The Third Edition

This was the first stop on this year’s Santa Stumble. I’ve heard of this place but this was my first time here. It’s a little off of M St which is nice because that street gets crazy. Go upstairs and the place gets pretty big for a Georgetown spot. You’ve got a bar towards the front, a dance room in the middle, and another bar in the back. Even better, walk down the stairs at the back and it opens up to a tiki bar. How awesome is that?
This place is pretty cool, I like that they offered drink specials to the stumblers, it was easy to get drinks from the bar (didn’t have to wait long), and the music was awesome.
I probably wouldn’t come here on my own, but if someone invited me to a happy hour here or something I wouldn’t object.

I frequented this place when 21.

Ah yes, this was the place I used to attend quite a bit when I was younger. About 21 years of age younger. The joys of pure drunkeness paired with lots of college girls.
Now, last night myself and two other friends decided to go since the opening event at Suit Supply was over. We were all pretty tipsy from the free champagne, wine, and beer given to us there. Yet that was not enough to remind us about why we stopped coming to this place.
Really, what can you expect from Third Edition? Its like going to Clarendon, lots of bros in boat shoes, flip flops, and polo shirts coupled with a lot of unattractive girls.
Keep in mind we all arrived from the Suit Supply store opening. Yes we were a tad bit overdressed but really, if you’re over the age of 23 I’m not sure why you would come here. At least the tap water tasted like tap water.

Third is a great word. It’s also a great place for having a nice cocktail. Though I was not impressed with the ladies bathroom upstairs. The sink was very small and too close to the entrance and exit.
The chicken fingers appetizer is good because it comes with fries. However, they need to kick up the spices and seasonings. Would I order here again? Yes, but not the chicken fingers.
Third Edition has a nice outdoor bar as well. Though, the dining is not the best maybe this will be my third venue that I travel to while I am in Georgetown.

First time at The Third Edition… It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great either. It reminded me of a college fraternity party with random girls dancing on top of a platform and guys trying to dance with them. In this case, the security guys were.
The biggest surprise here was the $ 5 cover for guys after midnight I was expecting a $ 15 – 20 cover. After I walked in, I pretty much realized why…
There are a couple floors in this joint. Coat-​check is on the second floor for $ 3. On this particular night, there were about twice as many chicks than guys. Mostly college-​aged since this is Georgetown. Nothing wrong with that! Later, I found out some Christian sororities were partying there.
Good college bar? Not at these drink prices. My friend ordered a round of jäger bombs. Even though they are comparable to DC bars, $ 11 a shot is on the higher end. And there was barely any alcohol in it! Weaksauce.
I stayed for maybe 30 – 40 minutes. It was not a good first impression. I expected a classier environment and better DJs. I would suggest this place as part of a bar-​hop because there are definitely better places to go in and around Georgetown.

Stumbled upon this bar all by accident. We were pleasantly surprised.
Food was actually pretty good. Prices reasonable (it was happy hour).
We ordered a bunch of stuff: irish nachos, hotdog, wings, crab dip, grilled cheese n’ tomato soup, and couple drinks. Irish nachos were def the star of the nite. Huge portions! Lots of toppings like gauc, jalapenos, sour cream, cheese, chicken, pico de gallo. I really liked the crab dip too. Wings were plain… skip it.
Drinks were strong! Service coulda been more attentive. But around 11pm they were settin up a DJ table and a guy with a huge flashing deadmau5 head came in. We left before it got poppin’ tho: (
Overall, it was a pretty good nite.

2.75 stars, because on the one hand, it’s a pretty terrible bar, but on the other foot, are there any *good* bars in Georgetown?
Basically, it’s full of 12 year olds with fake IDs and the inability to dance sober, sucking down $ 3 Miller Lites until they can’t see straight, at which point they stumble onto the dance floor and, well, just stand there BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DANCE WHEN THEY’RE DRUNK, EITHER.
Personally, I find the whole thing very entertaining. Although, I can’t say that I’ll be back frequently.
I’m just too damn old.

Over-​crowded, dingy, and flooded with college students. It was fun, but I think that’s because I had a few drinks already. The crowd there feels very young and I was approached by several less than polite «gentlemen» throughout the night. If you’re in school… go try it out.
If you’re an adult… go somewhere classier, cleaner and all-​around nicer. [insert other mature adjectives here]

Huge dancefloor and tons of space just to sit and talk with your friends, but you must get here early around 10pm. The place fills up quick. The drinks are moderately priced and well-​made. The dj was great and the outside tiki bar is always a popular spot.
A good mix of people in their early 20s to mid 30s. Would definitely come here again.

