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Dinner

Yes, Big Bear does full dinner service every night and it is going to knock your socks off.  We are…

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D.C. vs. Philly: A Barista Battle Royale
D.C. vs. Philly: A Barista Battle Royale

Washington City Paper Posted by Chris Shott on Oct. 5, 2011 at 12:43 pm - D.C. vs. Philly: A Baris…

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Upcoming Events

Lunasol with Peter Maybarduk

Big Bear Cafe welcomes talented DC-based songwriters, Lara Eilhardt and Heidi Boas (Lunasol), with P…

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- Big Bear Cafe   1700 1st St. NW   Washington, DC 20001- View Larger Map…

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    Lunasol with Peter Maybarduk

    Big Bear Cafe welcomes talented DC-based songwriters, Lara Eilhardt and Heidi Boas (Lunasol), with Peter Maybarduk this Saturday at 8pm.  No cover. Plenty to eat and drink. ABOUT LUNASOL LunaSol is a female folk-rock band born in the beautiful Bay Area of Northern California in 2006. After meeting in law school, Lara and Heidi began performing [...]

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    Lyrics & Lace: Huggie EP Release and Open Mic

    Big Bear Cafe welcomes Lyrics & Lace for their first open mic at the cafe on January 31 at 7pm. Lyrics & Lace was started 2 1/2 years ago and is an open mic that salutes the artistic woman.  Lyrics & Lace serves the community by offering an outlet for the artistic woman to express [...]

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    Standup Comedy Open Mic Night

    Standup Comedy Open Mic Night

      Bloomingdale’s standup debut will be here at Big Bear!   Join us for our first ever STANDUP COMEDY OPEN MIC NIGHTS this February.  We’ve pinned down local comedian Chelsea Shorte to help us christen Big Bear as a new home for local comics.  We are reserving two special Saturdays: February 11 & 25. If you’d like to [...]

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    birthday shindig for lenora, this friday the 13th

    birthday shindig for lenora, this friday the 13th

    Hey there Bloomingdale — come celebrate lenora’s birthday. We all love her. Let’s eat and drink and celebrate!   friday, january 13, 2012 featuring a soundless screening of friday the 13th and musical performances by Collin Crowe and Andrew Kilpatrick. 730 on.

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    Big Improv Night this Saturday

    Big Improv Night this Saturday

    It’s that time of the month again — so Big Bear is bringing back our best friends, ShawnMikael(s) for a night of excitement! Wonder! Enchantment! IMPROVISATIONAL COMEDY!  Seriously, if your new year’s resolution was to see excellent improv, this is a night you won’t want to miss. Along with ShawnMikael(s), we put together an all-star [...]

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    Sligo Creek Stompers - this Friday

    Sligo Creek Stompers – this Friday

    Join us for a night of bluegrass with the Sligo Creek Stompers.  Dinner starting at 6pm, music starting at 8:30pm. About Sligo Creek Stompers Sligo Creek Stompers play a raucous but refined blend of traditional roots music: Appalachian & Midwestern old time and bluegrass, New Orleans ragtime and traditional jazz, haunted Irish fiddle tunes, Texas & gypsy [...]

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