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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

We don’t have a phone at the pug. @yelp @Google @BrooklandFinest

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Just learned as he was dropping a check, a table told my server they had just tested positive and he might want to get tested. So. Yeah.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

5 years

Ugh. The elitists and lobbyists in this town.

ABC News

@ABC

5 years

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES: Bus driver dances in the street in delight as Nats win World Series.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Again, to reiterate. If you have not been able to get vaccinated, and want to come to the pug, I will take you to get vaccinated.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

@ideasimprove should I write that on a paper plate and send it to my congressional representative?

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Painted my garage door in response to the republican controlled House Of Representatives keeping DC a territory.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Quick reminder. DC is a very small town.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

I believe, that over the past 13 years, we’ve closed maybe 6 or 7 days. Gonna go ahead and close today. Goddamit.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Unique DC thing. Wondering who, among those lamenting our small biz closings, work for the members that granted territorial and not state relief funds for DC.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

In an effort to troll the trolls, and to be safe, we’re gonna start checking proof of vaccination etc. maybe this weekend. @LauraHayesDC @PoPville

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

I knew If I really worked at it, I would make it to DC’s liberal elite. I’d like to thank the academy.

Melik Abdul

@MelikAbdul_

3 years

More on DCs liberal elite who fashion themselves as being against politics but make a point to manipulate the public with "anti-vaxxer" condemnation Nothing idiotic about promoting a policy that has shown no noticeable improvement in tackling COVID than states w/o passports tho

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Quick shout out to all the commie fascist bars and clubs that were checking vax cards already. Welcome to the good times.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Cautiously optimistic.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

@exsk8pnk @Curious_Kurz @ecwilliams30 @RedDerby Even made a fancy new sign.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

DC/MD locals really don’t care if you can’t find a suitable version of your hometown cuisine. You moved here, and your little village has crummy crab cakes.

Jessica Sidman

@jsidman

1 year

Give me your best DC restaurant hot takes.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

How it started. How it’s going. Am I doing this right?

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The Pug

@thepugdc

11 months

Walking down war torn H street. The empty shelves at CVS! Disheartening.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

10 months

I bartend in Washington DC. No. Doesn’t ring a bell. Nope. Not anyone I know.

Basin Street Records

@BasinStRecords

10 months

Do you know anybody who thinks they know quite a bit about something but they actually know very little?

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

I’m saddened to learn that Joe Englert passed away. He had more than a few detractors, and had sort of faded from view lately, but he did a lot make DC nightlife what it is today. My first industry job in DC was at Joe’s 15 minute club.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

@wheezingdajuice Looking through the tracing

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

Dammit.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

This must be the place.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

8 months

Restaurant week!!!!! @RAMWdc

CM Allen's Team

@CMCharlesAllen

8 months

Lots of great happenings on H St. this week! Dine out all week at one of the 19 participating H St. businesses for @RAMWdc Winter Restaurant Week and join us for Community Office Hours at @thepugdc on Friday! List of participating restaurants:

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Ah. Always so happy to hear how well northern cities do with snowfall. Please, tell me more about how great your home town is.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Help me out here. Ted Cruz-washington, Fugazi-DC. Graham-washington, Bad Brains-DC. Ranch dressing-Washington, mambo sauce-DC. Power conferences-washington, Howard-DC,

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

Fuck it. We need something nice to look at.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

Pretty simple. You are either for home rule or you are not.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 months

Tragically we lost our GM @BrooklandFinest Amy Ballard yesterday to a heart attack, and will be closed today and tomorrow.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

I guess we’ll hold a daily lottery to see the lucky 4 that get to hang out at the pug for a night.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

8 months

Just wanted to say a quick thank you to all you folks who have patronized the pug over the years. Your continued drinking means the world to us. PS, Damp January instead of dry January seems pretty smart. PPSS we did get a case of athletic in. Happy New Year.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

11 months

Walking a narrow bandwagon tight rope here. We will be doing $4 Boh tall boys during O’s hopefully long playoff run. Yes. I am Nats. Yes. I grew up on the O’s. It’s complicated.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

9 months

The demise of H street continues.

Eat DC

@eat_dc

9 months

All day Filipino restaurant @HirayaDC is rolling out an evening menu starting Friday which will be served from 3-9pm. And James Beard nominated chef Pichet Ong is now helping with morning pastries & desserts, including those that will be served at the upstairs restaurant in Jan.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

A friend had an idea. We could match unemployed bartenders with folks who need childcare help. Grumpier bartenders, no names, could tend to older folks. We already are well trained in adult daycare.