This place is fun! Bottom part is a bar/​restaurant and top part has a dance floor and blaring loud music. I like having both options: you can go upstairs and dance to the loud music, but if you are sick of it you can just go downstairs and catch your breath and let your eardrums stop ringing and relax. I have been to some places where you don’t have that option.
I think covers are stupid, and generally don’t go to bars that charge them. Luckily, if you time it right you can get in just before they start doing the cover or just have dinner there and stay. Last I was there cover started at 9? Thats the way to do it, because I don’t think its worth paying cover to go here.
This is just slightly off the beaten path in Georgetown so you don’t get the same volume of snobbos that frequent some of the bars on M street. Since its off a turn there isn’t as much crowd blocking your path on the outside either. This is a positive.
Went for New Year’s once and they had free champagne for ladies and free food out downstairs. Good times.

It was a charity event set up by the Georgetown MBA students. It was a nice event with a good turnout, with majority of the people from G’town. It was the perfect networking event for everyone! I would never have thought to step into this bar because it’s not the typical hang-​out for me. It was so impromptu after dinner at Neyla, the new friends I met invited us over to support the event. We paid whatever amount for the cover that went to the charity. They had Stella Artois on tap which was what I drank. The music was very much catered to the college crowd. It was a fun event.

I was visiting the area from Ohio, and my friend took me to this place. It was in a really sweet area with a lot of beautiful people. Keep in mind even the most expensive bars in Akron don’t have many beers exceeding $ 5 a pint, so I’m rather spoiled when it comes to bar prices.
Well, when I ordered a Coors Light, I seem to remember it being in the $ 6.50 range, which is really expensive. Next, the place was impossible to walk around. I literally had to do my «Clay Matthews impersonation» each time I forced myself across the bar. The bar has a lower level and an upper level. The upper level is better, although getting around that bar took away from the fun.
You can talk to people from all walks of life and from all states (and possibly countries), which I guess is good. However, a place that nickels and dimes me such as this isn’t quite worth it, in my book. The bouncers were dicks, and the coat check cost my friend $ 1 — something like that. My tab ended up being at $ 30, and I was barely buzzed.
In a nutshell, I felt ripped off, although I suppose one could have fun here on the right day.

Some ridiculous homeless guy outside on the main street asking for beer money. i mean seriously. I regularly give money to charities but some of the shit i see in Georgetown is just whack as hell. On one corner you see some homeless dude trying to holler at all the girls who walk by, then you see him meet up with another homeless friend who I swear has a fucking bluetooth headset in his ear (what the hell he is doing with that in his ear I have no idea)… i mean you can’t make this shit up.
Oh. but about the bar. basically it’s more interesting outside on the main street than it is inside. And I swear can some of these kids wear things other than a polo, multi colored shorts and sperriers, I mean I went to a pretty preppy school myself but seriously it looks like ralph lauren threw up all over them.

I came here on a Saturday night with some friends just for drinks. Apparently there was a cover later in the night, but we came early enough to miss it and grab bar stools which we would defend for the rest of the night. I’m not sure if I should rate this 2 or 3 stars because there was such a mix of good and bad.
The good was that one of the bartenders was really nice and bought us a round of shots. The bad was that the cocktails were too sweet (I usually like them sweet but this was straight juice) and a busboy took my friend’s bar stool and walked away when she was standing right beside it.
It wasn’t my type of crowd, but it’s Georgetown so I wasn’t expecting it to be. The music was a mix of «I remember that song!» and «WTF?» All in all, a fun night because of the people I was with and, let’s be honest, the alcohol.

I come to DC once a month to visit my uncle. I will probably be returning to third edition after my first experience.
Only went due to the review of one Unilocaler. She said it’s a great spot for a fun drunken night and maybe a make out. She described it perfectly.
The place is pretty massive. First floor is just a bar. There was a great dj there DJ Dave. Loved him played a great mix of electro classic hip hop and very little pop. Once ur inside u have to wait in line to go upstairs which is where the clubby part is.
Upstairs the music sucks. Top 40 crap but if ur trying to bone it’s perfect. Huge smoking patio outside too. But downside is no music out there.
There are 4 bars. One downstairs two inside upstairs and one outside. Staff is really nice. Got two free shots cos some skank threw ice at me and bar downstairs also hooked it up.
Crowd was super mixed and kind of strange. But a fun crowd. Only saw one fist pumping eyebrow waxing Ed hardy loving meat head which was refreshing since in NYC they are everywhere.
I had a blasty blast and will definitely be returning!

