144 Bars/Restaurants Can Serve Alcohol until 4 a.m. Tonight

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by Prince Of Petworth December 31, 2013 at 12:11 pm 11 Comments

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Thanks to @DCGov_ABRA for sharing the list:

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Anonymous

is that a bear? mongoose?
Anonymous

Rock out with your Speckled Bear out! (The Greaseman approves of PoP’s choice of bear species for this article.)
9th street neighbor

Does anyone know if these 144 bars pay an extra permitting fee for this 4am-on-New-Year’s privilege; if so, what is it? Just curious.
- Anonymous
  
  http://abra.dc.gov/page/abc-extended-holiday-hours
- Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA)
  
  There is no fee to register to participate in the extended holiday hours program; however, eligible ABC licensed restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, hotels and multipurpose facilities would need to register with the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration if they would like to enroll. Find out complete details at http://abra.dc.gov/node/671792.
anon

Screw the bars! I’m stayig home and grilling some excellent steaks for me and my gf tonight.
- Anonymous
  
  okay.
Anonymous

Can some bars apply for this excpetion on a more permanent basis in DC?
- Anonymous
  
  No, see the link above. There are only certain dates that ABRA allows it.
  That said, some of these venues (clubs) are going late into Wednesday morning. They can stop sales of liquor at 4am and then resume sales at 8am. Pretty cool – reminds me of old times in NYC in the 90s and early 00s.
- Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA)
  
  The extended holiday hours program allows eligible ABC licensed restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, hotels and multipurpose facilities to sell and serve alcohol until 4 a.m. and operate 24 hours a day during certain federal holidays and three-day holiday weekends. The dates for 2014 are as follows: http://abra.dc.gov/node/695172. Once a licensee is registered and approved for extended holiday hours for any holiday in the calendar year, the registration is valid for all remaining applicable holidays that year. Learn more at http://abra.dc.gov/node/671792.
Anonymous

ive put it in map form here: http://batchgeo.com/map/424346d5649d3c19cf856d3a98319787

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