Comments on: An Update on the Raven Renovations

By: Disco Stu

Disco Stu — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:08:45 +0000

Word, Lenore.

By: Lenore

Lenore — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:04:08 +0000

Every fresh batch of Raven Regulars imagines that they have discovered one of the last real dive bars in DC, and bless their hearts, they are correct. The mistake comes when the latest version of the T-Shirt Mafia confuse a few seasons of patronage with a proprietary obligation to share their antiestablishment vagaries and magic-marker journalism with the rest of the private, imbibing public. Relax kids, The Raven is not “The Man”; you will still find a cheap, warm glass of bourbon waiting for you at the bar after kickball practice.

By: Ravenite

Ravenite — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:58:12 +0000

If it needs addressing, here it is:
The new booths are from a restaurant in leesburg that recently closed down. The booths, like the former restaurant, are over 50 years old. We feel they are more authentic yadda yadda, but really the old vinyl 70s style booths were dilapitated and getting ready to sprout legs. Anyway, it’s hardly a sprucing or spiffying up. Really, it’s like getting cosmetic surgery by getting punched in the face. Still the same drink prices and jukebox, and now with sturdier seating and more standing room. Why should anything else really matter?

By: jules

jules — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:51:40 +0000

as long as they continue to mix the strongest drinks at the best price in the city…i will drink here. also: they mix drinks using 20 ounce bottles of soda, most likely purchased at the bodega next door. so awesome.

By: casper bangs

casper bangs — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:13:48 +0000

Please don’t mess with the jukebox.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:46:56 +0000

Replacing actual retro, with artificial retro? That’’s a shame.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:53:44 +0000

Would be nice if there were facade improvements too.

By: IHeartShaw

IHeartShaw — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:18:32 +0000

Ditto on the bathroom graffiti, pretty sure my name is all over those walls.

By: ontarioroader

ontarioroader — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:16:15 +0000

I just pray to sweet baby jesus that they didn’t paint over all the graffiti in the bathrooms. Some of the most clever and wise words ever written on those walls. I always wanted to document it, but felt too weird to whip out a camera and start taking pictures in a bathroom.

By: B

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:01:09 +0000

It could use a few touches…namely a ceiling that isn’t falling down, floors that aren’t peeling and seats that don’t collapse. Anything beyond that is just bonus.