D.C. comedy club in the downtown area has closed permanently due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
鈥淯nder current circumstances with COVID-19 limitations in Washington, D.C., we are not legally allowed to operate the business,” the company said in an email to patrons. “The burden of continued business obligations — specifically rent, utilities, licenses and insurance — has been too difficult to continue operations.”
The owners have reached an agreement with the landlord in D.C., and have mutually agreed to close the location, it said.
opened Drafthouse Comedy at 1100 13th St. in Northwest D.C. four years ago.
Cinema & Drafthouse, a restaurant and bar that hosts live comedy shows, as well as movies, in a 1930s theater on Columbia Pike in Arlington remains open with limited capacity.
Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse opened in 1985.
