The Tabard Inn

Did you know that The Tabard started as a tea room in 1922?

A widow named Marie "Willoughby" Rogers bought our main building at what is now 1739 N Street NW and opened a tea room. In that era, tea rooms were one of the few socially respectable ways for widowed women to stay in public life, a woman could enter alone, without comment.

Rogers built the room she wanted to walk into: intimate, literary, English-countryside in feel, welcoming to anyone with a book or an opinion. By the early 1930s, three connected townhouses had become the Tabard.

The fireplace lounge, the garden, the unhurried Sunday, they all trace back to her. Come join us for a drink, meal, or a night and celebrate this DC legacy.

Whiskey Wednesday just got a little bolder 🥃

On April 8, we’re pouring Milam & Greene Unabridged Volume 2—a cask-strength blend with deep, complex flavors of dark cherry, brown sugar, baking spice, and oak.

✨ $5 an ounce until the bottle runs out.

Rich, full-bodied, and perfect for lingering conversations in our lounge.