Must-see nightlife in Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

  • Atlas Brew Works

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    An awesome, welcoming spot filled with local beer buffs. With its concrete floor, exposed ducts and hodgepodge of tables, the taproom mightn't look like…

  • Right Proper Brewing Co

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Right Proper Brewing makes sublime ales in a building that shares a wall with the joint where Duke Ellington used to play pool. It's the Shaw district's…

  • Primrose

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Stepping into Primrose is like being in Paris and finding the quintessential cafe hidden down a tiny lane. The ostrich-feathered chandeliers, turquoise…

  • Raven

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    The best jukebox in DC, a dark interior crammed with locals and lovers, that neon lighting that casts you under a glow Edward Hopper should rightly have…

  • Dacha Beer Garden

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Happiness reigns in Dacha's freewheeling beer garden. Kids and dogs bound around the picnic tables, while adults hoist glass boots filled with German…

  • Churchkey

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Coppery, mod-industrial Churchkey glows with hipness. Fifty beers flow from the taps, plus five brain-walloping, cask-aged ales. If none of those please…

  • U Street Music Hall

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Two local DJs own and operate the basement club; it looks like a no-frills rock bar, but it has a pro sound system, a cork-cushioned dance floor and other…

  • DC Brau

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    DC Brau was the first craft brewer in town. It continues to pump out bodacious pale ales, IPAs and porters that are widely available around DC, but you…

  • Republic Restoratives

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Welcome to DC's largest crowd-funded distillery, and its only women-owned one at that. Vodka, bourbon, rye whiskey and apple brandy emerge from the tanks…

  • Room 11

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Room 11 isn’t much bigger than an ambitious living room, and as such it can get pretty jammed. On the plus side, everyone is friendly, the intimacy is…

  • Jos A Magnus & Co

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    The distillery cooks up bourbon, gin and vodka that gets stirred into cocktails in the attached cozy bar, the Murray Hill Club. It has a casually swanky,…

  • Red Derby

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Welcome to a hipster-punk lounge where the bartenders know patrons' names, the sweet-potato fries soak up the beer ordered from the impressively long list…

  • Wonderland Ballroom

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Wonderland embodies the edgy, eccentric Columbia Heights vibe to perfection. The interior is clapped out with so many vintage signs and found objects it…

  • Marvin

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Named for DC native son Marvin Gaye, this spot is a low-lit lounge and bistro downstairs, serving mostly southern fare. Upstairs, the splendid roof deck…

  • Hank's Cocktail Bar

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    With its high-backed wooden booths, chain-wrapped lights and flickering candles, Hank's feels both modern and medieval. It's dark and slightly eerie,…

  • Saloon

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    The Saloon doesn't allow patrons to pack in like sardines, with posted rules against standing between tables. That’s great, because the added elbow room…

  • Meridian Pint

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Meridian Pint is the quintessential corner tavern for hipster Columbia Heights. Strings of lights twinkle overhead, sports flicker on TV, folks play pool…

  • Pop-Up Bar

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    PUB opens every few months with a new, timely theme. For instance, when Game of Thrones started its new season, it became a GoT bar, complete with Iron…

  • The Coffee Bar

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Many locals point to The Coffee Bar as their favorite spot to hang out all day reading and laptop typing. Located on a quiet residential corner, with…

  • Looking Glass Lounge

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Looking Glass is Petworth's neighborhood bar, a welcome-one, welcome-all dive with a great jukebox, DJs on weekends and first-rate pub grub (mmm, burgers)…

  • Nellie’s

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    The atmosphere is low-key, and Nellie’s is a good place to hunker down among a friendly crowd for toothsome bar bites (including Venezuelan corn muffins),…

  • Bar Pilar

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    This friendly neighborhood favorite serves excellent cocktails and seasonal organic tapas dishes in a snug, nicely designed space. The exposed brick walls…

  • Qualia Coffee

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    Follow your nose a couple blocks north of the Metro to this hardcore coffee shop. Staff roast beans from around the world, and offer free tasting sessions…

  • DC Reynolds

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    DC Reynolds is a fine example of the dart-board-and-trivia-night corner pub genre that has colonized Petworth. The main draw is the enormous outdoor patio…

  • Flash

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    A diverse group packs into Flash. The 1st floor is a bar, while upstairs is a pocket-sized club (you pass through a photo booth into a hidden room to…

  • Brixton

    Logan Circle, U Street & Columbia Heights

    As the name implies, this is a slice of London in DC, although it's not corny Olde England. Instead, think tight jeans and ethnic scarves, stiff drinks,…