Come Wednesday, you’ll be watching bombs bursting in air just like old Francis Scott Key himself. But unlike Frank, you’ll be doing it with foot-long dogs, champagne and bowls of punch close at hand. Like at these places.
You may not know what your midweek day off has in store, but you know that you’ll need to fuel up for it. You could do worse than these 12 inches of Americana—a foot-long dog with BBQ brisket, BBQ sauce, coleslaw and cheddar. Ah, the taste of freedom...
At the tennis stadium on Wednesday, your soundtrack for fireworks will be... Steely Dan and Hall & Oates covers, as Atlanta’s Yacht Rock Revue headlines. If that’s not quite American enough for you, there will be three food trucks and an open bar provided by an 18-wheeler beer truck.
Just in case you’d like to view the American Revolution from another perspective, you could watch from U Street’s newest British-themed rooftop, munching on bangers while you sip champagne by the glass or by the bottle. Just don’t let them call you “Benedict.”
You’d like a great vantage point by the river, with a lawn. You’d like to avoid all the crowds. And you’d love some deviled eggs. Enter Sou’Wester at the Mandarin, which will roll out 15 courses, family-style, before you repair to the grass. Don’t forget to line your pockets with deviled eggs.
At Lincoln, you’ll come for the prix fixe feast of duck sausages, freedom fries and apple pie (and the general whiff of honesty everywhere). You’ll stay for the beer specials, the giant bowls of Emancipation Punch and the DJ spinning everything from the Beach Boys to Styx. Yup, Styx is American.
