Now before we go any further, let me say that I love Sticky Rice. All the times I have waited and waited for a table, suffered through lackadaisical service, and jostled for a spot at the bar, the only thing I felt at my most recent trip to Sticky Rice was underwhelmed. Maybe the novelty is wearing…
Category: H Street
The Pug Delivers…(something)
This blog has treated you to the very best of H Street — Toyland, Fruit Bat, Church and State, SOVA. Now it’s time to try the rest. Anyone remember old DC, a virtual cornucopia of grungy watering holes with cheap beers and chatty, down to earth folks? Thanks to gentrification these places have slowly disappeared,…
Fruit Bat: Pricey or Perfect?
Another eve of adventures in the Atlas District/H Street neighborhood (is there consensus on a preferred name for this strip yet?) brought me to the exotic Fruit Bat, located on the north side of H between 12th and 13th Streets NE. The dark but colorful lighting and brown walls of this South/Central American themed bar evokes…
Karaoke Deathmatch
Oh wow. It’s that time of year again. The time of year when the winners of karaoke at Little Miss Whiskey’s and the winners of karaoke at Sticky Rice meet to battle for the right to call themselves…the champions of the world! OK, not the world, but H Street! Not H Street per se, but…
Finding Comfort at The Atlas Room
Not open for lunch, but for drinks and dinner (at 10th and H), The Atlas Room is a newish addition to the H Street scene, a good place to go for a low-key, long conversation over polished drinks and exceptional yet surprising first, second, and third dishes. What’s “first, second, and third dishes”? you say to yourself, scratching your…
Well, Hello Church and State
Church and State, the latest in a seemingly neverending line of swanky cocktail lounges, opened last night after a lot of early online buzz. Located snugly above The Fruit Bat on ever-emerging H Street in Northeast (between 12th and 13th), C&S is impressive. Dimly lit and impeccably decorated with old pews and stained-glass, it makes…
Did We Really Need Smith Commons?
Smith Commons is open for business on H Street at long last. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be. OK, they’re just on a learning curve, but after going in for complimentary bar snacks that only I seemed to know about, things took on a bizarre upstairs/downstairs sensibility. At 5:30, communication lines between the…
Happy Carnival!
That’s right, it’s Carnival already! I knew something would come along to help me through these long months of short days. Carnival starts with Epiphany (the Twelfth Day of Christmas and Twelfth Night) and continues to Ash Wednesday. Then it’s Spring! I celebrated Epiphany at Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar. There couldn’t have been a…
It’s Never Too Early for H Street
I know it’s only Wednesday. But Wednesday is the day before Thursday, which, as the guy outside the Metro one day yelled to me, is Friday Junior. And Friday is the day before H Street Festival! This will be the Seventh Annual H Street Festival. This year, with even more new restaurants, bars, coffee shops,…
DC Style Is Real 