Washington, DC Restaurants, Bars, Clubs and Events – DC City Blog

Tucked away off of the bustling streets of M St., Neyla’s has it all; ambiance, cocktails, and great food. Although small in size compared to other DC restaurants, the GM bends over backwards past the caddy hostesses to try to cater to every entering guest. Adding tables, scrambling for chairs, he miraculously is able to [...]

Before watching the new M Night Shyamalan film down in Georgetown I decided to go and grab a quick bite to eat on the waterfront. I had tried just about every restaurant down in the waterfront area except for Cabanas so I figured it would be a good place. I got there at around 7PM [...]

This past weekend I braved the ridiculous weather in DC and walked from the waterfront area up to Aditi Indian Cuisine located up on M Street in Georgetown.  The last time I had been to Aditi was several years back and I remember having a pretty positive experience there.  The second-time around was just as [...]

Situated off of M in Georgetown, Degrees Bar & Lounge is a posh venue located in the Ritz-Carlton. The first time I visited was just a few months ago after I had some problems at the door at Josephine’s. I was looking for a nice venue where I knew there wouldn’t be any door politics [...]

In 2001, Club Modern sprung up from the ashes of Sports Fans, a bar that I knew and tried to avoid when I was at Georgetown. Georgetown had not really seen anything like Modern when it emerged and it continues to buck the trend by not only sustaining – but actually succeeding in an area [...]

I grew up in the Bethesda area and i remember the first time my Mother took me to Moby Dick.  She was very excited and ended up taking our Persian relatives and friends there at least once every time they visited.   It’s funny because I continued the tradition as a Georgetown student with my friends [...]

Smith Point is a bar/restaurant in Georgetown located at 1338 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Cost – $$ Service – D The bartenders inside are great. Unfortunately the stipulations at the door seem to be if you are not white and wealthy then this is not the place for you. Food – ? According to Tom Sietsema [...]

Maté is a club / sushi bar located in Georgetown on 3101 K Street.  As with the majority of Latin Concepts venues in the area Maté has a slick, sophisticated vibe, good food and good music. Cost – $$$ Service – B+ Maté does a good job hiring attractive girls to work as servers and [...]

Old Glory is a restaurant and bar located at 3139 M St. in Georgetown. Cost – $$ Service – C I honestly think some of the staff at Old Glory is racist. Maybe they take the whole patriot thing a little too seriously there. Food – B Pretty good wings and ribs. It is actually [...]

For a long time the nightlife in Georgetown was pretty one-dimensional: it was primarily bars and sports clubs tailored to meet the needs of Georgetown students who wanted to wear flip-flops, t-shirts and white three-bar hats out to the bar. Then Mie N Yu popped up and changed the dynamics considerably. With an uber-cool global [...]