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Hours{'monday': '14:00-01:00', 'tuesday': '14:00-01:00', 'wednesday': '14:00-01:00', 'thursday': '14:00-01:00', 'friday': '14:00-01:00', 'saturday': '14:00-01:00', 'sunday': '14:00-01:00'}

Tip: No TVs, no laptops; the rig runs from a single vinyl source. Open 14:00 to 01:00; weekends fill earlier for the prime listening seats.

Location

Address: 3632 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010, Washington DC

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Service Bar ★ 4.4

$$u-street{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-03:00', 'saturday': '14:00-03:00', 'sunday': '16:00-02:00'}

Service Bar on U Street pairs a cocktail program from Glendon Hartley and Chad Spangler with a patio and a back room, with vinyl sets running through long happy hours.

Tip: Happy hour Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00 to 19:00, half off most drinks. Patio guests under 21 must come with a parent; indoor bar is 21+.

926 U Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

Lulu's Winegarden ★ 4.5

$$u-street{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': '17:00-23:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-23:00', 'thursday': '17:00-23:00', 'friday': '17:00-00:00', 'saturday': '11:00-00:00', 'sunday': '11:00-22:00'}

Lulu's on 11th Street just off U is Paul and Brittany Carlson's communal wine garden, with three patios, vinyl programming most nights and a 50-bottle list under $80 a bottle.

Tip: Walk in for the bar, Tock for the patio tables on weekends. The chef Cable Smith southwest-leaning menu runs through to last seating.

1940 11th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

Tune Inn ★ 4.5

$capitol-hill{'monday': '08:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '08:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '08:00-02:00', 'thursday': '08:00-02:00', 'friday': '08:00-03:00', 'saturday': '08:00-03:00', 'sunday': '08:00-02:00'}

Tune Inn on Pennsylvania Avenue SE has poured Capitol Hill since 1947, the third-generation Nardelli family dive with taxidermied animals on the walls and breakfast from 08:00 daily.

Tip: Opens 08:00 every day for cheap pints and a greasy breakfast. Voted Best Bar at the 2025 RAMMY Awards by public vote.

331 1/2 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20003

Madam's Organ ★ 4.4

$adams-morgan{'monday': '18:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '18:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '18:00-02:00', 'thursday': '18:00-02:00', 'friday': '18:00-03:00', 'saturday': '18:00-03:00', 'sunday': '18:00-02:00'}

Madam's Organ on 18th Street is Bill Duggan's blues-and-bluegrass dive since 1992, five bars across four floors with a soul-food kitchen and live music every night of the week.

Tip: Live music nightly from around 21:00. Happy hour 18:00 to 20:00 daily; Thursday is Ladies Night with no cover for women.

2461 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

The Pug ★ 4.4

$h-street{'monday': '17:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-02:00', 'thursday': '17:00-02:00', 'friday': '17:00-03:00', 'saturday': '11:00-03:00', 'sunday': '11:00-02:00'}

The Pug on H Street is Tony Tomelden's 2008 anti-Hill dive with red ceilings, wall-to-wall photographs and a beer-can Christmas tree that stays up year-round, plus a ramen kitchen weekdays.

Tip: No drink specials by rule, no bomb shots, no political talk. Weekend brunch is the easy entry; weekdays the ramen menu runs from 17:00.

1234 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Showtime Lounge ★ 4.4

$eckington-bloomingdale{'monday': '14:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '14:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '14:00-02:00', 'thursday': '14:00-02:00', 'friday': '14:00-03:00', 'saturday': '14:00-03:00', 'sunday': '15:00-02:00'}

Showtime on Rhode Island Avenue is Paul Vivari's 2013 living-room dive, the Esquire America's Best Bars pick with a free R&B jukebox curated by Vivari and the cheapest combos in Bloomingdale.

Tip: Cash only, $5 Natty Boh and shot combo. Live band Granny and the Boys plays regular sets led by the 81-year-old neighbor upstairs.

113 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001

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