Washington DC - Nightlife - Bohemian

1219 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036
202-466-7529

Midtown Loft

Dream of owning your own loft in the upper 800K's? The kind with bare brick walls, high ceilings, multiple plasma screens and a sound system that plays your very own infinite playlist that jumps f... read more

2009 14th St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-232-2156

The Gibson

Old-timey speakeasy trend shimmies on down to U street with lights so low everyone looks dashing, mysterious. Sizzle of dripping candle wax and the smart chatter of smart alcohol amid hidden booths... read more

1025 31st St. NW, Washington DC 20007
202-339-0555

Zenobia

Deadbeat hookah bar down by the riverside. For Georgetown, intrepid stab at bohemia. Books galore flung down a long, dark hallway. Backyard patio opens to glass ceilings, sparkling white lights, an... read more

1415 P St. NW, Washington DC 20005
202-483-3971

New Vegas Lounge

Marvin Gaye gets embalmed, propped up in lifelike pose for tourist pics. Tumbledown eyesore is comforting among the rising sea of steel and glass on P Street. Bleak façade proudly wears th... read more

1234 H St. NW, Washington DC 20002
202-388-8554‎

The Pug

Real simple. Nice guys who like cold beer and sports. Guys as cool as you. What home looked like before your girlfriend moved in: boxing gloves, football trophies, paperbacks stuffed into corne... read more

1353 H St. NE, Washington DC 20002
202-388-ROCK

Rock & Roll Hotel

Go figure, the capital's got a wild west saloon in Northeast. Main floor music stage a church for Myspace addicts, toe-tapping waifs who maybe cut their own hair. Upstairs bar the quintessence o... read more

1210 H St. NW, Washington DC 20002
202-398-7469

Palace of Wonders

The freaks come out at night, but face it honey, you're a freak show, too. Sexy three-ring circus happens on a stage the size of a New York City bathroom. Midnight sideshows induce laughter, winci... read more

1940 9th St. NW, Washington DC 20001
202-483-5000

DC9

Anti-gentrification holdout spills rock rhythms onto the streets of Shaw and into the hearts of discretely tattooed good girls who keep celebrating their twenty-ninth. Traditional DC row hous... read more

1101 Kenyon St. NW, Washington DC 20010
202-232-5263

Wonderland Ballroom

Your favorite college bar evolves. Same concept but fewer Neanderthals. Better beer, bands, and babes (sometimes). The guy with the hat went to the bathroom to check the tilt of his hat. Foot lo... read more

2337 18th St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-483-1200

Pharmacy Bar

Drinking for the art of it. Sky blue walls, sticky wood floors. Medicine cabinets, old-time elixirs and Andy Warhol's daily regimen of spilled pills. OD on the total randomness: vintage signs in La... read more

2435 18th St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-986-5416

Toledo Lounge

In four words: Yuengling for two bucks. In more words: ripped-jeans hole in the wall refuses to comb hair or join the lineup of awful Adams Morgan addresses. You'd never guess how many locals come ... read more

1811 14th St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-667-4490

Black Cat

DC’s most established disestablishment is a bumper sticker on every made-it band’s amp box. The not-yet-made-its, too. Sunbeams fail to penetrate black boarded windows drawi... read more

1725 Columbia Ave., Washington DC 20009
202-332-2211

Chief Ike's Mambo Room

DC dive for rebellious politicos: kids who read The Economist but wanna slum it old school, drink Pabst in sweat pants. In-your-face murals by Gauguin, carnival-esque dancing skeletons. Cheap, stro... read more

2461 18th St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-667-5370

Madam's Organ

Iconic boobs are the Eiffel tower of Adams Morgan. Everyone has to see it, the intrepid step inside. Kitchen strives to be the Missouri truck stop counter that union leaders pine for. Chicken fri... read more