Why? Because there is a mural of Bill Clinton with a horse's body. With its fin-de-siecle decor, it's champagne-centric wine menu and its cabaret dancers, Sax does decadence right Read more.
With its 45-foot-long bar, custom-cocktail list, and late-night DJs, Barcode sure looks like a lounge built for image-conscious night crawlers. Read more.
If you want that strange combo of steak (bourbon-glazed steak, at that), sex and football, and you happen to be in Bethesda, this is your joint. Read more.
According to the Smithsonian Institution, this small 12-acre wooded island holds the distinction of being the most thoroughly studied island in North America, with all of its plant species barcoded. Read more.
Traditional Southeast Asian spices, meats, & veggies in baguettes (the eponymous banh mi), & cream-based sauces are applied to vermicelli rolls with exquisite results. Read more.
Its all-new massive, wrap-around diamond plate main bar's ringed by 25 flatscreens, dart boards, pool/shuffleboard tables, and arcade rigs like Golden Tee and Big Buck Hunter. Read more.
A subterranean party room that serves 20+ beers (like Dogfish Head & Flying Dog) and ALL cocktails in sizable pint glasses (or for the truly adventurous, 22oz.-ers). Read more.