PoPville

@PoPville

4 years

8:28am and my kids are already driving me crazy. Gonna hit the cheese early this morning. #solidarity

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Still standing.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

5 months

Please, do not confuse DC with the best and the brightest y’all send to Washington.

Maggie Downing

@OnMaggiesFarm

5 months

*whispers into the void* the 700k people who make up the population of DC (and who lack full rights of citizenship) are not the ones you want to fight, please stop equating us with a couple hundred shitty politicians from the rest of the country, it harms the fight for statehood

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The Pug

@thepugdc

6 years

Anthem is nice, but, best room in DC, maybe the whole country, fucking 9 fucking thirty club. Go ahead. @ me.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Man, fuck all of this. God dammit.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 months

DC is a WarZone!

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Had a nice stress free couple of months off. We’re gonna reopen @BrooklandFinest for take out 5/7. Might include @SollysDC craft margaritas.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

8 months

Don’t let this gross ass weather fool you. It’s January. That is when you drink in dark corner dive bars.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

Well this looks weird.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

23 days

Oh my God. I’m in a bar in Central Jersey. I feel totally vindicated with what I’ve got going on at the Pug.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Wife’s landlord just emailed. Expects last 3 months rent 7/1. Now I get why we’re rushing to phase 2.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

You’ll be welcome back.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Yes. Today is the anniversary of the pug opening in 07. Same weather. It’s a bit melencholy. Might arrange a zoom call later tonight and have Russell teach everybody how to make an old fashioned.

Russell de Leon

@ruckusdeleon

4 years

Well, wish I were working today. If you’re into superstitions, year 13 sucked. Happy 14th anniversary, @thepugdc . We’ll fill these chairs soon.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

11 months

You. Are. So. Jealous.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Periodic reminder that owning a small business is pretty stupid.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

@theHillisHome @DCMonitor34 @pieshopdc As we bemoan the collapse of H st, take a peek. Cane. Ethiopic. Irregardless. Elena. Big Board. Fancy Radish. Harvest. Toki. Sticky. Pop Eyes. Daru. Brine. Sospesto. Stable. Baker’s. Maketto. Bronze. Vic. Granvilles. Haymaker. Pie shop. Bullfrog. Ben’s. Starbucks. Wydown …….

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

Been round here my whole life. 40 years on, I’m still amazed how close this is.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Tough for us to get a star this year. Being closed and all.

Jessica Sidman

@jsidman

3 years

DC Michelin guide will be released in the first half of this year. More specific timing will be released next month.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

Damn. What the hell is happening to H Street? So good. 1252 H NE!

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

This wind. Some kinda space time continuum thing going on. The blew onto my steps.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 months

H street. North East.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

@MelikAbdul_ Thank you for your valiant stand against tyranny. Yawn. (Not really political if I’m doing what the majority of my customers want. Just business). I’m sure I’m on your bar bucket list. We make fancy cocktails.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

How about a thread on this? It was not at the pug. Still closed. It was @BrooklandFinest on the freezing ass patio. Tracing. So important. Without the info, would not have been able to sort out this story. If a greeter asks, give the info. Don’t roll your eyes.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

10 months

Crime?!? None of y’all thought this tree would make it through the weekend.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

A lot of junk on the social medias last couple days. But listen. There is a RECORD STORE in the basement of the Old City Market!!!!!! 6th & K NE!

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The Pug

@thepugdc

9 months

Poor, poor H st. Such a disaster.

Eat DC

@eat_dc

9 months

The original owners of cozy bistro Irregardless (502 H St NE) decamped to a winery in Spain and handed the keys to longtime DC resident Phil Coppage, who kept the alluring space and focus on VA wines in tact, but moved to an a la carte menu and added weekend brunch. An H St gem.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

I’m reenvisioning the H St Streetcar as a Jameson’s bottle.

David Zipper

@DavidZipper

3 years

Meanwhile, in Bordeaux...

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The Pug

@thepugdc

7 years

11 years ago, in the middle of a crazy ice storm, we opened our doors. Thanks for the continued support and consumed whiskey.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

@WashProbs Had no representation in Congress?

