Originally Posted by
DELee
OK - for Tuesday night (12/16/25), notes on walking times and distances for different places:- The places I suggested (Aslin Beer (https://maps.app.goo.gl/REpbi8fv2adrEF9w6) and Cork Wine Bar (https://maps.app.goo.gl/EYX44UqiEvdXbMkx5 - corrected link) and Chicken and Whiskey (https://maps.app.goo.gl/k9kPPPDXyoW5wKPw7)) are all 7 minutes/0.3 mile/3 linear blocks from U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro Station and within a few feet of each other at the 14th St NW/S St NW intersection.
- Unconventional Diner (https://maps.app.goo.gl/1N5CYwTrA95mHPnM6) is 0.1 mile/1 linear block from both the CY and Mt Vernon Sq 7th St-Convention Center Metro Station.
- City Tap House is 5 minutes/0.2 mile/2 linear blocks from Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station and 6 minutes/0.3 mile/3 linear blocks from the CY.
- Note that it's 8 minutes/0.4 mile/4 linear blocks between City Tap House and Unconventional Diner if folks want to brave the cold
- And, as noted by ZenFlyer , Bluejacket is 6 minutes/0.3 mile/3 linear blocks from Navy Yard-Ballpark Metro Station.
One other suggestion if folks really want to be close to a metro is Bar Bao (https://maps.app.goo.gl/1nfqfZFf4oGaWZp77) which is less than 500 feet away from Clarendon Metro Station.
David
You can't measure walking times in DC based just on distance. The U Street area tends to be packed with people.
The Navy Yard area is probably better, but best to make sure there are no events going on there that night.
The stuff around Mount Vernon Square is at least walkable from Metro Center, which makes it much easier for those of us who live in civilization (i.e. to the west.)