🥯 This Weekend in ARL:Free Beer, Taylor Swift & Lots of Dancing! (Jan. 24-27)

Hello Bagel Bites!

HTTR! I can’t believe the Commanders are still in it. Here’s some fun stuff going on this weekend!

📅 Your Weekend in Arlington

• 🎸 Taylor Swift Trivia Night - @ Alamo Drafthouse (Crystal City - Thursday @ 7pm

  Free Taylor Swift trivia night. Up to 6 people per team. Free RSVP

• 🍻 Free Beer Tasting - @ Brew Shop (Courthouse) - Friday @ 5-7pm

  Brew shop is celebrating its 9th anniversary with two free tastings during happy hour. This is a cool shop, easy to drop-in for a tasting.

• 🎧 Silent Disco - @ Punchbowl Social - Saturday @ 8:30pm

  Silent Disco is fun. I definitely recommend if you’ve never been! $10

• Country Night - @ Nighthawk Brewery (Pentagon City) - Saturday @ 8pm

  Get your country line dancing on at Nighthawk. They have good pizza and beer. - $10

• 💃 Dance Fusion Party - @ Clarendon Ballroom - Sunday @ 630pm

  Love dancing? Stop by Clarendon Ballroom and dance a mixture of salsa, bachata and west coast swing dancing. $12

🏈🐷 The Commanders Game (Sunday @ 3PM)

ICYMI I wrote this guide on watching the Commanders in ARl last week. Here it is again because we won!

• First Down Sports Bar (Ballston) I watched some NFL games here last sunday and it’s my favorite Arlington Sports Bar now. Zero frills, fast service, a zillion TVs and solid wings. This is my top choice and where I’ll be watching on Saturday. On Sunday the bar filled with Philly fans 20 minutes before their game. I would err on side of caution and get there 45 minutes early to grab a table.

• Astro Beer Hall (Shirlington) Astro Beer hall has lots of TVs, bar options and solid bartenders. The last ‘Manders game we watched here they had $5 smashburgers and chicken sandwiches + fries. Good food and good deal. Bartenders are also solid here.

• on the big screen at Dudley’s (Shirlington) Dudley’s is a duel threat because they have a giant screen downstairs and a solid rooftop. This place will be very crowded.

• on the silver screen at Arlington Drafthouse I always plug Arlington Drafthouse in here because I think it has a lot of character. It would be cool to watch the Commies on a movie theater screen and there’s a bar here. I can’t imagine this will be very crowded

• O’sullivan’s (Clarendon) This is my Clarendon pick for watching sports. It gets packed which can be fun or annoying. But importantly there’s multiple places to watch the game so if you get tired of the vibe at the front bar you can move to the projector in the back or vice versa.

• Quinn’s on the Corner (Rossyln) This was my favorite bar right out of college. The staff and the food is goated. I watched many a Nats World Series game here. This is going to be packed so you may be standing for the game. But they usually do free jello shots after scores so it’ll be worth it.

🍽️ Restaurant News

• Bagel Crew Card make sure you preorder your discount card before they sell out. We’re only selling 100 and they’re flying off the shelves. Preorder yours here. Also, I’m hand-delivering them so you’ll get the added bonus of a sweaty guy with an Arlington Bagel hat showing up at your door.

• 🍴 Winter Restaurant Week So we got the date wrong last week. Winter Restaurant Week is actually January 27-Feb. 2, 2025. I would definitely check out Salt, Sfoglina or Carbonara if you haven’t. Full list of participating restaurants can be found here.

ICYMI: the Bagel shop is live with Bagel merch.

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-Billy