Fiery DC Restaurants and Bars to Warm Your Winter Nights
Winter weather has arrived to the DC area like a belligerent, outrageously-clad party guest to a New Year’s Eve party at 2 am: unfashionably late and compensating with an overstatement. When Jack Frost rears his ugly head, it can take Rocky-Balboa-type motivation to get us out from under the covers and out on the town. Fortunately, DC is peppered with bars and restaurants housing cozy fireplaces, patio fire pits and outdoor heaters - some haunts even roll out the blankies to really turn up the cozy. So, throw on those snow boots and get out there - a warm destination and your salvaged social life awaits.
Reserve a table in the John Carol room and request a fireside seat from which to enjoy antique classic American ambience.
Pull up a couch around A Bar’s outdoor fire pits while munching small plates and sipping signature cocktails with pals.
Patio fire pits and a furry friends welcome policy give this Capitol Hill joint a warm and welcoming vibe.
The patio at Barcelona is complete with heat lamps, fire pits and blankets to compliment Spanish tapas and an impressive beverage menu.
This lively outdoor beer garden featuring a long list of specialty brews features a wood-burning fire pit to thaw your fingers over.
The open fireplace on Beirgarten Haus’s back patio invites you to stay a while among the German beer and festive atmosphere.
Snuggle up with a table by the fireplace while downing hearty french cuisine to keep you cozy on the walk home.
The fireplace lounge at Circle Bistro serves up warm vibes and a killer happy hour.
The Tabard Inn is home to living rooms with cozy couches, a wood burning stove and fireplaces where you can sip a cocktail before dinner.
Indoor brick fireplaces, plus heaters and fire pits outside make Iron Gate a go-to stop for snuggly winter ambiance.
An artistic in-wall glass fireplace teams up with a second hearth (not to mention the pizza ovens) to keep you toasty while you down wood-fired pizza and housemade meatballs.
Pizzeria Paradiso features a basement level fireplace and a beer line up to encourage you to stay in from the cold and have another.
Outdoor fire pits, heaters, warm blankies and build-your-own s’mores add up to one cozy equation at Poste Moderne Brasserie.
Outdoor fire pits and cozy indoor ambiance pair well with Room 11’s casual yet refined comfort food.
Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar
Hightail it to the upstairs lounge and snag a sofa seat by the fireplace to warm up your night out.
The second floor lodge at this cozy U Street establishment serves up warm cocktails fireside to warm your bones and raise your spirits.
Munch complimentary s’mores snuggled up around the lobby fireplace, then keep the fire alive with winter cocktails at the Ritz Georgetown’s Degrees bar and restaurant.
Tucked beneath 1789 restaurant, The Tombs offers up a much more casual yet still cozy vibe. Think brick fireplace and pitchers of beer.
Cheers!
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