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Angles Bar & Billiards
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Categories: Bars, Pool Halls [Edit]
Neighborhood: Adams Morgan2339 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20050
(202) 462-8100
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Wed, Thu, Sat
- Smoking:
- No
5 reviews for Angles Bar & Billiards
I'm hesitant to write a review of Angles because I like that it is relatively unpopulated even on Saturday nights and you can always get a seat. But I feel so inclined given the many great nights I've spent there.
I spend probably two to three nights a week here. It's a very casual, divey bar (pretty dark, no fussy seating or unnecessary decor). I once stopped off at Angles after going to a "classier" bar in "dressy" clothes and the bar keep asked me if I was in the right bar - because Saki is just around the corner. And that's probably why I love it - I can go in my torn jeans and shirt and won't get the once over.
Usually, I'll go to Angles around 6 on a week day and there are probably no more than three or four "regulars" around the bar. I order the burger (with cheddar, medium rare) and a pitcher of Angles Amber. The burger is ALWAYS cooked to your specifications and on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday they are 2 for 1. Meaning you can get two burgers with fries (salted with gray salt and a bit of pepper) for 8 bucks.
The Angles Amber is great - sweet and malty with a decent head - and it's a buck off during happy hour (6-9?). A pitcher will run you nine dollars. The have a decent selection of beers as others have mentioned, but I only ever get the amber.
Play a round of pool for 2.00 (sometimes a few balls are missing - meh, makes the game more fun). There's a juke box in the back too. Killers songs abound. They play all of the Nats games too.
The service is great. They'll get your burgers and your beer quickly.
It's definitely a place I frequent often and think of fondly.
I really wanted to like this place. When my coworker reported to her friend that another coworker and I were on a quest for the best burger in the city, he said this was it. It was only a few doors down from Black Squirrel, so it made my heart sink to pass by Squirrel--on half price burger night, no less!--to try another. But I tried to keep an open mind.
Something was up that night and they had no beer on draft. Lame.
The burger was pretty good but nothing to write home about. I am sure I would not turn it down if someone was buying for me, but I am 100% positive that I would try to convince them to walk a few doors over to Squirrel instead.
Plus, the bar just depressed me. There were a few sad, sad older men sitting at the bar, looking like live versions of Simpsons characters. The words that came to mind were "American Tragedy." I also think this about Brickskellar. But somehow there it seems less tragic to be, well, tragic.
Anyway, I was definitely there on an off night. And it was only 6pm. I should give it another shot, but I'm way too partial to Black Squirrel to honestly say I'm going to do that. So meh, I've had better. And I'll leave it at that.
Just above Le Petit Fountain cafe (or Little Fountain Cafe), and sharing the kitchen with it, is a great bar. Owned by a guy who used to be a photojournalist, whose photos (mostly from Central Asia -- Afghanistan) decorate the walls, and run by a no-nonsense but friendly staff this is the place to be to grab good scotch or a cold pint and even catch the news instead of sports (but they'll put the game on, no worries).
I've dropped by several times to find one of the tvs, at least, running the BBC World Service or ABC World News before the evening really picks up -- and the bartenders know their shit about what's going on in the world.
This isn't a big party joint, though it definitely livens up at night -- it just simply doesn't have half the flash as anything else on 18th Street and its better for it.
They've got the best veggie burger in DC, a fantastic quesadilla, other classic bar food and full entrees for several bucks more if you're in the mood for it.
I haven't been to Angles in quite some time, but I think of it often quite fondly.
Located at the intersection of 18th St. NW and Belmont Road, NW, Angles was my favorite neighborhood spot to meet friends and perhaps nibble on something nicer than typical bar food. I lived at the top of Belmont Road, and loved the fact I could just walk one minute to a nice low key bar.
I used to drink here with my buddy Jon Lee. I recall they carry a nice assortment of beers (including Delirium) and have effective barkeep.
The restaurant downstairs, Little Fountain Cafe, is the source of the bar food. While most of the items may be a tad pricier than a basket of bar wings n' fries, it is delicious and could please any kind of patron.
The overall scene on 18th Street can attempt to be overly flashy, but Angles Bar & Billards maintains a nice alternative for grounded folks and non Eurotrash types alike. Come see!
Some nights I head to Adams Morgan (right down the street - hey, i'm lazy!) and am unsatisfied with the selection of bars. Well, really the people at the bars. I flit from bar to bar, and much like the princess and the pea, or maybe Goldilocks, and I find something wrong with every bar At one place, there are too many girls in ill-fitting dresses (hi! do you know you look pregnant? maybe you shouldn't be drinking that) that are so short that they shouldn't lift up their arms. But they do. At another bar, there's the stereotypical dc boy. He spends too much time inside. Then, when he wants to get laid, he goes out in his khakis and polo shirt and chugs beer. poorly. Finally, there's the dreaded roving pack of bachelorettes with blinky lights on their head and shirts proclaiming their availability (hey guy in the khakis - go for the girl with the single shirt on, she seems desperate).
Anyway, usually i like this scene. It invigorates me. I like to watch the drunken show and, well, partake in it. I will talk to you for free beer/shots. I will let my boyfriend make out with the engaged girl. I will put your eyeliner on for you (true story - Halloween + drunk pickup artist boy + drunk me = eyeliner fun).
But on the nights I just don't feel like dealing with it all, I head to Angles. I can generally get a seat by the window. I can hear my companions when they speak. I can get tasty beer at just above package store prices. They also have a great bartender and good music.
