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But we want to acknowledge how great Atlas is so it’s time we bit the bullet and recommended it to the masses. We’re not worried about it’s douche status (it’s obviously not douchey and it’s hard to be a douche magnet when you’re only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday and close by 8 p.m.), we just don’t want it packed. The order is alphabetical, in case you were wondering about that.Ītlas Brew Works Tasting Room (2052 West Virginia Avenue NE) – The first brewery tasting room on the list and we’re not sure about including it.
#LIST OF GAY BARS DC PLUS#
Good news is: we have some SOLID additions to the 2012 LIST and the 2013 LIST and 2014 LIST which we discuss further below, meaning your realms of non-douchebaggery are forever expanding, plus scroll to the bottom of the list f or the ALL-STAR ALUMS and obviously, comment with your favorites. And no matter what bars we came up with, I’m sure there would be at least five eager volunteers to tell us why we’re wrong (that’s what the comments are there for, bubs). ‘The less remixed top 40 the better’ is a maxim passed down from the time of my great, great, great grandfather.Įveryone has their own idea of a douchestination, no doubt with terms narrower than our own. So what makes a non-douchey bar? Ones that don’t sponsor 7 kickball teams or have an iPod port in place of a DJ, ones that DO have staff that are chill and rarely on edge or too affected with enthusiasm. It was done in response to COMPLEX’s The 25 Douchiest Bars in DC which we felt was “for the most part an inoffensive, agreeable list that inspired little but reaffirmation of stereotypes: Adams Morgan is a shithouse zoo, Georgetown is too preppy and too Republican, and oh-yeah-screw-hipsters.” We, on the other hand felt it was better to focus on the miracle of positive thinking (how about that? ON THE INTERNET?) and asked: We ran our first ever LEAST DOUCHEY BARS IN DC list in 2012. Shout-outs to Shauna, Stephanie and Logan who helped with the 20 lists. 2015 list additions compiled by: Brandon Wetherbee, Svetlana Legetic & Kaylee Dugan.