Washington DC after Dark - the best nightlife, bars and restaurants all on one street?

Giving our livers a breath of air, we popped into DC's legendary Miss Pixies, which while labeled as a thrift store is really more of a emporium of epic tchotchke. from rare corning ware, to radioactive stemware, to not suitable for lunch dinnerware, this place is a palace to quirk, where you can easily spend a moment finding that perfect thing you didn't know you needed.

[mikeyt]

I've lived in DC area since the 90s and don't do much clubbing any more. But I've traveled all over the country and much of the world, and I can say this: Nothing beats NY and Miami nightlife. But DC, in my humble opinion, DC is right up there in the next tier. Great, great nightlife city!

[polepino]

lol I grew up in the DC suburbs in VA where I still live. I've been traveling overseas a lot recently and have been looking at nightlife videos for the cities I go to and just randomly wondered if anyone did anything for DC, and lo and behold I found this. I still check out the night life in DC but its funny to see what others think of DC or have found there. This is a pretty good list of places, some of them I've been too, and some I haven't, good job!

[vjones]

14th street was the red-light district until the early 90's

[charliem]

when you call them speak easys are they still just regular bars or what? is speak easy a slang term?