Beneath the Barrelthe bit

No pretension. Just intention.

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Welcome to the bit

This place belongs to those who first taught us hospitality and those who reinforced it along the way; the people who gave us a seat at their bar, picked us up after long nights, trusted us with their stories, and reminded us to stay curious.

Mentors, coworkers, regulars, guests, friends, and family — this place carries a little bit of all of them.

We hope you feel that when you're here.

A quiet corner
of a loud city.

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The Room

Velvet, candle,
low ceiling.

Green chesterfields, marble tops, low candlelight. Twenty-eight seats, give or take a stool. Built to feel like somewhere you weren't supposed to find.

the bit's basement lounge — green velvet chesterfields, candlelit marble tables, burnt-orange curtain
Backlit shelves of whiskey bottles in a small private room

Tucked Further Down

The Dispensary.

A small room behind a smaller door. Four walls of whiskey — bourbon, rye, single malt, the rare bottles we don't list out loud.

Pull up a stool, ask what's open, and stay a while.

Cocktails

Stirred slow.

Whiskey

Deep shelf.

Kitchen

Small. Sharp.

613 Pennsylvania Ave SE

Washington, DC

Thu – Sat · From 5pm