Comments on: Young Man, There’s A Place You Can’t Go

By: J

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:26:59 +0000

Town taverns door policy still exists. But its a total 180 from when this article was written. Its actually not a bad place to go. I enjoy it!

By: Town Lame-ern « LottieB’s Weblog

Town Lame-ern « LottieB’s Weblog — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:01:45 +0000

[...] under Uncategorized GAWD, I am so late in the game, I just saw this article from the City Paper about Town Tavern in which I was [...]

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:58:37 +0000

I am SO LATE in the game, I just read this. Great article Amanda :) I have not returned to the Town Tavern since that fateful "inaugural" ball. How has the place been lately? Have they stood by their door policy?

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:31:32 +0000

Thanks for the copyreading, JR. The real lawyer I did consult gave the opinion that the age limit discriminated by both sex and gender. If you take a quick glance at the D.C. Human Rights Act, which I linked you to above, you'll find those two categories both protected under "public accommodation."

By: JR

JR — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:28:44 +0000

1. Hey, CityPaper: It's "rein in," not "reign in." 2. Hey, Erin Shea: It's "have drunk," not "have drank." 3. Yes, French cuffs worn with anything less than black tie (or white tie) are in fact the mark of the douchebag--along with the pinky ring and the monogrammed cuff. Kind of funny that this bar wants to capitalize on the reality that Adams-Morgan has become the regionally agreed-upon spot for all the young, drunken idiots to congregate--and yet wants to exclude the very same. A-M's reputation for violence will probably keep people over the age of 25 from going there at night in any significant numbers for a long time. At the same time, I see no legal problem with the age limit (though I'm no lawyer). The federal ban on age discrimination only applies to people in the protected age range--which I think starts at around age 50. A quick glance at the DC law seems to indicate that it applies only to specific categories like employment and housing.

By: Last Week’s Most Popular Blog Posts - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

Last Week’s Most Popular Blog Posts - The Sexist - Washington City Paper — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:29:14 +0000

[...] Young Man, There’s A Place Your Can’t Go, in which we keep with the discriminatory door policy [...]

By: Francesco Sinibaldi

Francesco Sinibaldi — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:30:35 +0000

Something new in my heart.

I'm going to
believe that
everything shines
in the light
of a footprint,
with a loving
desire, in the
sound of the
darkness.....

Francesco Sinibaldi

By: Last Week’s Most Popular Blog Posts: Barely Legal Douchebag Edition - The Sexist - Washington City Paper

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:07:52 +0000

[...] young male bar-goers. Hey, to each her own I guess. This week’s most popular blog posts: 1. Young Man, There’s a Place You Can’t Go, the story of the young Town Tavern, which turns away Adams Morgan’s most noble specimen: The [...]

By: Tito

Tito — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:25:02 +0000

Sounds like another AM jerk-off palace.
Crappy plywood paneling badly stained a mahogany color does not make it "exclusive"...it just makes it another tacky place put up by an out-of-towner making a quick buck on dim-witted frat boys.

By: J

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:58:41 +0000

Yeah, everyones being so negative. Try it out and then come back and bitch. Personally, as a guy, I dont want to deal with snot nosed 21 year olds looking for fights. whats wrong with keeping riff raff out? How can you say date rape central when they prefer guys come with girls rather than as a mob by themselves?

By: Max

Max — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:27:03 +0000

Why is everyone hating on this establishment? It's true what the BLINK preached, no one likes you if you're 23!

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Fratboy Exclusivity and Adam's Morgan? Oxymoron of the year indeed. Another bunch of good ol' boys from the South trying to start something new....sounds like date rape city indeed.

By: Hill Rat

Hill Rat — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:45:23 +0000

Do people still go to Adams Morgan?

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:42:42 +0000

So let me get this straight: If I'm going to meet a buddy there, I can't get in the door unless I'm "accompanied" by some talent?

By: Glen

Glen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:39:08 +0000

Sounds like douchebag central! City Paper, thanks for crossing this bulls**t place off my list.

By: Jim D.

Jim D. — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:40:03 +0000

Hey, I'll grant you pudgy, slope-shouldered, cubicle-jockey, and poseurs, but don't hate on French cuffs! That fat douchebag is going to look terrible no matter what he wears - even shirts that fit, which that one obviously doesn't.

By: monkeyrotica

monkeyrotica — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:15:31 +0000

Isn't it a good thing that we know where these people congregate? They're providing a valuable public service. Now, they just need to bolt the doors when they reach capacity and set the place on fire.

By: Proof Reader

Proof Reader — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:24:19 +0000

Exclusive but not elite. "No College ID Excepted Ever..." so college IDs are always accepted because there is always an exception for them?

By: MS

MS — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:21:39 +0000

Kat - You forgot to mention that awesome Blackberry holster he's got clipped to his belt. HOTTT

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:11:35 +0000

Pudgy, slope-shouldered, French-cuff wearing, cubicle-jockey poseurs? No, thank you.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:50:02 +0000

NY civil rights law also says that this type of stuff is illegal too. there have been a bunch of cases won saying that bars cant have ladies night or apply different rules to different groups of people.

By: GJF

GJF — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:41:27 +0000

Please tell me the photo above is not from this bar. Exclusivity in a plastic cup??? My not so 21 year old self will not darken that bar's doorstep.

By: Erin Shea

Erin Shea — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:30:30 +0000

This bar sounds like date rape city. No thank you.

There is a bar in the west village up here in NYC called The White Horse Tavern and they have all these signs saying you must be 23 or older to patronize them. I always wondered if that was legal or not. Perhaps the laws are different in New York. Nonetheless, I have drank there at the age of 22 so maybe they don't enforce it.