The Bottom Line

1716 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20006 | 202-298-8488

Neighborhood:

Downtown

Metro:

Farragut West (Blue and Orange lines), Farragut North (Red Line)

Bar feature:

Bar

Hours:

Mon-Thu 11:30am- 2:00am Fri-Sat 11:30am- 3:00am

Quick Take

This is a downtown, corporate, suit-and-tie drinker's bar.

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Event Calendar

  • Monday-Friday

    Happy Hour at the Bottom Line

    Find some of the city's best happy hour deals just off Farragut Square. Specials change nightly, but include $1 beers, half-price appetizers and a free taco bar.

  • 5/31 - 12/12/14

    Friday Happy Hour at the Bottom Line

    Friday happy hour at the Bottom Line is run on a countdown system: Miller Lite bottles cost $1 from 4 to 7 p.m., $2 from 7 to 9 p.m., then $2.50 until 1 a.m., at which point they drop to $1 until last call. There are $3 rail drinks all night, and $3.50 baskets of wings to snack on.
 

Our Review

Probably a concept most of the patrons are intimately familiar with, the Bottom Line is a downtown, corporate, suit and tie, drinker's bar. You'll realize this as soon as you descend the steps into this basement bar.

Simply decorated, with maybe the exception of a wooden Indian, the Bottom Line lets its patrons focus on the business at hand, which is drinking with a little socializing and eating on the side.

The menu here is surprisingly large, though a trifle dull. Almost all of the burgers, sandwiches, salads and Mexican dishes are under $10. A fairly decent happy hour runs here during the week, 4 to 7 p.m., with varying specials on beer only. As might be expected in such a corporate environment, there is a large selection of fine Scotch whiskeys. An excellent place to throw back a stiff one, but don't bring your dancing shoes during the week -- DJs come out on Saturday nights.

--; Dwight Thompson

 
 
 
 
 

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1716 I St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-298-8488

 
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