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Bayou
2519 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW Washington,
DC 20037 (202)
223-6941
Nice restaurant
in Georgetown/Foggy Bottom, across from the Four Seasons Hotel and located at 25th & Penn. Getting rave reviews
for the New Orleans cuisine. Room for dancing - great date night! Two levels and we'll be playing on the upper
level. Come join us for a night on the town!
Bare Bones Grill & Brewery
9150 Baltimore National Pike
Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410)
461-0770
www.barebonesgrill.com
They love
the music here! Music in the bar room - get there early for a booth; room for dancing. Nice restaurant with great
food w/large portions, full menu in bar area too. Best ribs as voted by Columbia Magazine. Saturday night Happy
Hour: after 9 pm, discount appetizers. Located in St. Johns Plaza shopping center (Advance Auto Parts & Mars Grocery,
on the left end) with plenty of parking.
Beach
Cove Restaurant
August 2011:
Moved/new name - see listing under Emerald Cove!
Blue Dog Saloon
7940
Port Tobacco Rd. Port Tobacco, MD 20677
(301) 932-1740 Newly remodeled and featuring great food by renowned Chef Gary (formerly
with The Crossing at Casey Jones), the food is getting rave reviews, so come early for dinner and then enjoy the music!
The stage decor is "Barns of Port Tobacco" theme! Check out their wonderful menu of appetizers, soups, salads,
entrees and save room for dessert too! Located on Port Tobacco Road (Route 6), several miles west of La Plata in historic
Port Tobacco. Beautiful, scenic drive! Nice place - dress code.
Blue Parrot Bar & Grille
1934 West 6th St. (6th & Union) (Little Italy section) Wilmington, DE 19805-3008
(302) 655-8990
Beautiful New Orleans-style restaurant and inspired cuisine, complete with a Voodoo Bar! Great menu, lots
of choices, delicious food and a lively crowd - always a fun time here! Chef
Mac's And All That Blues
4709 Harford Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21214 (410) 319-6227 New
blues club with Louisiana style food! Located in the Hamilton area of NE Baltimore. $25 cover includes buffet
with seafood, meat, sides, salad and dessert! Buffet begins at 7 pm, music begins at 8 pm. BYOB.
Great food, so come hungry! Large stage, large dance floor, candles on the tables and cloth napkins - a nice place
and they LOVE the blues! Easy to get to with parking on the street, in the lot next to McDonalds & at Pep Boys.
Reservations accepted.
Downtown
Compton at the Corner of Newtowne Neck Rd (Rt 243 ) and Bayside Rd., 3 miles west of Rt 5. Pool tables, horseshoes,
outside pavilion bar, music usually inside, room for dancing. Fun place!
Down Under (below Occoquan Inn)
301 Mill St.
Occoquan, VA 22125
(703) 490-0904
www.occoquanninn.com
Beautiful Occoquan,
this cozy,casual, friendly pub offers a full menu of great food from the upstairs restaurant with table and bar seating.
Some room for dancing too!
Ebb Tide
985 Bay Ridge Rd.
Annapolis, MD 21403
(410) 280-2343
Fun place, great food, be sure to check
the specials board, smoking patio out back, room for dancing, booth and bar seating, cozy wood paneling, good sound,
pool tables. They love live music here! Cover.
Emerald Cove Restaurant
August 2011: Moved/new name -formerly Beach Cove! Emerald Cove 3800 Harbor Road Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732
old Beach Cove number: (443) 550-3342
New location/new name
- formerly Beach Cove. Located in former Vic's Italia By the Bay, next to Abner's in quaint Chesapeake Bay town.
Featuring the famous brick oven pizza, outside deck, full menu/great food/large portions and dessert too! Home of Wolf's
2nd & 4th Wednesday open blues jam, 8pm - 12 am, hosted by Wolf with Tom Maxwell, Andy Hamburger/Bart Balderson!
DBarker@glenechopark.org
(Donna Barker, dance instructor)
Selected Sundays: Slow Blues Dance and lessons with Donna Barker & Mike Marcotte.
Selected Fridays: Swingin' with the Blues; your choice of lessons: West Coast Swing lessons with Ken Roesel or Slow
Blues Dance lessons with Donna Barker & Mike Marcotte. Dance follows after lessons.
