Vienna Inn: , MD
- Beers:
- Bottles - Most large Micros including Petes, Redhook, Potomac, Wildgoose, etc.
- On Tap - Mostly mass produce (Miller, Bud), and some Micro (Redhook).
- Food:
- Standard bar food.
- Great Chilly Dogs and Cheese fries.
- Prices
- Beer
- Pint (16oz) - $1.50 Specials
- Pitchers (60oz) - $4.00 Specials
- Hours
- The hours vary on Friday and Saturdays, depending on the crowd.
- They are open for Breakfast and Lunch as well.
- Address
- 120 Maple Ave West
Vienna, VA
(703) 938-9548
- Entry Last Updated: August 17, 1996
Bilbo Baggins: Alexandria, VA
- Beers: American Craft Brews
- Food: French & New Orleans
- Appetizers are mostly seafood dishes, along with pate, pizza,
and onion soup.
Some bar foods are also available on a seperate bar menu.
- Light Fare menu includes sandwiches and quiches.
- Entrees include pasta, seafood, and some grill items (steak
and chicken) creatively prepared.
- Price
- Beer
- Pints (16 oz): $3.50 to $3.95
($2.50 to $2.95 during Happy Hour).
- Pitchers: ?
- Appetizers range from $4.50 for Onion Soup to $7.95
for Frodo's Fish Stew.
- Light Fare menu items range from $7.50 for a Vegetarian Roll
to $8.95 for Salmon Quiche.
- Entrees range from $10.95 for Bagend Chicken Pasta to
$15.95 for Jumbo Gulf Shrimp Scampi.
- Atmosphere
- Relaxed with wood decor.
- Upscale clientele, but very friendly.
- Comments
- Small bar seats only ten.
On bar are several cups containing Trivial Pursuit cards,
which can provide entertainment while waiting for a seat
in the dining room to open up.
- The restaurant is good, serving wonderful home-made
bread which is easy to fill up on before the entree comes.
- People at the bar tend to talk to each other, which is
unusual in this area.
- Their real emphasis is on wines with well over 100 available
from around the world.
Prices range from $12.00 - $150.00 per bottle.
- Beer is served in frosted mugs.
Be sure to ask up-front if you don't want one.
- They also make a Black & Tan with Dominion Stout and Bilbo
Baggins (Victory Amber Lager).
- Describes itself as "the kind of place Bilbo Baggins and his
hobbit companions frequent to laugh, eat, and drink."
Several menu items are named based on themes from J.R.R.
Tolkien's
The Lord Of The Rings.
- Hours
- Address
- 208 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA. 22314
(703) 683-0300
- Located in Old Town Alexandria.
- Entry Last Updated: July 16, 1995
Galaxy Hut: Arlington, VA
- Beers: American Craft Brews
- 14 beers on tap, most of which are American craft brews.
Includes several locals
(Dominion,
Wild Goose,
Oxford,
DeGroens)
as well as Anchor and Sierra Nevada products.
Rolling Rock, Bass, and Guinness are also available.
- Excellent selection of around 40 bottled beers, evenly
split between domestic and imported craft brews.
Some highlights include Anderson Valley, Celebrator,
Chimay, Duvel, and Samuel Smith.
- Non-beer drinkers may be interested in Blackthorn Cider.
- Food: Pub Grub
- Appetizers include the expected pub fare, but also includes
Jalapeno Poppers and Hummus.
- Entrees include burgers, chicken, and pasta dishes.
- Price
- Beer
- Mugs: $2.25 for Rolling Rock to $3.00 for Guinness Stout.
- Pints (16 oz): $3.50 to $4.50.
- Pitchers: $7.75 to $12.75.
- Appetizers range from $2.50 for Chips & Salsa to $6.95
for Nachos.
- Entrees range from $5.25 for a Grilled Cheese Platter to
$7.95 for pasta dishes.
- Atmosphere
- Tiny neighborhood bar.
Bar seats approximately 15 and tables seat another 40.
- Comments
- Staff takes much care in handling bottled and kegged beers.
- Happy Hour leaves much to be desired.
Specials include $6.00 pitchers of Rolling Rock, $8.00
pitchers of
Wild Goose,
$1.00 off all other pitchers, and $1.00 of all appetizers.
- Hours
- Address
- 2711 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA. 22201
(703) 525-8646
- Near the Clarendon Metro between Bardo Rodeo and Strangeways.
- Entry Last Updated: July 14, 1995
Gourmet Pizza Deli (Lost Dog Cafe): Arlington, VA
- Beers: American and Imported Craft Brews
- 6 taps pouring American craft brews.
The house beer, Lost Dog Ale, is Dominion Ale from the
Old Dominion Brewing Company.
They also have bottles of Tuppers Hot Pockets and Tuppers Pils.
Others usually include products from local and non-local
American craft brewers.
- 150 - 200 or more bottled beers, mostly American craft brews.
- Those who don't drink alcohol should try the Lost Dog Root
Beer, which is actually Dominion Root Beer.
- Food: Gourmet Pizza Deli
- Appetizers limited to fries, nachos, and chips with a spinach
and artichoke dip.
- Serve a wide variety of interesting and creative pizzas and
sandwiches.
- Several vegetarian selections.
- Price
- Beer
- Pint (16 oz): $3.25
- Pitchers ?
- Appetizers range from $1.95 for fries to $4.25 for nachos.
- Pizzas
- Individual: $3.95 for a basic cheese pizza to $8.95 for a
Pizza di Mare (seafood and garlic white pizza).
- 12": $5.95 - $12.95
- 16": $7.95 - $20.95
- Sandwiches range from $1.95 for a Bagel & Cream Cheese to
$6.95 for a Surf N Turf (roast beef, bluefin crabmeat, and
melted brie).