This review is based on the last time I was in Georgetown. I love this place. I’m from Southern California. I drove up to DC from Norfolk, VA. We planned on driving back to VA and ended up here.
We walked upstairs to the bar area that sort of overlooks the main street. We were taking double shots of tequila here. After about an hour, the lights went out. Literally, I blacked out. Fortunately, I knew one of the security guys at the time. That saved me.
I’ve yet to touch another shot of tequila. Ever. I recall a great time here. Even if it was for an hour. Bartenders were great. I love the town.

Uh. Yeah. You won’t EVER find me here again.
Firstly, $ 5 cover. But that’s fine if it is a good time, right? I didn’t drink, so they got my money anyway. Whatever. I go in there — I could not even describe the place to you. Granted, it was dark and the club was going — but this place was a shithole.
I can’t tell you how many guys (and some of them were some sketchy characters) came up to me and dry humped me. Not dirty dancing, folks — full-​on dry humping. THIS IS NOT OK. And it wasn’t like, hey, how you doin, wanna dance? It was just coming up behind you on the dancefloor and the only thing separating my ass from their dick was my skirt and their pants. DISGUSTING! I’m not a prude, and I like to dance intimately, but this was ridiculous. NOT OK. Then, after you said no, or fucking elbowed them so they’d go away, some still persisted.
Is this the world we live in today? I want to have sex, let me go to a club where there’s no room to breathe so that some sketchy asshole can get hard feelin on me through my clothes and we’ll go fuck in the bathroom? I’m sorry, do people no longer converse?
Aside from that, people were off their rockers — no one knows their drinking limit, they’re all idiots and are probably going to get people killed on the road. We were walking to the car and some guy was being carried because he was so far into alcohol poisoning that he couldn’t move. And get this, I called 911, and they said unless he agreed to go, they wouldn’t come — WTF!
Earlier on in the evening, we went someplace for a drink and it was an ok enough place, but the drinks were like $ 11. Ridiculous.
Don’t expect to see me hanging in Georgetown again.

I do not know if I love this place or hate it. Love it because I can get away with falling to my knees in a drunken stupor, hate it because the males are typically freshly turned 21.
I’ve never eaten there, but have been quite a few nights both during the summer and winter. I do believe there is a coat check in the winter. During the summer, like I said, its a mess of Hill interns and the line will be down the block by midnight ($ 5 cover). It isn’t it worth it to stand in line.
Upstairs is where everyone goes Fri/​Sat night. An odd front room with low couches remains primarily empty, but the thin hallway with the inconveniantly located restrooms on one side and bar on the other leads to the packed dance area (orgy area) with a corner stage. The DJ is pretty standard. There’s a large back room with another bar and wall seating, that in the summer opens up to a lower patio with tacky tiki style bar.
I would say while males in polo shirts and khakis dominate, there are certainly also males in t-​shirts and sneakers who you may not expect to see there.
Its the bar my friends and I think of when we want a fun drunken night and hopefully a make-​out.

Third Edition is a bar whose best days are long gone. At this point, it’s nothing more than amateur hour when compared to other Georgetown options. And yeah, I realize it was the bar in St. Elmo’s Fire. That’s fine, but I’m not going to go there and deal with a seal of junior year Georgetown kids that just turned 21.
But wait, there’s a dance floor. Yes, they do, but it’s about the size of my apartment bathroom. They do spin some decent 80’s tunes, but there’s just not very much room to get down. The place is fine for happy hour, and it’s fine during the week. I just don’t see why you’d come here and not the multitude of other options. Five years ago or so, Thirds was the place to be. I just think those glory days have passed it by, what with Smith Point, Daily Grill and the Glover Park revival drawing away all the former Third Edition patrons.
I’d like Third Edition to stick around, just because it’s nostalgic and reminds me of how great 80’s movies are. Other than that, I doubt you’ll find me there, and I expect its popularity to continue to decline.

Can someone explain to me why, in my life, I’ve heard six times that this was «the last weekend Third Edition is open! Their liquor license is gone!» This is either the best viral marketing ever, or they really are always on the verge of closing down. And I wish they WOULD close down.
Of any bar in the entire DC area I’ve been to, Third Edition has positively the single worst layout. It’s like the same guy who designed DC with all those traffic circles opened a bar. Just take one look at the bathroom upstairs, which spills right into the upstairs bar, and that includes both the people queued up and the smell of wretched whatever to go with it.
If you absolutely have to come here, spend your time downstairs. They actually play some decent music for a drunk night out. Just hope you don’t have to piss or you’ll lose 45 minutes of your life. For my money, if I want a crowded post-​college experience, I’ll go to Mr. Smiths or The Guards.