Don Ciccio & Figli

6031 Kansas Ave

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Central Wines

625 E St NW

A spirits shop in the heart of downtown where someone serious about what they're drinking can find bottles you won't see everywhere, handled by people who actually know the difference.

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District Made Spirits By One Eight Distilling

1135 Okie St NE

You come here to taste what happens when someone decides to grow and distill grains in the city itself—rye spirits that taste like they belong to this place, made by people who actually know their grain.

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Don Ciccio & Figli

6031 Kansas Ave

They make Italian herbal liqueurs the way someone's grandfather would—bitters, amari, cordials—and you can taste them straight or mixed into a negroni in their tasting room in Ivy City, where the whole neighborhood has turned into a distillery destination.

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Falls Church Distillers

442 S Washington St Ste A

You go here when you want to taste something a local actually made—spirits with real craft behind them—and you're hungry enough to stay for dinner and live music without it feeling like an accident.

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Founding Spirits

600 Massachusetts Ave NW

You come here to watch whiskey get made in a restaurant kitchen—spirits distilled small-batch in Massachusetts Avenue, where the same hands pouring your drink built it from grain.

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Green Hat Distillery

1832 Fenwick St NE

Anyone who wants to understand what gin can actually taste like should watch it happen here, where copper stills turn a particular mix of botanicals into something that tastes nothing like the dusty stuff from your parents' liquor cabinet.