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Best bars for fun and games
Fritz Hahn | Updated 06/21/2012
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 a spelling bee 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.
Black Jack
Washington, DC
There are two indoor bocce courts at Black Jack, the classy cocktail bar above the Pearl Dive Oyster Palace. Put your name down for a free game, then sip drinks in bleacher seats while you wait.
Breadsoda
Washington, DC
Glover Park's neighborhood rec room offers a Wii, darts, shuffleboard, pool and, on Tuesday nights, ping-pong.
Comet Ping Pong
Washington, DC
The Upper Northwest pizza parlor's back room is home to a number of ping-pong tables and the occasional rock concert or DJ dance party.
Continental
Arlington, VA
Rosslyn's jet-set pool lounge offers more than colorful billiard tables -- try skee-ball, shuffleboards, darts and board games, or visit the tiki bar.
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.
Iron Horse Tap Room
Washington, DC
This large Penn Quarter pub, from the owners of Rocket Bar, features skeeball machines, shuffleboard tables and video games among the vintage motorcycles and big-screen TVs. There are 20 draft beers to sip while you play.
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 "Spelling Buzz" spelling bee takes drinking games to a whole 'nother level: Contestants are forced to have a shot or a beer after every round.
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