Eat / Drink
Care For a Date? On Tap's New Date Ideas and Readers' Worst Dates
Tired of dinner and a movie? Ready to break out of the same old routine? Take a look at our list of activities for some fresh ideas! It’s a new year and time for a new dating repertoire! Below we’ve got a diverse list of activities for you and your special someone. Following several of read more »
On Tap Magazine's 2012 Reader's Choice
When you’re trying to decide where to go to eat, drink or watch a game, many of us ask our friends what they like. That can work, to a point. If your buddy doesn’t know a Pinot from a Pop Tart, the odds of a good wine bar recommendation are slim. But, what if you read more »» Bartenders
Three Bars, Three Stars
Tiki Ayiku of TruOrleans Walk into TruOrleans on any weekend, and you’re greeted by a welcoming lady wearing Mardi Gras beads and a big smile. Tiki Ayiku may have been born and raised in DC, but she has the charm and sunny nature you’d expect from a bartender in the Big Easy. On read more »» Beer
Pints of Hope: 2012 Brewer's Ball
When Dennis O’Leary was asked by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to attend a meeting for an event called Brewer’s Ball five years ago, he knew nothing about it except that he wanted to hear more. An avid craft beer fan with a son who was born with cystic fibrosis (CF), Dennis knew afterwards that read more »
Springing Ahead: Jim Koch of Boston Beer
“We’ve just accumulated more and more knowledge, more and more skills, more and more creativity, more and more access to ingredients, more and more knowledge of different brewing processes and their outcomes,” says Jim Koch, co-founder and Chairman of the Boston Beer Company, which produces the Samuel Adams line of beers. Koch caught up read more »
Beer Hunter: One Man’s Journey for good beer... a Taste at a time!
February is the month of love and my birthday, (coincidentally on Valentine’s Day), so this month treat you and that certain special someone or whoever you’re hooking up with to a tasty beer and let them know you care…or care enough to get them in the mood! God knows that in a month of Super read more »2011 DC's Year of Beer
2011 is winding down. You’re probably on the last page of your 2011 calendar, but don’t toss it. Save it as a memento of what will be remembered as a huge year for the craft beer community in the DC metro area. On January 1, 2011, there were no local production breweries with beers in read more »» Neighborhood Bar
Three Bars, Three Stars
Tiki Ayiku of TruOrleans Walk into TruOrleans on any weekend, and you’re greeted by a welcoming lady wearing Mardi Gras beads and a big smile. Tiki Ayiku may have been born and raised in DC, but she has the charm and sunny nature you’d expect from a bartender in the Big Easy. On read more »» New & Notable
New, Notable, No Longer
On Tap scouts out the restaurants, bars and clubs that are new to the scene or shaking things up. NEW Boxcar Tavern Xavier Cervera is an ambitious dude. His newest restaurant has opened on Capitol Hill, joining his previous ventures Molly Malone’s, Lola’s Barracks Bar & Grill, and Senart’s Oyster & Chop House. Cervera is read more »» Spirits
Mardi Gras Mainstay: Pat O'Brien's Hurricane
Last year’s Mardi Gras was one of the biggest parties in decades for the Big Easy. According to the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau more than one million revelers celebrated in New Orleans. In 2012, Fat Tuesday falls on February 21 and the Crescent City promises to keep the good times rolling. For those read more »» Wine
