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Burlesque dancers on swings, waitresses in corsets and fishnets, and- we swear- a feather-adorned bar, grace the Dirty Bar, the third floor of cocktail-hound magnet Dirty Martini. Cocktails make li... read more
Chichi gay-in-that-way lounge (formerly known as Halo) trades posh Manhattan boyfriend for Miami papi. Out with the Anderson Cooper lookalikes and in with the Cuban boys and their portly World Bank... read more
The giddy ‘W' takeover makes the Washington monument look like a Vegas imitation. P.O.V. means "Point-of-View" in shamelessly elite dialect, although OTT is the more apt acronym. Impossible ... read more
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
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
The night is not young and you're still wearing all your clothes. If white pleather and sushi seems the logical next step, raise your hand and jump the line. "Cutting edge design" feels about elect... read more
Man, is that a club or did TSA just set up an airport security line on New York Avenue? Street address is subliminal tactic to encourage Manhattanite behavior. Girls named Jazmyn freeze their bare ... read more
Upscale urban flophouse submits to clean mod interiors: white enamel glows ultra-violet from rainbow-brite chandeliers, wood looks like plastic. Flat screens as wall art. Asian twenty-somethings bl... read more
African-American post-bling cool reclaims a happening piece of U Street. (Not that DC ever feels segregated or nothing.) Clean and luscious spaces, sleek wood floors, glossy black bar, couche... read more
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
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
Washington ready to welcome the Olsen twins, should they ever happen by. Hyper hi-tech, ultra-VIP, digital era club's club deconstructs and reconstructs nightlife experience. Insidery insiders cr... read more
Grand Hyatt downtown palace brings you the living room away from home in the form of a Star Wars film set. Anakin Skywalker's tells his pin-striped storm troopers all about this great little brandy... read more
Yellow backlit sign spells B-A-R amid laundromats and liquor stores. Simply showing up with your wallet intact shows more edge than your most daring American Apparel ensemble. Chandeliers from yest... read more
Too new to tell but we can guess. Americans love Tuscany (cue opera music), with its sexy, sunny charms, the distilled mood lighting and wait, electric blue shadows? (Stop. Rewind. Cue ambient te... read more
Spoiled brat stepson of shuttered clubs in southeast. Bulging biceps, limp wrists. Weekend's gay grand central boasts more hook-ups than Scarlett O'Hara's corset. Chilling drag queen performance p... read more
Ivanka Trump sighs and decides she's staying the night. Manufactured membership handpicked for the right balance of with-it cool, Washington status, and striking Scandinavian profiles. Diamonds ar... read more
A giant brass Buddha presides over the good vibes at this ultra-sleek new lounge. Make a dramatic entrance down the transparent staircase just past the 16-foot waterfall. Then grab a seat in front ... read more
Burlesque dancers on swings, waitresses in corsets and fishnets, an...
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Latest Mediterranean tribute band blows its horn on tired 17th stre...
Authentique French crêperie placates 14th Street ‘hood ...
Spit-polished, silver bullet 1940s trailer-turned-diner rises above...