Historic leather/Levi bar DC Eagle opened in 1971 on 9th Street NW and spent 26 years on New York Avenue before moving in 2015 to a space on Benning Road NE. The new location includes a dance floor called Exile.

Cocktails with Gray Goose vodka and bow ties are the themes at Dirty Goose, a stylish new LGBTQ-friendly bar and restaurant complete with a rooftop that opened in August on U Street NW. Menu options include house-made olive bread, green goddess salads, and a fried chicken sandwich with signature sweet and spicy pickles.

Open since 1998, the '50s-inspired Duplex Diner in AdMo has both a lively bar scene and damn good meatloaf. The restaurant's Madonna wallpaper collage in the bathroom is a thing of beauty.

Two-story Thomas Circle bar and nightclub Green Lantern’s been open for over 10 years. Thursday nights from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. are Green Lantern’s sometimes imitated but never duplicated “Shirtless Men Drink Free” nights.

Under the watchful eye of a giant portrait of Joan Crawford, long-running neighborhood bar JR’s features major drink specials including a $15 all-you-can-drink deal on Thursday and a $2 Skyy Highballs and drafts deal on Friday. Events include drag trivia and show tune nights.

An icon on U Street, Nellie’s Sports Bar has been going strong for 10 years, although it’s drawing an increasingly hetero crowd as of late. The bar boasts two levels with TVs for game watching, and a rooftop overlooking 9th and U Streets NW, along with events like trivia, drag bingo and drag brunch, and karaoke.

Trendy bar Number Nine on P Street has craft cocktails, drink specials (including a buy-one-get-one happy hour deal), and fun theme nights like a ‘00s dance party. Check out the video bar upstairs, dubbed the 9 ½ floor.

New gay dive bar Trade opened last year, courtesy of the team behind Town Danceboutique and Number Nine. Trade has a back alley patio, DJ nights, and a “huge” happy hour from opening until 10 p.m., during which oversized drinks are served for the same price as regular pours.