6 editor picks in Washington DC.
6 late-night dives in Washington DC our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Washington DC nightlife.
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.
TipOpens 08:00 every day for cheap pints and a greasy breakfast. Voted Best Bar at the 2025 RAMMY Awards by public vote.
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.
TipLive music nightly from around 21:00. Happy hour 18:00-20:00 daily; Thursday is Ladies Night with no cover for women.
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.
TipNo drink specials by rule, no bomb shots, no political talk. Weekend brunch is the easy entry; weekdays the ramen menu runs from 17:00.
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 compiled by Vivari and the cheapest combos in Bloomingdale.
TipCash only, $5 Natty Boh and shot combo. Live band Granny and the Boys plays regular sets led by the 81-year-old neighbor upstairs.
Solly's on the corner of 11th and U is the three-floor U Street dive with karaoke upstairs, a beer garden out back and the cheapest happy hour pour on the strip Tuesday to Friday.
TipKaraoke runs Tuesday and Thursday upstairs from 21:00. Trivia Wednesday is the easier walk-in night; weekends fill at 22:00.
Boundary Stone on Rhode Island Avenue is the Bloomingdale neighborhood pub that reopened April 2021, a quieter alternative to Showtime two doors down with a long whiskey list and bar food until late.
TipTrivia and bingo nights through the week; the kitchen runs through to last call. Weekend brunch from 10:30 is the easier walk-in slot.
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