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

This is one of my favorite DC jokes.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

A theme I guess from earlier, if you ate cheese balls sitting at the pug, next to some dude you didn’t know, you can take the vaccine.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

In honor of Ina, one time I made a Cosmo at the pug.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

As of the arbitrary date of 11/22 we will be maskless at the pug. Yes, inbred trolls, we will still check vax status. @ruckusdeleon will be sleeveless.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

I’ve got this crazy idea. It’s bipartisan. Binary. Non binary. Multi cultural. Bike folks. Car folks. Mods. Rockers. Hippies. STOP AT STOP SIGNS.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

Next Monday marks 16 years the pug has been open. To celebrate, yes, a Taylor Swift record. Maybe a new t shirt.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

Man. All the submersible experts aren’t going to get a break as they switch to Kremlin experts.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

To all these new followers. Welcome to the Pug! @ruckusdeleon will not make you an old fashioned. Lots of talk about the clash and chickens. Lots of queries about the people you elect and send to DC and why they won’t give us a vote. Happy Holidays.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

At the beginning of June, I did not think the pug would have AC or WIFI. I did not think the Nats would be 500. Here we are.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

3 years ago, @SollysDC and I opened Union Trust. Luckily the landlords are being patient.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

It’s weird. I’ve never had a member angrily ask me “don’t you know this pin means I’m a member of Congress!” When I asked for an ID, to get in the bar.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Remember that time I asked about coffee and whiskey.

Peregrine Espresso

@peregrinedc

4 years

We’re popping up tomorrow at @thepugdc . We’re so excited to caffeinate a new neighborhood! Here’s the espresso machine making her grand entrance.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Sorry dorks. The pug opens later than 11:30.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

So. Certainly not gonna mix them for you, but, the new Casey Combo. $10.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

I miss posting about my chickens instead of arguing with anti vaxxers.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

There are going to be locations where ownership, management, and staff are not ready to go 6/11. Long shot I know, would be nice to avoid that Twitter style condemnation of said businesses.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

7 months

There was an ice storm 2/13/07, but it was time to roll. 17 years later, we’re still limping along. We’ll be celebrating & reminiscing tonight & tomorrow night. Stop thru.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

The truck convoy is in the city!! Wish I had that much time off.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

9 months

One last reminder. H st. It’s a neighborhood I love. We’re trying to support the local schools, and dance a little bit. Have not decided how Whamageddon is gonna go for those involved. 9 PM. 1427 H. NE

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

The number of times I’ve been asked how the chickens lay eggs without a rooster leaves me skeptical about much of the current political discourse.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

First day of school tomorrow. Gotta get the complexion sorted.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

Ha. @SouthwestAir telling us we need receipts for everything we want to claim in our lost luggage. (Lost 12/23) I’m getting close to ranting about their management. Useless.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

6 years

12 years ago, in a pretty decent ice storm, friends, family, and neighbors stopped thru for our fist night. Jameson’s is still $7.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

@jimsciutto

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

Today I saw a dude walking down H in a bathrobe & flip flops carrying records and a power strip. Then a guy on a Harley fat boy in a full clown costume rolling down Penn.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Wait. When the truckers get caught in traffic not of their own creation, will they use the correct side of the metro escalators?

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The Pug

@thepugdc

7 years

Toki Underground is working on a snack menu for the pug.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

6 years

You know what. Screw it. $3 buds the rest of the night. Go. Caps. Go.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

You guys. My 11 year old made a Spotify mix for a girl. Not a mix tape, but still.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Raising a shot of whiskey to all of us limping along with these stupid fucking tents.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

The wine at the pug is $9 a can. Don’t want there to be any misunderstandings. One can is a pretty good sized pour. Bon Appetite.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

Clearly, we’ll commemorate 3/14.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

3 years

Sorry trolls, I was working last night. I will probably be unable to attend to your dire need of my attention today. But, please carry on.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

4 years

With no context, the server dropped his paper work and left. Tested next morning (negative) but because you can’t fuck around he is still quarantining. Isolating from his kid. Losing money.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

6 years

@KatherineBScott It’s Just National.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

11 months

In my time behind the bar, I have met some incredible journalists. Folks I trust implicitly. @jsidman is one such reporter. And a guild member! I must say however, I’m disappointed to see her not mention the pug in all her otherwise spot on Michelin reporting.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

1 year

H Street. North. East.

Jessica Sidman

@jsidman

1 year

Long-awaited modern Filipino restaurant Hiraya opens this weekend on H Street. We've got all the details:

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The Pug

@thepugdc

2 years

There is some good baseball news in DC. Capitol Hill Little League have a team representing DC in a tournament in Rhode Island. Doing a little fundraiser tonight to help with travel $$$. (Yes, the bachelor show will still be on).

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The Pug

@thepugdc

8 months

So. Adopted a pup not too long ago. Oh yeah, by the way, they tell us, he’s in the puppy bowl.

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The Pug

@thepugdc

7 months

You guys! Tiki Thai got their liquor license! Get one at the pug and one on the corner!

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