Science Club

My friend who lives in DC wanted to meet up at this place for drinks on a Wednesday. Sadly all the outdoor seating was taken so we sat inside. Despite just coming for happy hour - we were able to sit in the front part of the restaurant by the bar in a 2 person booth. Well drinks were $5 and beers were on the happy hour menu as well. Drinks were just the right amount of strong. And we were able to grab another round before 8pm. We got hungry so we got menus - as we were looking, my friend said "I didn't realize they were vegetarian only" He said we could leave but I said it was fine and I was hungry. I ordered grilled marinated tofu skwers while my friend ordered the persian salad. Both were good. His persian salad (cucumbers, tomatoes, dill & feta)came with bread. I liked my tofu which came on top of a salad. The service was not good - very slow, took a while to order drinks and food and to get the bill. Overall, casual dining and bar space.

This bar kept popping up on my Yelp search for cool places to go to in Dupont Circle. We initially had reservations at the Dirty Martini because there was a 30% off your check deal on Groupon or LivingSocial and the menu seemed interesting and of a wide variety. However, they had a private event and it turned into a huge huge bust. This place is adorable though! On the outside it looks like a quaint little historical house with small tables around the entrance. Inside it's dark with mood lighting, a beautiful bar area adorned with science lab measuring cups, weird statues, and a periodic table in the basement dance hall.

Drinks are pretty affordable for the atmosphere. We didn't make it for happy hour when you can get a decent bottle of wine for only around $20-25; but a bottle was still at a good price. We went with the red Carmenere, Santa Rita from 2007. A very dry Chilean wine. Two of us liked it a lot and one of us did not. But you have to like those super dry cabernets I feel to really get into it. We also ended up doing two shots. Which I was just reminded was actually three because one of our amazing bartenders made us a round of complimentary pineapple upside down shots for the birthday girl. They were delicious! Note also that all of the shots were the size of an actual cocktail. Our bartenders were fantastic and really very social and entertaining with us. They even gave us a small sample of these vegan brownies, which if you hadn't told me beforehand were vegan I wouldn't have believed you. They were moist and I think had these toffee chocolate bites inside; mouth watering. I hate vegan food but this may have temporarily converted me. If you get an order of maison frites make sure to try the garlic vegan aioli dipping sauce because its out of this world. This place is so geeky chic and I love it.

Another day, another bar. Such is the life of a lush.

Last night was a monthly fundraiser for a non-profit organization with which I find myself affiliated.

Science Club has a pretty good happy hour: wines, PBR, rail drinks but it didn't seem like any food was included in HH which was a bit of a bummer because some of plates seemed a bit pricey. I ordered fries and the garlic ailoi was pretty gosh darn amazing.

The crowd was interesting but that may have just been who this event attracted. I don't understand why its called the Science Club though but its cool enough and I dig their veg/vegan friendly menu.