good place to eat, drink and be merry near 930 Club before show?

any suggestions? preferably somewhere not too pricey or with too much attitude..

has that new place behind the 930 opened yet? have other new places opened?

thanks for any suggestions … meeting someone before the afghan whigs concert tonight and so far we don't have much in the way of ideas…

The Greek Spot  ;D

just a cheap place to eat (not drink or be merry)

i really like american ice company.

eat = bbq
drink = good beers in mason jars
be merry = outdoors
attitude = its a renovated garage bro

Duffy's
Solly's (-food) + Greek Spot takeout
Nellie's
1905 (+price)
American Ice Company (+attitude)
Brixton (+price +attitude)

I like Vinoteca.  They have a really nice happy hour, but it's wine, but it's 5 bucks a glass.

A little more pretentious, but it's loud enough in there that you can be your own group.

Duck.proscuitto.

(I cannot spell proscuitto)

There's a McDonalds on 14th and U I think. Classy joint.

five posts in, and no one has mentioned ben's?

sweetcell wrote:
five posts in, and no one has mentioned ben's?

Good call.. and actually, got to Ben's Next Door.  You can order food from Ben's and they'll run over and get it, and you can drink and be merry at the bar.

I've lived in the DC area for 15 years, and the Baltimore area for three, and have never been to Ben's.

;D

imbecile wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
five posts in, and no one has mentioned ben's?

Good call.. and actually, got to Ben's Next Door.  You can order food from Ben's and they'll run over and get it, and you can drink and be merry at the bar.

second ben's next door.  they have a good happy hr till 7, and you can get half-smokes w/ no line.

Greek Spot, Duffy's, Ulah Bistro.

Or just go to the club when the doors open and get food at the upstairs bar.

Just know bens is cash only.  Who carries cash now a days anymore?  Duffys is ok too
;D

I think I'm going to try American Ice Company

thanks!

Don't remember the name of the place but there was a nice little Ethiopian bar and restaurant right across the street from DC9. When I was there, the food was good, very reasonably priced and the atmosphere was quite low key and pleasant. Guess it's still there. I really liked the place a lot.

Is The Greek Spot still takeout only?

no, you can eat inside now

Sir wrote:
Is The Greek Spot still takeout only?

James wrote:
I've lived in the DC area for 15 years, and the Baltimore area for three, and have never been to Ben's.

;D

How is that possible?? I think I ate at Ben's post show for about 75% of the shows I attended from 02' to 09'.

American Ice did not work out. place was a mob scene and my friend couldn't get anyone's attention the five minutes he was there so when I got there he really wanted to leave


honestly, the place seems like a terrible pick..just pure "flavor of the month" go there to be seen and struggle to order and pay for your drinks.

we then took a walk… ben's was a mob scene.. another place on U was a mob scene..vinoteca had a $37 dinner menu.. we left.. ended up at nellie's which was fine although my friend found the food dissapointing..but i liked the place. we could get a table. the beer was fine..service was fine..

hutch wrote:
American Ice did not work out. place was a mob scene and my friend couldn't get anyone's attention the five minutes he was there so when I got there he really wanted to leave


honestly, the place seems like a terrible pick..just pure "flavor of the month" go there to be seen and struggle to order and pay for your drinks.

we then took a walk… ben's was a mob scene.. another place on U was a mob scene..vinoteca had a $37 dinner menu.. we left.. ended up at nellie's which was fine although my friend found the food dissapointing..but i liked the place. we could get a table. the beer was fine..service was fine..

Major fail brah, but yeah… trying to dine on U Street on a Friday or a Saturday night after 6pm is a recipe for disaster.

Suggestion for DC9 on Friday nights when they have dance nights (no bands)– the downstairs is pretty empty and the garlic fries are delicious.