No partner required.
HUGE wooden dance floor!
Magical & historical Glen Echo Park! Really cool art deco
neon lights at night. Dances held either in the restored Spanish Ballroom or the Bumper Car Pavilion. Both have
HUGE wooden dance floors. Dress in layers; not heated or air conditioned; fans in summer. Pavilion has clear plastic
panels & overhead heaters in cool weather and tiny white lights overhead. Ballroom has been magnificently restored. Ballroom
Annex (adjacent to Ballroom) is climate-controlled with heating and air conditioning and new wooden dance floor. Historic
and magnificent carousel - 1921 Dentzel - just $1.25/ride, limited hours/seasonal. Picnic tables outside the dance halls,
so you're welcome to bring a picnic. Clean, modern restrooms, water fountains. Cafe with drinks and some food open limited
hours/seasonal. No admission to park; admission for lessons/dance.
J.M.
Randalls
4854 Longhill Rd.
Williamsburg, VA 23188
(757) 259-0406 J. M. Randalls (for Josephine, Michael, Randall)
is known for live blues music and their food with extensive menu including New Orleans-style favorites! Owned and operated
by a music lover. Check out their Hall of Fame on their website and all the signed photos in their real hall of fame
hallway. Extensive menu and specials - come join us at this fun place!
They
love live music here. Now
smoke free with custom smoking booth for your convenience! Motto: "Ageless Charm Without Yuppie Bastardization" for over 60 years! T-shirts
with motto available & spotted on celebrities - get yours! Honky tonk - you gotta see the decor, signs & the
painting - with homecooked food/full menu, live music 7 nights/week. Every Monday -> Wolf's Blues Night/Open Blues
Jam with Tom Maxwell on guitar & vocals, Chip Clemmer/Andy Hamburger on drums and featuring a special guest each time,
8:30 pm, no cover. Check the specials board - wings, chili, bbq, desserts, meatloaf - all Wolf-approved! At the
corner of Arlington Blvd. & Annandale Rd.; in the Jefferson Village shopping center next to Baskin Robbins.
Cover sometimes, usually on Fridays & Saturdays.
Washingtonian article, "Honky Tonk Thrives in Falls
Church," http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/artsfun/3059.html
Falls Church News-Press spotlight: http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4216:restaurant-spotlight-of-the-week-jvs-restaurant&catid=18:arts-a-entertainment&Itemid=80
LA Bar & Grill
2530 Columbia Pike Arlington, VA 22204 (703) 685-1560
Come join
this lively Arlington hotspot for their Friday Night Music Series. Located on the lower level of a shopping center (upper
level is along Columbia Pike, lower level is on the back side). Always a fun time and the crowd loves live music!
Parking lot.
Lexington Market
400 W. Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 685-6169
www.lexingtonmarket.com
Famous
landmark and the oldest and largest of Baltimore's 6 indoor food markets; historic (over 200 years) and renovated with over
140 market stalls, eat-in or take-out, lots of choices for lunch while you listen to great music from 12 Noon - 2 pm on Fridays
and Saturdays, no cover. Check out some of Baltimore's favorites such as Berger's Cookies, Polock Johnny's Sausages,
Jumbo Fried Chicken & Faidley's Crabcakes + lots more! Extensive list of vendors on website. 4,000 parking
spaces and easy access to mass transit. Check out their calendar - special events include CHOCOLATE Festival & the
Lunch with the ELEPHANTS!!
Mangos
Bar & Grill
7153 Lake Shore Drive
Herrington Harbour South
Rose Haven (near North Beach), MD
(410) 257-0095
www.mangosonthebay.com
This place
is BEAUTIFUL - inside & out! Great menu, great food, right on the water in the picturesque Chesapeake Bay town of
Rose Haven. You gotta see all the boats here!
Martini's Lounge
10553 Theodore Green Blvd. (at Route 301)
White Plains, MD 20695
(201) 934-2220
www.martinislounge.net
Elegant club
and restaurant with full menu and an extensive drink menu including martinis! Fantastic food/full menu/service and the
best Creme Brulee we've ever had, so save room for dessert! Located in the White Plains Commerce Center shopping center,
on the right as your heading south of Waldorf, across from Atlantic Cycles. Dance floor - so bring your dancing shoes!
