If you want to sit at a bar where the bartender takes cocktails seriously but the room feels like your kitchen at midnight—relaxed, full of regulars, genuinely good food nearby—this is the place. People who live in the neighborhood actually eat here, which tells you something.
Coffee shop · 1306 18th St NW
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