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They Just Care

DCvisitor 40/M

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.

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SuperSexyDrew 22/M

Its an ok place to go for drinks!

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Superbowl

Pocono 48/M

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.

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Yuck, street people

sunrock 46/M

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.

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Nice Bar

Johnny 29/M

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

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Fun & Friendly

kennafearl 41/M

I love this bar. Upstairs and downstairs are as different as east and west cost. Mostly black upstairs, but if you are not intimidated by color you will have more fun up than down stairs. Warning upstairs can get very crowded.

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My Momma always told me if you have nothing...

Devlin_DC1957 50/M

My Momma always told me that if I have nothing good to say, then say nothing at all. I'll just leave it at that, except to say that the patrons can be a bit scary sometimes. If you are into gutter trawling, you'll love it.

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