Photo by PoPville flickr user James Leathers
Ed. Note: Li Ho Food is no longer open. RIP
The following restaurants/bars will be open/have specials during SnoWayOut (I’ll update the list as/if things change):
DC Reynolds (Georgia and Princeton Pl, NW): “#BOGO shall commence at Noon.”
KBC (11th and Park Rd, NW): “Get drunk, stay off the roads, teledrink instead of telework. We do have WiFi if people want to pretend to work. Open at noon”
Purple Patch ( 3155 Mt Pleasant St NW): “open today starting at 1 pm and will be having happy hour until 8 pm and will be open for brunch Saturday and Sunday.”
El Chucho (3313 11th St NW) at 11am
Bar Charley ( 1825 18th St NW) at 10am
Slash Run (201 Upshur St NW) at 11am
Quarry House (8402 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring) at noonish
“El Chucho, Bar Charley, Slash Run, and Quarry House will be open no matter what the weather, as long as we have power!”
Brookland Pint (716 Monroe ST, NE):
“Our snow day specials are as follows:
•10% off for every foot of recorded snow. This will apply to your entire bill.
•an additional $1 off “hot adult beverages” for every 6 inches of recorded snow.
•snowman building contest on our patio (Saturday). You may use whatever props you wish. We are a family restaurant so nothing obscene and no unattended alcohol as a prop. Kids division (under 12) is judged at 4PM, adults division will be judged at 5 PM. $150 gift card goes to each division winner!”
“Snow or no snow, BISTRO BOHEM IS OPEN! (600 Florida Ave NW)
And better yet, Happy Hour starts at 11am!
Bartender snowmageddon special: Spicy Gigner Cider”
On H Street, NE:
“The pug, argonaut, Queen Vic, little miss whiskies, and rock and roll hotel are all doing some variation of a dollar off per 6 inches up to 18 inches Friday night. Country Club gonna be doing Saturday specials. As well. (If it’s a glorified rain storm, the Pug doing a dollar off drafts all Saturday).”
“The Ugly Mug (723 8th St SE) will be open regular hours over the weekend
Fri 11am – 3am
Sat 11am – 3am
Sun 11am – 2am
$4 Snow Storm Drink Specials All Weekend Long
Friday Night Stoli Specials / Pizza Roll Special
Saturday Night Jack Daniels Specials
Sunday Football Specials including $4 Miller Lite & Coors Light / $5 Blue Moon”
“Toki Underground:
Closed All Weekend Starting Tonight (5pm), Open for Lunch
Maketto:
Open All Weekend at 9am
Maketto will be serving Toki Underground’s menu AND Maketto’s menu Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. All day and all night.
That means: RAMEN AT MAKETTO ALL WEEKEND.
Maketto’s coffee shop and retail store are both open (retail store is having a 50% off snow sale.)”
“All Cafe Deluxe ( Cathedral Heights/Wisconsin Ave; Tysons Corner; Bethesda and M Street/West End) and Tortilla Coast Locations (Capitol Hill and Logan Circle) will be open. We will be featuring Happy Hour all day Friday while we’re open!”
Urbana Dining & Drinks
2121 P Street, NW
“Specials: $5 margherita pizzas, $7 Urbana boilermaker (shot of Fernet on tap and a Peroni), $7 moonshot (hot cocktail) starting at 3pm on Friday & Saturday.”
Firefly
1310 New Hampshire Ave, NW
“Specials: $5 soup & grilled cheese, $5 hot cocktail of the day, Friday 4-7pm & Saturday 4-6pm”
Poste Moderne Brasserie
555 8th Street, NW
“Specials:
-Offering “Clicquot in the Snow!” ($15 Veuve Clicquot by the glass) whenever it’s snowing this weekend
-Offering Happy Hour all day Saturday and Sunday
-Offering $6 Frites, $10 Burgers, and Chef Kyoo’s Rustic Chicken Noodle Soup for $6 on Sunday from 2-5pm”
“Jetties’ “$6 Snow Day Sammies”: UPDATE: All Jetties locations will CLOSE at 3:00pm on Friday, January 22. All locations will remain CLOSED on Saturday, January 23. Each location (EXCEPT Penn Quarter) will reopen on Sunday, January 24 at 11:00am.
Surfside Taco Stand Open: UPDATE: Surfside Taco Stand in Dupont is open all day Friday, January 22. The location will CLOSE at 4:00am on Saturday morning, January 23, and will remain CLOSED on Saturday, January 23. Surfside Taco Stand will reopen at 11:00am on Sunday, January 24. ”
“Due South “Six Dollar Snow Daze”: Due South, is offering food and drink deals, priced at $6 each all day. $6 specials include:
● Hot Texas-Style Beef Chili
● Spiked Apple Cider
● Hot Toddy
● Snow White Russian
● Dark ‘N Stormy
In addition to the $6 Snow Daze Specials, Due South will offer beer bucket specials during the NFL playoff games on Sunday, January 24.
Due South is located at 301 Water Street Southeast, in the Lumber Yards building adjacent to Yards Park.”
“#Snowmageddon2016 at The Black Squirrel
When it snows, we’re open. The hearty folks at The Black Squirrel have not missed a snow day since opening in 2007, and this year is no exception. Here are The Black Squirrel #Snowmageddon2016 hours and food and drink specials:
Friday, Jan, 22nd: Open at 12 noon., Close at 3 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 23rd: Open at 11 a.m., Close at 3 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 24th: Open at 11 a.m., Close at 2 a.m., Live Music in the Tap Room starting at 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 25th: Open at 11 a.m. if OPM closes the federal government
#Snowmageddon2016 Specials:
Grilled Cheese, Soup, and Salad: Your choice of tomato, chili, or potato soup.
Ginger Hot Toddys
Spiked Hot Cocoa
Both main floor and the Tap Room will be open for extended day-time hours on Friday and Saturday.
#Snowmageddon2016
The Black Squirrel
2427 18th Street NW”
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