And given the hardship that the industry has had to endure, we would argue that there’s never been a better time to support the kind of neighborhood institutions that we hope are still here to stay. now at their lowest since March, Mayor Muriel Bowser has allowed for the introduction of Phase Two of reopening, meaning outdoor and indoor restaurants are now able to function at 50 percent capacity. Since COVID-19 came barreling through earlier this year, the District has seen more than 10,000 positive cases and the shuttering of hundreds of non-essential businesses in an effort to flatten the curve. Now we’ve entered another unpredictable time of widespread closure, this time as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “But DC has its own passionate cocktail aficionados, many of which joined on to work at The Gibson in its early years.” “The Gibson opened during the start of a cocktail renaissance that centered around New York bars in the early 2000s,” Julia Ebell, The Gibson’s Creative Director, tells InsideHook. At the time it was DC’s only “speakeasy” style bar, meaning there’s only a small, handpainted sign on its brick-lined facade to indicate you’re in the right place. In 2009, a new bar called The Gibson opened near the corner of 14th and U Street. Investors, meanwhile, were looking for a safe bet: a place where they could throw their millions of dollars as new residents flocked in looking for places to eat and drink. How? Well, thousands of new residents were looking to move into the city, whether from more expensive cities like New York or from the suburbs in an effort to be closer to work. Over the course of the next decade, it would evolve from a place you wouldn’t want to walk around at night into one of the priciest real-estate markets in D.C. That’s why nobody could have guessed that the 2008 recession, a time when jobs were lost and businesses were closed, could have catapulted the one-mile stretch of 14th Street that reaches from Thomas Circle to Florida Avenue into the city’s limelight. When the economy suffers, it’s hard, if not impossible, to tell what the long-term implications may be. Hence we bring you Know Your Corner Bar, an occasional, ahem, dive into the tales and characters behind one of the city’s most storied taverns. DC is home to plenty of great watering holes, but none is more beloved than the corner bar.
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