass”

What are the festively decorated spots at the Wharf? Cantina Bambina, and TikiTNT know of

Always getting intel on DC burgers worth checking out. Here’s new Juneberry Garage up in north part of town

Also did anyone check out to see if the Supreme Court cafe burgers were as good/good value as that one dude was saying ?

Nice. I meant least in demand match in less populated city. Like if paraguay v curaçao (I know that’s not a an actual matchup

2nd stop on the media/content creator bus tour was the Bamboo Bar at Duke’s Counter across street from the zoo

So what will be the cheapest ticket in the U.S. for the World Cup (any game) next year?

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Pretty Packed DC Hoos crowd in basement of Astro Beer Hall. A Brit tried to get another TV on for B10 game and wasn’t able to. Didn’t quite understand the concept of alumni watch party

Got invited to a media/content creator bus tour of all the Duke’s Grocery locations + Problem Child for their holiday themed bars.

First off was the original Duke’s in Dupont which is doing a gingerbread land theme

UVA fans in DC - if you’re not watching game at the official party at Astro Beer Hall, where are you watching?

Super sad news - Tony, the constant presence at Hill Prince for years, has died

Oh no where am I

Thought I needed a passport to get out here

Influencer bus trip. Hilarious

D Light Cafe Bakery and Lounge has permanently closed in Adams Morgan - PoPville 2475 18th Street, NW D Light first opened here back in November 2021. Went through some tough times over the years. "Dear PoPville, I was walking in Adams Morgan yesterday and came across the owner of...

D Light Cafe Bakery and Lounge has permanently closed in Adams Morgan - A tough run. RIP: www.popville.com/2025/12/d-li...

Mayor Bowser's administration officially opposed the streatery emergency bill as well as another emergency bill to streamline porchfest permitting, mostly on process grounds.

New streatery emergency legislation that lowers the rent by 25% from what DDOT proposed and provides more flexibility for exceptions was passed by DC Council unanimously, requires enforcement starting Jan 15th. Will see what Bowser does

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Random q - looking at Warner Theater's Nutcracker ballet tickets and the 4-5 seats on end of each row in orchestra are like $30 cheaper than same row/section slightly closer to center. Are they obstructed or something?

This works well if we forget about yelp and imagine they are star stickers. This is how stars ought to be awarded.

Across the Pond statement about new location

Column | Why I’m bringing star ratings back to restaurant reviews Stars will tell you whether a restaurant is the best, most consistent version of itself. Unlike on Yelp, even one star is worth a visit.

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Elazar Sontag, the Post’s new food critic is bringing back star ratings to the paper after nearly 6 year hiatus.

Interesting metric here, I’m intrigued how well the public and restaurants will adjust to this (imo better to use a 3 star system if recalibrating like this)

More reporting about new bill on streateries to make them 25% cheaper and add flexibility in case DDOT and DOB weren’t going to.

As it goes, DC will still prob have most significant streatery situation left in US, with half seeking to keep theirs

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