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Thirsty at 3 a.m.?
Wondering where you'll be able to party until 4 a.m. in the days before Barack Obama's inauguration? The District's Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration has released the names of bars and nightclubs that received permission (and paid $250 a night) to stay open late between Friday the 16th and the wee hours of Wednesday the 21st. What follows is a selected list, organized by neighborhood for easier browsing.
Now, be warned that just because a venue received a late license doesn't mean it'll be open until 4 every night, or that it'll even be open to the public. Gin and Tonic, for example, plans to stay open until 4 only on inauguration night. DC9 will only be using its extended hours on Tuesday night, when the club is hosting a special edition of its Taint party. Lotus Lounge will be closed for private parties on Saturday and Monday, though owner Michael Romeo says that anyone can drop by on other days. (Update: Gin and Tonic has decided to be open every night.)
A number of other places applied for licenses by Wednesday's deadline, but the Alcoholic Beverage Regulatory Administration says they still need to set their schedules with neighborhood groups based on their existing voluntary agreements. These nightspots, which need to work out agreements by Jan. 15 if they want to use the extended hours, include Shadow Room, the Republic, Marvin, McFadden's, Sticky Rice and Layla Lounge. As we hear about changes, we'll add them to this list.
Adams Morgan
(See my earlier blog post on the situation with bars in Adams Morgan)
Capitol Hill
Banana Cafe
The Dubliner
The Hawk and Dove
Kelly's Irish Times
Lounge 201
My Brother's Place
Remmington's
Tune Inn
Cleveland Park
Atomic Billiards
Nanny O'Brien's
Ireland's Four Fields
Downtown
The Black Rooster Pub
The Bottom Line
Old Ebbitt Grill
Eyebar
Fast Eddie's and Archibald's
Harry's
Josephine
kstreet Lounge
Lotus
The Meeting Place
Panache
The Park at 14th
Recessions
Rumors
Tattoo
Dupont Circle
Apex
Buffalo Billiards
Cafe Citron
Current
Darlington House
Eighteenth Street Lounge
Fly
The Front Page
Gazuza
Kramerbooks
Larry's Lounge
MCCXXIII
Madhatter
Midtown
Ozio
Sign of the Whale
Steve's Bar Room
Townhouse Tavern
Foggy Bottom
The 51st State
Lindy's Red Lion
The Rookery
Georgetown
Clyde's
J. Paul's
Martin's Tavern
Modern
Nathans
The Tombs
Glover Park
Bourbon
Gin and Tonic
Penn Quarter
Austin Grill
Bar Louie
Clyde's
Fado
The Greene Turtle
Hooters
Indebleu
The Irish Channel
Lux Lounge
R.F.D. Washington
Rocket Bar
Ultrabar
Zaytinya
Southwest
Zanzibar on the Waterfront
U Street
1905
9:30 Club
Bohemian Caverns
Busboys and Poets
Chi-Cha Lounge
Local 16
Solly's
Tabaq
Town Danceboutique
Twins Jazz
U-topia
Velvet Lounge
Vinoteca
Woodley Park
Murphy's of D.C.
Open City
-- Fritz
By
Fritz Hahn
| January 10, 2009; 3:27 PM ET
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Posted by: bravesguy95 | January 13, 2009 2:01 PM | Report abuse
Joe Englert told me that none of his bars are applying. Fritz Wood at Rock and Roll Hotel said that "it's a waste of money. 90 percent of your fights and problems happen after 3 a.m."
The only place that I know of on H Street that's staying open until 4 a.m. is Palace of Wonders. Sticky Rice applied, so they may also get the extension.
Posted by: Fritz Hahn | January 13, 2009 3:08 PM | Report abuse
Sticky Rice will be keeping extended hours on Monday and Tuesday nights, and possibly Sunday as well.
Cheers!
Posted by: coaster_brake1 | January 16, 2009 1:33 PM | Report abuse
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Fritz, any word on the H Street NE bars?