We're back suckas! We know you missed our shining faces and our adorable snark so here it goes again...We promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.  As future members of the DC Lawyers Assistance Program, we are proud to present a bi-weekly run-down of DC hotspots. After a 3-month summer hiatus, we are excited to be back to our usual bar hopping shenanigans. For the second Nota Bene of the year, we are doing a review of the year's first Bar Review location, Lucky Bar.

Before getting into this review, we'd like to introduce ourselves to the new batch of 1Ls at GW Law (everyone else, you, unfortunately, know us by now). Set is a recent graduate of GW undergrad (no she did not wear tights, an oversized white t-shirt, big black sunglasses, or carry a $5K bag...) and DC's very own former bar wench.  You will likely meet her soon as she will probably harass you at Bar Review, which she is now partially in charge of organizing (suggestions welcome!).  Lisa, a Chicago/Philadelphia-import, is thrilled to be able to use her newest batch of loan money to buy drinks, not books.

Lucky Bar

Case: Review of Lucky Bar, the Dupont Circle stalwart and location of the year's first Bar Review.  Lucky Bar is an old, cheap friend, and a place we visited a few too many times last year (see our 1L GPAs...yup, you did just read that correctly).

Facts: Lucky Bar was the location of our first ever Bar Review experience, and wow, has it already been a year?  Serving cheap drinks for years, Lucky is a Dupont favorite- you can count on this place for either a laidback, booth-drinking night, or a raucous, impromptu dance party kinda night.  Despite visiting this venue several times over the summer, we were excited to return with our law school buds, and teach the new 1Ls the glory that is the tab.  We got there around 8:30 and posted up at the bar, waiting anxiously for the tab to begin.   And we were not the only early birds...many of our classmates arrived prior to 9 (and understandably so since our loan refund checks weren't available until Friday the 28th).

Issue: Why the outrageous line to get into Lucky?  We heard from many a frustrated friend that they waited almost an hour to get in!  Why only 2 bartenders at the back bar?  There were way too many people for just 2 bartenders (but, those ladies were awesome...and handled the crowd without getting too frustrated or annoyed)!  And please, Lucky, put bathrooms on the lower or middle levels.  Those stairs of death to the bathrooms have lawsuit written all over them. Tort....

Holding: While Lucky Bar may be a bit too small for the year's first Bar Review, the tight space did force us to talk to everyone (whether they wanted to talk to us or not).  The hot and humid night also didn't help the situation, but that's not really the bar's fault.  As always, we enjoyed our night at Lucky Bar- it's hard to not have a good time when classes haven't started yet and there's a tab.

Rule: Lucky Bar will always be our friend.  Even when it's crowded and hot, Lucky is a good time...we just wish there was a dance floor and a more centrally located bathroom.  Here's to many more successful bar reviews throughout the year!