Fireplace, The

I am in D.C. for four weeks and thought I'd check out a local neighboor bar. The Fireplace bar, in my opion, is one place not to go. Both times I went, the bartenders barely looked up, and seemed to not care if they had business or not. The last time I went, I asked for a tall Bloody Mary, so the "bartender" poured a small can of tomatoe glass into a small glass of ice, splashed it with vodka, and that was it--nothing tall about it; in fact, not a Bloody Mary at all. AND, if you need to use the ATM it will only give you $50.00, which the machine doesn't even dispense--you have to take a slip up to the "bartender" where they take their cut for the drinks and give you the change from the $50.00. Also, a loud, obnoxious guy was sitting at the bar creaming his face quite heavily with white goop that turned out to be sunblock. It took him at least half an hour to rub it all in. I love weirdness and dive bars, but this isn't just a cool dive kinda place. It reeks of bad bar service and Welfare types who probably start their days there at 1 PM when it opens. Put your money somewhere else, honestly.

Its an ok place to go for drinks!

I'm white and didn't know this was a "black" bar when I went to watch the Superbowl. Had a nice time (didn't know anyone, yet a lot of guys talked to me and made me feel real welcome). Downstairs:started off older (60+) white guys! The game was the focus. Upstairs, GREAT DJ, Hot Guys. Had a GREAT night. I'll visit again.

You'll definitely either like this place or hate it. It's quite raw.Nothing stylish about this place and the patrons can be aggressive. Very popular black hangout, you're going to find a middle aged to older crowd here. I visited once and quickly left.

I had a good time there's no need to be afraid of Black people. I had a good time and I'm not black