Let’s talk about my favorite bourbon bar in DC Barrel. Barrel is a beautiful wood covered restaurant dominated by bar top that practically goes the length of the whole place. For the most part, it’s quiet, cozy and dark. My favorite perch is either at the bar or the long table at the front with […]
Happy Hour, or as the locals say, “HH”, is as well known in DC as the Smithsonian museums. As soon as the clock strikes four, men and women in business attire are flocking to the nearest watering hole to network and meet friends to unwind from the day. Since dining out in DC can get […]
If you’re spending more than a couple of days in Baltimore, you may be interested in a fun promotion from Visit Baltimore, our local hub for everything tourism. It’s called the Baltimore Beverage Passport and it entitles the bearer to discounts and BOGO drinks at 27 participating bars and restaurants. I know I have your […]
It’s the morning of the former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. DC Bars are gearing up to view the first hotly-anticipated event of the summer. Most are opening early, Below is a list of the bars opening early to screen the testimony. Drink up. Union Pub Location: Capitol Hill Special: They will buy a round […]
When I was growing up in Fells Point, there wasn’t much at all west of Broadway. That’s only partly true, of course–there always was stuff, just not anything that my younger self was interested in. I knew full well that Downtown Baltimore was west of where we lived; my Mom and I made weekly excursions […]
The Chesapeake Restaurant was a Baltimore institution. It was the kind of place that our parents and grandparents would go to on special occasions, to sup on lobster Thermidor and beef so tender you could “cut your steak with a fork…else tear up the check and walk out.” It opened in the 30s, expanded in […]
If you find yourself in the Midtown Baltimore neighborhood of Mount Vernon looking for a place to indulge in some serious food and even more serious beer, go to the Brewer’s Art. Named Esquire Magazine’s “Best Bar in America” for 2009, it also made the list of Draft Magazine’s 100 Best Bars in America 2015, […]
I spent the first 19 years of my life in Fells Point on the diversely populated 500 block of South Ann Street. At the time, there was a smattering of elderly Polish and Ukrainian immigrants living there, several families from Puerto Rico, and a good handful of folks who had moved up from West Virginia […]
In less than 24 hours, Donald Trump is going to become the commander and chief of the United States. Then, 48 hours later the grassroots movement Women’s March on Washington takes place. If you are staying in DC this weekend, consider escaping the craziness in one of these locally recommend bars. The list of bars below are the top […]