We love the cocktails and comforting fare at Hank’s Oyster Bar, so look out for owner Jamie Leeds’s new Petworth venture with longtime bar-woman Megan Coyle: the Twisted Horn. The 40-seat spot opens at 4 on Friday with sweet-and-savory cocktails, eclectic snacks, and two shifts for happy hour (early and late).
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Designers Lauren Winter and Brian Miller transformed a former church into a candlelit bar with more edge than your average drinking sanctuary—think lanterns bound with chains and antlers on the wall. Behind the bar you’ll find a full spectrum of house-made cocktail ingredients, as well as an extensive collection of craft vermouths for mixing into drinks like the “Ideal Cocktail” with gin, grapefruit juice, and Marcona almonds for a salty kick.
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Beer and wine drinkers will also find a range of sips. Coyle stocks good ol’ Miller Light ($4) for traditionalists alongside a longer list of craft brews, and unusual bottles of vino such as a Greek Peloponnesian wine or Serbian riesling. Drinkers can pad the stomach with a global variety of snacks, ranging from local Gordy’s Pickles to crostini topped with mushrooms or chicken liver, and Japanese rice balls (onigiri) stuffed with tuna tartare or spicy pickled veggies.
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Twisted Horn opens at 4 with happy hour until 7, Monday through Friday, which includes discount beers ($2 to $3), $4 wines, and $1 off other drinks. The deals resume from midnight until close (nightly), when you’ll find sparkling wines and vermouth for $4 each, or $6 for both. Look to enjoy all on an outdoor patio when the warm weather returns.
The Twisted Horn. 819 Upshur St., NW; 202-290-1808. Open Sunday through Thursday, 4 pm to 1 am; Friday and Saturday, 4 pm to 2 am.
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