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

Geisha Lounge is a sushi bar and lounge located in the lower level of an office building very close to the White House. By day and early evening, Geisha Lounge is a hipper than average restaurant but on certain nights, it plays host to various crowds ranging from Latin to Hip Hop depending on the [...]

The Regent, or Regent Thai, or the Regent Thai Cuisine (personally, I called it Regent Thai for three years until I wrote this review) is a relatively new Thai restaurant on the 18th Street corridor between Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle. The owner is Chuchart “Bobby” Kampirapang, who worked as a waiter and cook at [...]

Chi-Cha Lounge is one of the older lounge/clubs in the DC area and one of the first real hot-spots in the U Street area. Over the past decade, it has built up a loyal following and a reputation as one of the best lounges in the DC area. These days, it continues to be a [...]

Music photographer Mike Benson opened Café Saint-Ex in 2003 and it was an immediate hit. Over the past four years, its popularity hasn’t waned although its weekend scene has definitely transitioned a bit. During the evening, Café Saint-Ex is a restaurant that offers contemporary American cuisine and at night, turns into one of the hot-spots [...]

Local 16 is a lounge/club located in the U Street corridor that has been around since September 2002. For the past few years, it has been one of my favorite venues in the U Street area. It was created with the vision of providing the local U Street denizens with a cool place to hang [...]

Marvin, named after DC son Marvin Gaye, is one of the latest lounge/bistro additions to open on the U Street corridor. It’s been a little bit since a place popped up that was a little bigger, had a DJ and some dancing so people have been lining up to see what the deal is . [...]

Acadiana is the Louisiana-inspired offering from the restaurant group which gave us TenPenh, DC Coast and Ceiba. Just thinking of Southern cooking whets my appetite and chef Jeff Tunks delivers a good interpretation of contemporary New Orleans fare. Acadiana is located by the new Convention Center at 901 New York Ave. NW. Cost – $$ [...]

Comet Ping Pong is a pretty cool little restaurant / bar / ping pong club located at 5037 Connecticut Ave. between Van Ness and Chevy Chase. Cost – $$ Service – A- Comet Ping Pong is very much a neighborhood spot and consequently, has a pretty friendly staff of waiters and bartenders. I’ve only been [...]

Bambu is a nice little Asian fusion place located in the Palisades on 5101 MacArthur Blvd.Cost – $$ Service – B The service is fine. It is nothing special really but they are generally prompt, error-free, and fairly polite. Food – B Personally, I like the food there. The sushi is definitely edible and I’ve [...]

Bossa is a lounge / restaurant located at 2463 18th Street in the heart of Adams Morgan. As you can guess from the name, they are Brazilian influenced although between you, me and the World Wide Web I can’t really figure out why they are Brazilian influenced because they don’t seem to serve Brazilian food [...]