25 Douchiest Bars In DC

It was a very funny read but I got the sense that the only reason the Red Room made the list was because the writer doesn't like hipsters. In fact, I got the impression that he is somewhat of an outcast and doesn't fit into any specific social grouping and knows it which is why he selected various groups to direct his angst towards, via their hangouts.

red room is great.. no way should it be on this list.

What is great about the Red Room? Every time I was there it was filled with shitty beer, douchey indie rock hipsters, and cigarette smoke. At least the government removed the third strike.

hutch wrote:
red room is great.. no way should it be on this list.

I had forgotten that story.

Lead singer of the Dears. Claimed it was food poisoning.

Jaguar wrote:

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K8teebug wrote:
Totally disagree with Red Room.  And I've never seen anyone get sick there.  I love that bar.

I have seen lots of vomit, countless times…

Surprised that Rhett hasn't chimed in yet with his story of some band member tossing it in the men's room.

Let's face it, doucie or not, any high volume bar has seen it's share of the regurgitated stuff.

James wrote:
What is great about the Red Room? Every time I was there it was filled with shitty beer, douchey indie rock hipsters, and cigarette smoke. At least the government removed the third strike.

hutch wrote:
red room is great.. no way should it be on this list.

I really don't want to engage with you in conversation cause you're in the 25 biggest douches on this board list. Definitely top 5 at that…

If the last time you were there people were smoking that would mean it was a very long time ago.

Having said all of the above and because I'm feeling charitable I will humour you with a response. I think the beer selection is fine (yes I like the Fosters oil can deal.. you got a problem with that?), the prices are quite good, the place has always had one of the best jukeboxes in town, and some of the bar tenders are the best/friendliest in DC.  Add to that its in the BLACK CAT and its a winner. I mean its not friggin' Churchkey, dude. If you're looking for a place with 50 specialty froofroo beers from the Rhine valley its not the place. Its a rock and roll club with a bar and a very good one at being a rock and roll bar. The one minus is that some of the staff at the Black Cat are insufferable but you can't win them all.

Keep writing about shit you don't know though, douchebag.

I used to live on 14th Street.. many many years… to me the Black Cat bar is an oasis in a sea of overpriced yuppie/lounge whatever the fuck you call them bars…. basically its a REAL place.. they are opening like 1 bar a week on 14th street and they are all the same generic pay $8 for a beer order some calamari with that bullshit places..I wouldn't be caught dead in them..

Hope the Black Cat holds out and doesn't sell out… I'm pretty sure Dante owns his building but I'd hate to see him move out but on the other hand I'm not sure how he feels about being surrounded by sushi places and overpriced furniture retailers, shitty bars  etc.. Maybe he likes it… maybe he feels good about providing a nice real place for the kids.. a place where you can actually afford to see a show if you're a young person.. I don't know.. but I'm very thankful for the Black Cat and the Red Room has no business being on that list.


It really is the last place of its kind left on 14th street.. with the playbill cafe having gone down in the past year.

hutch wrote:
(yes I like the Fosters oil can deal.. you got a problem with that)

Awesome.  Not sure if you're joking or not but I was on a cruise last week and this is all I drank.  The beer selection sucked and this was the best value, by far.

And, yeah, the Red Room does not belong on that list.

hutch, according to the DC Real Property Assessment Database, the black cat property is owned by CIRCLE I PRODUCTIONS INC, which I think is the cat's parent company…for what it's worth

The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club).  It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar.  Which is fine by me.  I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward. 

Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?

Isn't the fact that a keg of Hopslam lasted a week proof that the place is filled with hipster douchebags?

Maybe we just have differing ideas about what qualifies one as a douchebag.

Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

imbecile wrote:
The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club).  It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar.  Which is fine by me.  I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward. 

Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?

James wrote:
Isn't the fact that a keg of Hopslam lasted a week proof that the place is filled with hipster douchebags?

Maybe we just have differing ideas about what qualifies one as a douchebag.

Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

imbecile wrote:
The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club).  It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar.  Which is fine by me.  I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward. 

Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?

I can't say much for hutch, as I don't know him at all.

I think you've got it right on the differing types of douches. 

There are hipsters aplenty at the red room, which I have no problem with, unless they start drinking all the delicious beers.  I generally consider a douchebag to be the fratboy/bro-type/overly loud/manly-man types who infest adams morgan and other related environs (or people with infants in Sticky Rice, but that's a whole different story).  Hutch probably shares a similar mindset and thus we don't think the Red Room is very douchey.

