By @AndrewHoody
Mar 12, 2021
Get ready to start looking at Metro cars in a completely different way later this spring when Metrobar opens up with a completely retrofitted Metro car!
The new bar is opening near the actual Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood metro station and feature a 5000 series train that s been gutted to include dining tables and a bar with a huge outdoor patio.
The team is looking to add old go-go and punk concert posters on the walls and plan to bring in local artists to the site and they also plan to use the metro car s old microphone system for announcements.
A New Bar Will Serve Drinks From a Retrofitted Metro Car
The Metro-themed bar and huge outdoor venue are slated to open in Brentwood this spring. Share
Metrobar will have a full bar inside that opens to a large patio. Rendering courtesy Metrobar.
You may be drinking in a Metro car sooner than you’re commuting in one. Metrobar a 5000 series train retrofitted with dining tables and a bar plus a huge outdoor patio will open near the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood station later this spring.
The bar comes from the founders of two popular DC rec leagues: Jesse Rauch, a former third-grade teacher who started the District Karaoke league, and John Groth, who’s behind DC Bocce League and has helped run restaurants like Acre 121. They’re joined by Matt Weaver, who has a background in construction.