Get a Start to Your Weekend at One of These Fairfax Nightspots

If you’re looking for places in Fairfax where you can enjoy a pleasant night out, you are spoiled for choice. The Fairfax area is home to multiple night clubs, sports bars, pubs, and lounges where you can relax with friends and family. Here are a few places that you may want to pay a visit on your next night off.

The Auld Shebeen

If you like to dig into a hearty Guinness beef stew or a tasty shepherd’s pie, head down to The Auld Shebeen, which is Fairfax city’s only authentic Irish pub and restaurant. There are other Irish pub favorites on the dinner menu, such as Irish sausages and mash and cottage pie, as well as house specialties like a braised beef brisket and crab-stuffed salmon. For those night owls, there’s also a late-night menu that offers soft pretzels, Scotch eggs, a shebeen salad, and juicy burgers.

However, there’s more to do at The Auld Shebeen than dine. You can also compete in a pub quiz, show off your voice at karaoke, or enjoy some traditional Irish music. Or, head downstairs to the cellar where you can dance the night away to hard rock or techno music.

Revolution Billiards

For those who like to spend their nights off participating in games, such a billiards and darts, should drop by Revolution Darts & Billiards. This sports bar, which has recently received a complete overhaul, boasts a dart area that features 18 well-lit and well-spaced dartboards. The venue also features a billiard and bar area, which is home to multiple billiard tables, a large bar counter, and scattered tables and chairs where patrons can relax. Low lighting, plenty of dark wood, deep-red painted walls, and upscale carpet lend the place a warm and cozy atmosphere.

Apart from challenging your friends to a game of billiards or darts, you can also participate in the fun events on offer at the venue. Depending on the night you decide to drop by, there may be an open-mic event, a poker night, a bar pong competition, or a country evening complete with line dancing. If you get peckish, Revolution serves tasty sandwiches, wraps, juicy burgers, and fresh soups and salads.

Epicure Cafe

For an artistic evening and delicious Mediterranean-style cuisine, head down to Epicure Cafe. This family-owned restaurant and lounge feature a stylish roof deck where patrons can enjoy a specialty cocktail and a gourmet pizza, and, of course, mouth-watering Mediterranean dishes. On the menu are falafel-hearted artichokes, served with cabbage slaw and hummus; a Mediterranean platter with dolma, kookoo sabzi, pita, falafel, and tzatziki sauce; and Persian chicken kabob.

The interior of the venue is decorated in an eclectic and Bohemian fashion, which provides a fitting background for the musicians, poets, storytellers, and visual artists who perform and share their work at Epicure.

Whether you like to relax with friends in an authentic Irish pub, beat them at a game of billiards, or enjoy some local artistic talent over a gourmet pizza, Fairfax is home to the perfect nightspot for you.

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