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Dan's Café

Dan's Café Washington, DC United States 38.920113 -77.041498
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Dive Bar

Review

Ratings:

Lucas

Adriana

Jonah

Emma

Party Earth Review: Built into a flat, square building with no exterior windows or lights, the most prominent evidence of the dive hiding behind the boarded-up façade of Dan’s Café is the string of rowdy frat boys usually careening out its door. A dozen shelves of booze stacked behind the sticky bar glitter like lost treasure, drawing a crowd of college grads gearing up for a bleary-eyed night of hard liquor doled out in Dan’s special style – tall glasses, a bucket of ice, and a mixer ready for DIY drinks. Old-school neon signs, slowly dying plants, and drink prices scribbled on a piece of paper and nailed to the wall make up most of the décor, but after a few shots served in condiment squeeze bottles that could drop a small elephant, no one is really looking at the furniture. When not crowded around the electric fans trying to catch a breeze when the air conditioner-free bar heats up, those budget-conscious partiers still standing can try and find entertainment on the probably broken pool table or at the old jukebox that boasts music from an era when compact discs were a radical technological achievement. With a maximum capacity of about sixty and a reputation for being a small and gritty pre-game dive, Dan’s Café fills up early on Friday and Saturday nights as guys with an agenda stop in for a quickie before stumbling to another neighborhood locale.

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Neighborhood:

Adams Morgan

Address:

2315 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
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Metro:

Red Line: Woodley Park- Zoo/Adams Morgan

Phone:

202–265–0299

Hours:

Tu–Th 7pm–2am, F–Sa 7pm–3am

Recommended as:

 Night Spot
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Dan's Café Review

Tip from Lucas:

“If you’re looking for a cheap place to start off the night, this is it. One squeeze bottle can dispense about fourteen shots, which pretty much makes that $1 per shot. You just can’t find those prices anywhere else in the city.”

The Scene

Built into a flat, square building with no exterior windows or lights, the most prominent evidence of the dive hiding behind the boarded-up façade of Dan’s Café is the string of rowdy frat boys usually careening out its door...

Adams Morgan, Washington, DC – Built into a flat, square building with no exterior windows or lights, the most prominent evidence of the dive hiding behind the boarded-up façade of Dan’s Café is the string of rowdy frat boys usually careening out its door.

A dozen shelves of booze stacked behind the sticky bar glitter like lost treasure, drawing a crowd of college grads gearing up for a bleary-eyed night of hard liquor doled out in Dan’s special style – tall glasses, a bucket of ice, and a mixer ready for DIY drinks.

Old-school neon signs, slowly dying plants, and drink prices scribbled on a piece of paper and nailed to the wall make up most... read more →

Crowd

Budget-conscious young professionals, recent college grads, and pre-game partiers, early 20s to early30s.

Entertainment/Music

Jukebox featuring hits from the 90s and before. Pool table.

Food/Miscellaneous

No food. Cash only.

Prices

Beer $3–$4, mixed drinks $5–$13, squeeze bottle shots $12–$23 w/$5 deposit, chasers and mixers $1.

Dress

Casual: jeans, t-shirts, shorts, sandals.

Hot Nights/When to Go

Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays for a good pre-game crowd.

Close By

Bedrock Billiards (1841 Columbia Road NW) has seven pool tables, Skeeball, and Happy Hour deals every night of the week.

Tags:

20s70s Music80s Music90s MusicBudget-friendlyCash OnlyCasualEarly 30sFrat GuysJeansJukeboxLocalsPartyPool (Billiards)RowdySandalsShortsShotsT-shirtsYoung Professionals

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