But seriously, call it Lou’s, serve good wings (multiple flavors), keep out the kickballers, and you will be golden. And serve a good club sammy. You’d be surprised how hard that is to find around here.

2) Do not adopt the Commonwealth business model of over-priced faux-haute food and fancy beers (it’s been done next door – see: Commonwealth). Instead, give us a true local (like the red derby) where the beer and food are cheap enough to make it a regular haunt. I’ll spend much more on $3 PBRs at the Red Derby in the course of a month than I will on $7 cask conditioned ales at Commonwealth.

3) Showing local sports is great, but catering to the homer crowd won’t make you money. People can see every Redskins or Nats game at home. I go to the sports bar (usually Nellie’s) because my non-local team doesn’t get play here. I suspect the same is true for most people.

4) It’s great to have games, but pool and ping-pong take up a lot of real estate and can be found elsewhere (skeeball, like cotton candy, should remain on the midway where it belongs). Shuffleboard and darts don’t take up too much space and are classic pub games. Board games are a great idea too.

5) Show football. Sorry, you call it soccer. Show soccer. You would be amazed how many people will show up at a bar and start drinking at 9:00 am for a regular Premier League or Serie A match. Double that for a champions league game. Triple it for the World Cup this summer. Lucky Bar has cornered the market for football in DC and could definitely use some competition. I’d be the first to spread the word about Lou’s.

Call it Lou’s, and at least have some good beer on tap. Please try to cater to a neighborhood crowd and limit the frat boy sports bar mentality. No need for the Adam Morgan-type harassment on Irving Street when I’m walking home at night.