- Atmosphere
- Comments
- Great place to go for lunch and beer.
- Small, with about 15 seats at the bar and 20 more at the
tables.
- Beer and wine can be purchased to go.
- No smoking allowed.
- They enforce a 3 alcoholic drink maximum.
- Hours
- Mon - Thu: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
- Fri - Sat: 11:00 am - Midnight
- Sun: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
- Address
- 5876 Washington Boulevard
Arlington, VA. 22205
(703) 237-1552
- Entry Last Updated: Oct 23, 1997
Hero's American Restaurant: Manassas, VA
- Beers: American Craft Brews
- 16 taps, all of which are reserved for American craft brews,
including many locals such as
Dominion,
Potomac,
DeGroen's,
and
Wild Goose. They now have Tuppers as well.
- A beer engine downstairs currently serves Rickenbacker Real Ale
from Dominion.
- One beer available in bottle: Miller Light. (Also Sharp's Non-Alchoholic)
- No imports.
- Food: American and Continental Pub Fare
- Appetizers include expected fare such as Nachos and Wings,
as well as more interesting items such as Hummus, Jalapeno
Poppers, and Calamari.
- Entrees range from burgers and sandwiches to seafood, pasta,
and steak dishes.
- Desserts are made fresh every day (including their own
homemade ice cream) and are quite a treat!
- Price
- Pints (20 oz): $3.75 ($2.00 during happy hour).
- Pitchers: $12.00
- Bottled (12 oz): $3.25
- Appetizers are in the $4.00 to $6.00 range.
- Entrees range from $5.00 for sandwiches to $16.00 for some
steak and seafood dishes.
- Atmosphere
- The upstairs is a small, British-pub style atmosphere with both
smoking and non-smoking bars and a dartboard.
- The downstairs is a jazz and blues club with a very long bar and
live entertainment on Wednesday through Saturday nights.
There is no non-smoking section downstairs, although it is not
at all "smoky".
- Very relaxed, comfortable, and friendly.
- Comments
- The author's favorite pub!
- Manassas is the Westernmost suburb of DC, and can be quite
a haul from downtown during week-day evening rush hour.
- Hold beer dinners featuring a different brewery every
month.
Call Hero's for more information.
- Hero's also has a "Draught Club".
Each time you go in, present them with your "Draught Card".
When you have tried all 16 beers, you get to sign their
ceiling and get discounts on t-shirts and special events.
You will also get on their mailing list and get advance
notice of their beer dinners and other events.
- Old Dominion Brewing Company's Victory Amber Lager, available
at many pubs and restaurants in the area, was originally made
for Hero's.
It is the house beer and one of the few that they never
rotate off (others include Dominion Stout and Anchor Wheat).
- Hours
- Mon - Sat: 11:00 am - Midnight
- Sun: Noon - 9:00 pm
- Happy Hour every Tuesday until 9:00 pm and every other weekday
until 7:00 pm.
- Address
- 9412 Main Street
Manassas, VA. 22110
(703) 330-1534
- Entry Last Updated: March 22, 1998
Phillip's Seafood Grill: Tysons Corner, VA
- Beers: American Craft Brews
- 8 taps, 6 of which are reserved for American craft brews
(Yuengling,
Dominion,
Sam Adams,
Blue Ridge,
Oxford,
etc).
The other two are Budweiser and Bud Light.
- 24 bottled beers which are mostly American craft brews
along with several domestic and imported light lagers.
- Food: Seafood and Grill
- Price
- Beer
- Mug (12 oz): $2.25 - $2.75
- No pitchers.
- Entrees range from $7.95 to $24.95 for Lobster Tails.
- Comments
- Lunch is not served on weekends.
However, they do have a Crab Feast on weekends from 2:00
pm to 5:00 pm.
- Happy Hour specials include half price appetizers and
reduced price Bud and Bud Light.
- Hours
- Bar
- Mon - Fri: 11:30 am - Midnight
- Sat - Sun: 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Lunch
- Mon - Fri: 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
- Sat - Sun: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Crab Feast
- Dinner
- Mon - Fri: 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm
- Sat - Sun: 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Address
- 8330 Boone Boulevard
Tysons Corner, VA
(703) 442-0400
- Entry Last Updated: July 12, 1995
Bennigan's: Springfield, VA
- Beers:
- They boast that they are the "Home of 100 Beers"
- They do have a wide variety of beers from all over the world.
- Most importantly, they serve beer from local Micros, such as Dominion, and Frederick Brewing Company.
- Food:
- Prices
- Beer
- Prices vary, but a draft of Dominion Ale was $4.00 (or $4.50)
-
- Entrees range from
- Comments
- One of the reasons I wanted to add Bennigan's was their Copper Clover International Beer Quest.
- To sum this up, they give you a Copper Clover card and as you drink their various beers, they keep track of what you have tried in their computer system.
- After trying so many different beers, you can achieve "Levels of Educational Achievement" and receive different colored cards and get your name added to a plague at the bar.
- The best thing about this is that it is free (except the price of the beer, of course), and they actually have a decent selection of beers. They had Dominion Ale on draft, and Snowballs Chance from Frederick Brewing Company in bottles when I went.
- I believe that in Maryland, you also receive prizes such as t-shirts and what-not after trying so many beers. Virginia laws do not allow this.
- Also, no matter what Bennigan's you go to, they can track what you have had, and even print out a list for you.
- Hours
- Sun - Thu:
- Fri - Sat:
- Happy Hour: 5 - 7 pm Monday-Friday
- Sunday hours
- Address
- There are various Bennigan's in Northern Virginia and Maryland
- Entry Last Updated: February 11, 1997
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1995 by Thomas H. Aylesworth and others.