Green Lantern

crowdy only weekends during happy hours, fashion runway of screeming model and loose queens, no more that friendly bar of years ago

Nice little off-the-beaten-path bar. Friendly bar tenders and generally an older crowd. Thursday shirtless drink for free hour was fun. Starting to realize that men only go out in DC when there is free something. However, it was a nice place to go for a few rounds - I recommend if you are on a business trip and just want to toss a few back.

I have definitely been to some gay bars around the country that were more exciting to go to. It definitely has a "neighborhood bar" feel, you know the kind where everybody knows your name. I of course was the visitor staying in a nearby hotel and no one knew my name. I went on a couple of different nights. The first night no one talked to me except the cute guy with the mic...puppy I think they called him. Very few people in the bar, I doubt more than 20 different people in two hours I was there. the second night was fun with two hot guys in suits sitting at the bar. One whipped it out for his buddy to play with. A few guys from the night before and "puppy" was tending bar tonight. He did come by and talk a bit, nice guy, but never really felt at home like I have in other bars on the first or second visit. I would probably go back if in the area again. Unfortunately I missed Thursday night.

Let me tell you, years ago you would come in here and see the finest array of muscle hunks and bears with ZERO attitude and always a friendly smile. Now it is all stand-and-model Discover-card hoes with fruit drinks and their little clique games. The upstairs is barely even a crowd anymore. This is sadly one of the bars that couldn't meet the challenge of the internet era and I'm afraid it's going downhill fast. They need a complete makeover and a serious remodeling. Then get some real men again.

I grew up in New York City, and got home sick when I moved to the Logan Circle area of DC. Then I braved the Green Lantern on a slow Wednesday night and can i say, "Cool, there is a bar in DC where people are friendly!" After being talked back in by one of my favorite bartenders there, who's name I can't remember, but people called him Puppy, I went back for their "Shirtless Thursday" special. Even more fun. Slow night or packed to the walls, this is by far my favorite watering hole in the city.