Back to the list though.. why is TruOrleans on this list?  It's literally a block away from where I live and I've been there a number of times.  It's generally, a pretty standard restaurant which I've never seen people really go to for the bar scene.  It's not that good, yes, but it's not douchey either. 

James wrote:


Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.

My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.

And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't.  and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.

The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.

I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:


Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.

My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.

And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't.  and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.

The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.

James wrote:
I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:


Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.

My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.

And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't.  and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.

The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.

Yeah… numerous times BEFORE the smoking ban… when was the last time you were there dude??? 2005???? SEVEN FRIGGIN' years ago? Ten? Give me a break.

Heck , just the fact Al Budd bartends there makes it a cool place.. and if you've been around DC and you know who's how you'd know that.


But making shit up about my son.. that doesn't make you just a douchebag. that makes you an ASSHOLE.

imbecile wrote:
Back to the list though.. why is TruOrleans on this list?  It's literally a block away from where I live and I've been there a number of times.  It's generally, a pretty standard restaurant which I've never seen people really go to for the bar scene.  It's not that good, yes, but it's not douchey either.   

Hmmmm…maybe YOU'RE the douche? ;) Just kidding.

Smoking ban went into effect January 2007. Clearly, you weren't a math major.
Sorry, my bar attendance has notably declined since the birth of our child in 2007. Actually, since the start of the pregnancy in 2006.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:
I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:


Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.

My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.

And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't.  and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.

The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.

Yeah… numerous times BEFORE the smoking ban… when was the last time you were there dude??? 2005???? SEVEN FRIGGIN' years ago? Ten? Give me a break.

Heck , just the fact Al Budd bartends there makes it a cool place.. and if you've been around DC and you know who's how you'd know that.


But making shit up about my son.. that doesn't make you just a douchebag. that makes you an ASSHOLE.

In all fairness, I think you got the story a little off here:

It was me, in a thrift store "Master of Puppets" tee, that got pissy that my stupid kid was born and I missed a show.  It wasn't at the State Theatre; it was at the Hotel.  And it wasn't some swinging Latin band; it was the Hot Snakes.

In my defense, she's cute and all, but it was the goddamn Hot Snakes!!!!

James wrote:
Isn't the fact that a keg of Hopslam lasted a week proof that the place is filled with hipster douchebags?

Maybe we just have differing ideas about what qualifies one as a douchebag.

Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

imbecile wrote:
The Red Room actually has quite a good craft beer selection for what it is (a bar at a rock club).  It's quite underrated, always about 5 good craft selections down there which go below most peoples radar.  Which is fine by me.  I've never gone there and not found something worth drinking and was able to enjoy it without being surrounded by douchebags (I too agree the red room has no place on this list); bonus points that I go upstairs and get to see a show afterward. 

Didn't a keg of hopslam last over a week there earlier this year?

James wrote:
Smoking ban went into effect January 2007. Clearly, you weren't a math major.
Sorry, my bar attendance has notably declined since the birth of our child in 2007. Actually, since the start of the pregnancy in 2006.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:
I think I made it pretty clear that my opinion of the Red Room was formed by my actually having been there, on numerous occasions.

hutch wrote:

James wrote:


Hutch, for example, in his thrift store Members Only style leather jacket, qualifies as a hipster douchebag. You know, the kind of person who would get all pissy that his kid chose to be born the same night that some swinging Latin band was playing the State Theater, thus causing him to miss the gig. The kind of person who would pay to see bands five nights a week and drink shit beer and complain about paying $8 for a good beer.

Well, this is just a complete lie but another characteristic of a douchebag is making shit up on a music board behind some anonymous facade.

My son was born five days after the band in question which played the Howard but I think its real low of you to pull that out.

And I don't pay to see bands five nights a week..more like once a week; and sometimes I pay and sometimes I don't.  and when I feel like drinking I drink and I pay for the pleasure. Heck last week I had three DC Braus at the Amadou show.

The bottom line is you came on here and started spouting bullshit about a bar you don't even go to which makes you an utter douchebag.

Yeah… numerous times BEFORE the smoking ban… when was the last time you were there dude??? 2005???? SEVEN FRIGGIN' years ago? Ten? Give me a break.

Heck , just the fact Al Budd bartends there makes it a cool place.. and if you've been around DC and you know who's how you'd know that.


But making shit up about my son.. that doesn't make you just a douchebag. that makes you an ASSHOLE.

Oh gee I was off by one year…sue me

And who knows when the last time was you were there? Six years ago? Seven? Ten? But you're qualified to say douchebags hang out there?

Get a clue.

Not to mention getting me confused with NKOTB.

Go fuck yourself, douchebag.

I'm here for the butt hurt