Dress code. Free limo service (just tip the driver). Review: http://www.waldorfhomesolutions.com/Southern-Maryland-Restaurant-Review-Martinis-Lounge
Murphy's Pub
6971 Indian Head Hwy
Bryans Road,
MD 20616
(301) 375-9230
http://www.myspace.com/murphys_pub_md
Neighborhood
pub, great sound system, owned & operated by a musician. 9:30 pm. Located across the street and just south of the Burger
King. Just 20 minutes from Woodrow Wilson Bridge on Route 210, south of Accokeek and north of Indian Head. Smoking exemption.
No cover.
Old Bowie Town Grille
8604 Chestnut Ave.
(Corner of Chestnut & 11th)
Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 464-8800
www.oldbowietowngrille.com
Nice, new restaurant in quaint old Bowie! Great food/full menu including cream of crab soup and brownie
a la mode that Wolf loves! No cover on Friday nights. Owned & operated by a musician; located upstairs. Friday night music:
8:30 pm, no cover. Cover usually on Saturday nights. Some room for dancing on wooden floor! Wash. Post article,
"In Bowie they're glad to share the blues," http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092501277.html
Quarry House
Tavern
8401 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 587-8350
www.myspace.com/quarryhouse
"Silver
Spring's favorite dive for 70+ years! Beers, burger, basement. 13 steps down." Great food/menu includes burgers/toppings,
tater tots, hummus, homemade dressings, fried pickles, beer floats & fried double-stuffed oreos a la mode (when available)
and 200 beers-amazing list! At the corner of Bonifant, near Silver Spring Metro. Tricky to find! Located
below the Bombay Gaylord Indian Restaurant.
Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/restaurants/quarry-house-tavern,797175.html
"At the top of any list of local neighborhood bars, Quarry House has great beer and bar food, served to a diverse clientele."
Never a
cover. Great for people watching, this place is always hoppin' & they love the music! Music starts at 9:30
pm. Located a few doors down from Ram's Head. Great food/extensive menu! On the corner, adjacent parking
lot for Stan & Joe's customers. Check out their Happy Hour specials too!
Westminster Presbyterian Church "Blue Monday" Concert Series
400 I Street,
SW
Washington, DC 20024
(202) 484-7700 www.westminsterdc.org/blues
Food and beverages
available from 5:30-8:30 pm. Great Southern down home cookin' - entrees, sides, desserts & beverages! Blues
concert from 6-9 pm, $5 cover, free for children under 16. Blues loving crowd, chair seating (not pews) and you can
eat your dinner in the cafe downstairs before or during the show (watch the show via live video) or on a tray during the performance.
Dancing in the side aisles encouraged - this is not your usual church! Come enjoy the blues at DC's best kept secret!
The Nighthawks play here regularly too!
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 312-1300
Free
outdoor concert series during the summer months, Monday-Friday, 12 Noon-1:30 pm. 2011 series opens with Smokey Robinson
in June and ends with Chuck Brown in September, so check out their schedule with all kinds of music! Over the Limit
will be playing on Tuesday, July 26, 2011! Plenty of table seating, food and drink available or bring your own.
Federal Triangle Metro, parking garage. Hope to see you there!
Zoo Bar Cafe
3000 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 232-4225
www.zoobardc.com
Across
from the Zoo. Friendly neighborhood pub with great pub food (great wings, salads, burgers, sandwiches, stir fry, hand
cut fries, hand cut onion rings & Wolf-approved chocolate cake too)/full menu! Outdoor patio with umbrella
tables alongside Connecticut Avenue. Runner Up in City Paper Readers' Poll - one of the best Blues clubs in DC!
Home of the popular Thursday night free Open Blues Jam hosted by Big Boy Little Band with Bret Littlehales, Matt Kelley, "Wolf"
Crescenze & Robby Leebrick, 8:30 pm. www.myspace.com/bigboylittleband Weekend music: 10 pm-2 am. Big Boy Little
Band plays 1st Saturday night of every month. Over the Limit (formerly Hot Rods & Old Gas) plays 1st Friday night
of every month. No cover.
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