The Sidebar

Washington DC
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A boozy companion space to Silver Spring culinary standout Jackie's, soft-open (Wed-Sat nights) Sidebar's a purposefully divey, vinyl-tunes only booze cavern, full of cast iron ornaments, old-school chandeliers, and red leather booths, that features a bad

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