As of Friday Nov. 16th
The sad countdown to Standard’s winter closing has begun at 1801 14th St, NW. Get your pulled pork and hush puppies post haste!
Looks like they’ll close around Dec. 1st but fear not they usually reopen on or around March 1st.
14th and S Street, NW
i heart standard
Do they have carryout?
Are the pulled pork sandwiches and hushpuppies good? Do they cook their food on-site?
Yes and yes.
yeah they are both really good. thanks for posting, PoP, i need to get in there before they close to get my fix for the winter!
Whether they’re good or not is for you to decide. Food is definitely cooked on-site.
Whatever happened with the heat lamps they had built on to the side of the wall? They rolled the lamps out for like…. 3 days last year and then closed for the winter.
Also how the hell do they afford to stay closed all winter anyway?
I think they do very well in the warmer months to be able to afford the rent for the 4 months they are closed. It’s a known cost of doing business and they just factor it into their prices. After all, it’s just an empty lot and a small shack. Their rent is probably only a fraction of the rent charged to restaurants/bars in real buildings on that block.
Scuttlebutt alert: one of my old roommates worked at the Standard about a year after it opened. He told me that the owners had submitted a proposal to get it opened year-round with a tent & heat lamps, but the city rejected it and did not appear open to negotiating. Pretty lame on the city’s part, IMHO.
Totally lame – no reason they couldn’t put a tent up like at Lou’s with some heat lamps and keep the good times going.
It looks like Matchbox at 14th and T will have a huge heated outdoor area.
That place gets insanely busy whenever there’s even a hint of nice weather. Seriously, the crowd spills over onto 14th like zombies at a brains convention.
yeah, I’m not surprised it can afford to be closed 3 months of the year given how packed it gets in warm months.