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Best of 2011: Drink

Drink in the five stiffest Drink stories of 2011

Pearl Dive Oyster Palace and Black Jack: This trifecta pairs a first-floor seafood spot (Pearl Dive, with nautically weathered woods, a zinc bar, and a giant anchor chain sculpture) with a Boardwalk Empire-ish upstairs cocktail parlour...more

Opera Ultra Lounge: Armed with a "world-renowned" lighting and sound system, Opera's a subterranean, Blade-bloodbath-worthy oontz-room with a tier of mirrors, silkscreen banquettes, and tables...more

Riot Act Comedy Theater: The guys behind Rocket Bar, Iron Horse, and Buffalo Billiards have now opened Riot Act Comedy Theater, DC's newest and largest "über-comedy club"...more

Lost Society: A "boutique" steakhouse whose two floors of plush couches, mirrors, and "peek-a-boo booths" evoke a "Victorian underground scene" (...but also with a sweet roofdeck!)...more

Port City Brewery: Run by a fourth-generation Alexandrian who previously grew a multi-million dollar "luxury wine portfolio", Port City's a just-opened, "grain to glass" brewery...more

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