https://dc.eater.com/2023/7/7/23787342/drink-dc-metro-car-northeast-metrobar-coming-attractions

Go off the rails with cocktails inside Northeast’s incoming Railcar Bar

Metrobar, D.C.’s transit-themed outdoor destination for local brews and spirits since summer 2021, has finally finished track work on its on-site subway. The refurbished 5000-series Metro railcar will start accepting booze-buying passengers on Wednesday, July 12.

Appropriately parked near Metro’s Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood station, the new Railcar Bar begins operating at 4 p.m. every Wednesday to Sunday (640 Rhode Island Avenue NE). Its Metrobar predecessor will continue to open at noon on Saturdays and Sundays (and 4 p.m. during the week).

Railcar Bar’s diner-styled atmosphere is lined with sleek, hexagonal-tiled flooring (no dingy carpets in this car), framed with 26 salvaged Metro seats that received a needed makeover. Rounded walnut tables offer a mix of two- and four-top seating arrangements for up to 38 guests inside. Flip-up windows open up to a platform for adjacent alfresco drinkers.

Coming soon: on-brand glassware and a railcar-specific cocktail list to be announced closer to opening time, partner John Groth tells Eater. For now, guests can order off Metrobar’s color-coded menu, which includes drinks like a Ward 5 whiskey sour, Blue Line Chill Rickey, and spicy Last Stop margarita. The bar program is fueled by locally made spirits like rums from Cotton & Reed and Old Line, Republic Restoratives’ Civic vodka and Assembly gin, fiery Chacho, District Made whiskeys, and more. The DMV-wide beer list includes pours from Liquid Intrusion, Hellbender, Heurich Brewing, and Denizens.