dangerous. delicious. PIE.

Last night, three fourths of our humble dining group convened a meeting of the Drunken Urban Dining Brigade (otherwise known as Friends Going Out). Adam had an old friend in town from Indiana, and to show off our fair District he organized a night out on H Street. This was particularly exciting, for two reasons: 1) Despite living in DC for nearly two years, I had never been out on H Street and 2) In addition to many, many bars, H Street is the home of Dangerously Delicious Pies, which Alex and I have been wanting to visit for quite some time now.

Suffice it to say, Alex and I would never turn down an excuse to get drunk and eat pie, so we joined Adam and his friends at the Biergarten Haus, before going on to Fruit Bat, Church and State, and Palace of Wonders.

Of all these bars (and yes, we really did go to all of these bars--you can imagine what my head feels like today), the highlight of the night was probably Church and State. Alex, not knowing the name of the bar when we first walked in, remarked that she felt as though she was "in a Church." Adam's roommate, Sean, asked her if she also felt like she was "in a State." Befuddled by the question at first, she was quite amused when all was explained.

The place had sort of a kitschy vibe, with stained glass, menus written in Declaration of Independence-like script and a room in the back called "the confessional" (complete with a confessional window facing the bar).


The drinks were as they should be--strong and delicious--and the bartenders were also just as they should be--attractive and attentive. All in all, the place may have been trying a bit too hard, but it paid off.

Palace of Wonders had its charms, too. Alex was particularly pleased with the cat who lived at the bar.


Unsurprisingly, however, the real star of the night was pie. After drinking far too much, we all stumbled into Dangerously Delicious Pies and proceeded to eat pretty much everything in the place.


Alex and I ordered a lemon pie, which we were all quite excited about:




The boys also bought pieces of the SMOG (steak, mushroom, onion, and gruyere) pie, cherry pie and blueberry pie. We all enjoyed the sweet pies (the lemon was particularly good) but agreed that the savory was truly amazing. We managed to pretty much decimate all the offerings, though, and left thoroughly pleased. The women behind the counter were probably less than amused with our drunken antics, however. Oh, well.


Next up: we're going back to the basics, with a Sunday afternoon outing to Present, a Vietnamese place in Falls Church, one of our favorite locations for cheap, ethnic, suburban dining.