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The Barking Dog
4723 Elm St., Bethesda, Maryland; Tel. 301.654.0022
In a town dominated by more sophisticated restaurant and bar experiences, Bethesda has to thank its lucky stars that a joint like The Barking Dog is still yelping away. The Dog is a quintessential hole in the wall neighborhood bar that gets rocking nearly every night of the week with a better than average happy hour (4-7pm), a decent pub style menu, more than their fair share of televisions broadcasting every kind of sport and just a general party atmosphere with people downing drinks and having a darn good time.

—Bethesda bar and club reviews by Ryan Osterbeck