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Best bars for fun and games
Fritz | Updated 10/20/2009
Sitting in a bar shooting the breeze is a great way to spend a night, but sometimes you want to do something else while you sip your beer -- like bowl on a Wii or turn Jenga into a drinking game.
Bedrock Billiards
Washington, DC
Play Wii on the basement billiard hall's 60-inch TV, go head-to-head on board games like Battleship and Connect Four, or settle for shuffleboard, darts and pool.
Breadsoda
Washington, DC
Glover Park's neighborhood rec room offers a Wii, darts, shuffleboard, pool and, on some nights, ping-pong.
H Street Country Club
Washington, DC
With a nine-hold indoor mini-golf course, Skee-Ball, shuffleboard and a full bar, this H Street funhouse is like Chuck E. Cheese for adults.
Rocket Bar
Washington, DC
Between vintage skee-ball machines, a half-dozen shuffleboard tables, board games, pool and darts, it should be impossible to get bored at Rocket Bar.
The Argonaut
Washington, DC
The two-level bar has board games, trivia, foosball and darts to go along with beers and its fantastic Dark & Stormy cocktails.
The Front Page - Ballston
Arlington, VA
Ballston's Front Page has a Nintendo Wii at its back bar, which can be used by patrons on a first-come, first-served basis on Sundays and Mondays.
The Red Derby
Washington, DC
The Red Derby has board games like Connect Four and Battleship, as well as Trivial Pursuit cards if you want to take turns quizzing your friends.
The Rock and Roll Hotel
Washington, DC
The weekly "Drunken Jenga" night takes drinking games to a whole 'nother level.
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