The answer is Velvet Lounge Karaoke Bar. Yes, there’s a cover (discounted for cash). Yes, the cocktails and food are pricey.

For citizens of D.C.’s musical nightlife, the pandemic forced a painful spate of sudden goodbyes. No more getting your dancing shoes dirty at Velvet Lounge. No more getting your mind blown clean ...

Fans of Velvet Lounge and Dodge City are mourning the pandemic loss of those D.C.-area hangs. But a new nightclub hopes to revive the D.C. nightlife scene in the months ahead. The Asian-inspired ...

In their native Brooklyn, Your 33 Black Angels are known for frenetic, unpredictable shows. Sunday night at the Velvet Lounge, the ’60s-rooted band started slowly, and there was no particular ...

Kiki will fill in the neighboring buildings left behind by iconic watering holes Velvet Lounge and Dodge City (915-917 U Street NW), which permanently closed during the pandemic. The new project comes ...

Clubgoers pack the patio at Eighteenth Street Lounge in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2015. (Photo by Allison Shelley/for The Washington Post via Getty Images) ...

Billed as a punk side project, the Sufis couldn’t resist straying from that path at the Velvet Lounge. The important thing to the players… Far different from their main projects, Drunken Sufis ...

That the U Street area boasts no shortage of dance nights—-not to mention one very loud new dance club—-doesn’t mean the custodians of the Velvet Lounge are worried about oversaturation ...

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Let's face it—our attention span just keeps getting shorter. Which is why we're rather enthused about Blue Velvet, a suitably arousing new restaurant and lounge in downtown LA where multiple settings ...

A DEVASTATED Steve Cumper says his Red Velvet Lounge will rise from the ashes after a fire ripped through the building on Thursday night. Mr Cumper, who was at an art class in Hobart when he got ...