Rocket Bar is awesome. Right across from the Convention Center (it is very easy to to connect with people from Arlington, Alexandria, DC and MD), walk down a stairwell and into the low-lit bar with pool tables, shuffle board, skeeball, and darts. There are three separate bars so getting a drink was never a problem. There are good draft beer selections from anchor steam, Guiness and a Blueberry Ale... though I've seen better "daily specials" at most bars. The rates for the games were decent too.I went to Rocket with a large crowd for my birthday. There were a bunch of different groups of people who didn't know each other, and some individuals who didn't know anyone — this ended up being the perfect place to solve the issues that arose. The music was a little loud, but conversation was easy to make, and the various games provided an outlet if you found conversation more difficult. If I ever plan a happy hour or mixer for a large group of people again, I would pick this place.
There is no kitchen, but a bunch of great places to pick from close by. Just grab it beforehand, bring it in and chow-down. Fudruckers, California Tortilla and Pot-Belly's are all on the same block.
This is on-par with Atomic Billiards. Rocket is a bit larger, has probably 4x as much room. I liked the vibe of Atomic more because it was out of the central DC-eye and escapes a very transient and tourist crowd that is almost always present. Rocket is a good quick-and-dirty version of Atomic. Though, if you are looking to meet people, I'd go with rocket. Pros and Cons, Pros and Cons.
the deal:
a quandary. site says, "daily specials"
...doesn't that just mean regular price if it doesn't change day to day?
$3 PBR Cans
$4 Miller Lite, Bud Light, Budweiser, Miller High Life Bottles & Miller Lite Drafts
$5 Rail Drinks
$5 House Wine
... leaves me wondering what the deal really is, I think this is just a snapshot of the menu.
what do you think?
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The three bars virtualization or "cloud computing" setup was cool because you can start a tab at one bar but order from the other bars with no problem, as if they were connected through a series of tubes. I would like to see more bars implement this tracking system (I'm thinking specifically about you 9:30 Club), although I'm sure it costs some $$ and can introduce problems with tips.
Speaking of which, Rocket B&G is not without problems. I did think that having three fruit beers, (Lienekugel's Berry Weiss, Samuel Adams Summer Ale and Magic Hat 9) in their selection was kinda redundant even though summers do get hot and humid in DC.
By the way Sam Adams Summer tastes exactly like fruity pebbles. Welcome to wherever you are.
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