Cambel

Fun place to stop in.

The owner Freddie can make you feel that you've just stopped by his beach house for a party. The bar is the only gay bar in Northern Va. and they do a good job of being all things to all people. The drag bingo is fun as well as the overal crowd. The one sore spot for people used to DC would be that this is still VA. and the smokers know it!

A DC Landmark

Annies is one of the few remaining restaurants in the DuPont Circle area from when it was the only gay hotspot in DC. The large interior can handle even the hungriest Saturday Night crowds and the front room gives you a great view of the gay crowds moving up and down 17th street. The combination steakhouse/diner menue is reliable comfort food perfect for a late night bull session after hitting the bars. Don't expect a lo cal selection, but you can burn off your meal with a nice walk around the neighborhood since Annie's has one of the best locations in the city.

Better for Socializing

Lauriol Plaza has several good things about it. The building is gigantic, the drinks are good, and the service keeps up surprisingly well considering all the different floors and tables they have to navigate. The only problem you may have is if you are a real lover of traditional Mexican Food. this is not what you would get in a little mom and pop restaurant in Texas or California. What you do get however, is passably good food, in a place designed to allow you and a group of friends to have a fun evening out while being able to see a few hundred of your other friends doing the exact same thing.

Old Time Capitol Hill

Mr. Henry's will never be listed in Food and Wine Magazine for it's menue. however, the food is usually reliably good, with your typical selection of soups, salads, burgers and sandwhiches. But the atmosphere of being in a restuarnt that looks like it hasn't changed since the 1920's (Except for the downloadable jukebox) as well as a nice outdoor patio make this a fun place to grab a burger or a beer with your friends.

German Food? Who Knew!

This very gay friendly German Restaurant in the heart of Capital hill not only has the fantastic selection of beers you would expect, but a wonderful menue. Everything from the Traditional German food (All the Wersts) but also their take on Chicken Cordon Bleu as well as a rotating seasonal menue. During nice weather, the patio seating is a wonderful place to eat, relax and see your neighbors out for date night. But save room for dessert. These chef's are serious, they do not have one or two desserts and then a sorbet...they have minimum 10 different homade, cakes, tarts, pies, and puddings every night, bad for your wastline but excellent for a night out!