The Roost DC

🔥🌴PIG ROAST AT THE ROOST🌴🔥
Join us this Saturday for a Kalua-style pig roast at The Roost! Chef Nathan Anda will be on-site roasting four bone-in, skin-on pork shoulders outside on the patio. We’ll be incorporating this sumptuous meat into a variety of kalua-style food specials for the day, all of which perfectly complement our Tiki menu at Show of Hands!

THE FOOD MENU
🐷Kalua Bowl | Coconut Rice, Grilled Cabbage, Fried Rice
🐷Kalua Tacos | Pineapple salsa
🐷Kalua Poutine | Pork, Lime Crema, Salted Chilis, Cilantro, Mint

THE TIKI MENU
🍹THE VENUS | Gin, Lime, Coconut Milk, House-made Orgeat & Hibiscus Syrup
🍹CILANTRO SUNSHINE | Mezcal, Lime, House-made Pineapple Bounce, Manzanilla Sherry & Pineapple-Cilantro Tincture
🍹EL PRODUCTO | Coconut Fat Washed Gold Rum, Grogue Rum, Mezcal, Sweet Vermouth, St Germain, Honey, Angostura Bitters & Peychauds Bitters
🍹MY MAI-TAI | A classic Mai Tai made with house-made ingredients! Rum, Lime, House-made Orange Liqueur, House-made Orgeat
🍹LAGOON LATTE | Corn Whiskey, Agricole Rum, Coconut Milk, Cream of Coconut, Cameo Cold Brew, House-made Espresso Liqueur & Cinnamon Syrup topped with Spiced Coconut Foam
🍹MR. TIBB’S SHARKTREUSE WEEK | House-made Chartreuse, Lime, Pineapple & Cardamaro. Garnished with a toy shark and a dolphin sq**rt gun.
🍹YOUNG GOODMAN’S GROG PX Dark Rum, Laird’s Applejack, PX Sherry, Fino Sherry, Don Ciccio & Figli Ferro-Kina, AllSpice Dram, Orange Juice, Lime Juice, Grapefruit Juice, Tiki Bitters, Angosstura Bitters
🍹BOUNCE HOUSE FLIGHT | A flight of house-made liqueurs including a Banana Bounce, a Pineapple Bounce, and a Cherry Bounce

Have you checked out Show of Hands lately? We've transformed the bar into the Tiki haven of your dreams and are featuring seven new Tiki cocktails for the remainder of the summer. Swipe through for a glimpse of what's in store, and come join us for a drink!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Buttermilk at The Roost! The creative concept of Chef Shannon Bingham, our Chef in New Orleans behind , , and the upcoming Junebug, features a simple and delicious menu focused on flavorful dishes that aren’t overly complicated, with a specific focus on fried chicken.

This fried chicken haven is NOW OPEN with service starting at 4:00pm weekdays and 11:00am weekends. Swipe 👉 for the full menu, and let us know which combo is your favorite!

It’s Tiki Time! We’re so excited to share our brand new Tiki menu with you, debuting today and available for the remainder of the summer. We’ll be playing games and offering prizes for tonight’s launch, as well as snacking on some truly special poke bowls courtesy of for the occasion. Come on out!

Calling all wine lovers! We’re gathering the best of the best in DC wine distributors to share some of our favorite chilled red wines for the late summer season. Join us on August 18th for a walk-around tasting featuring a number of fine red wines perfect for the coming fall. Click the link in our bio for tickets!

🇺🇸Happy Fourth of July!

Happy first day of summer! We're open inside and on the patio for your seasonal sipping enjoyment.☀

Join Hailey of Wildry this Sunday, June 23rd, in creating rainbow-themed pressed flower artworks to celebrate Pride month! Participants will get to create a beautiful pressed flower art piece to take home, all while learning techniques for pressing flowers, how to lay them out, and care tips for their creations.

Tickets are $65 per person and class will be held in 1-hour sessions. Secure your preferred time slot today!

Rainbow Pressed Flower Frame Workshop w/ Wildry DIY Your Own Rainbow Pressed Flower Frame!

Starting Friday, June 7th, is doubling down on our love of lagers. Going forward, at least half of our 50 drafts will pour bottom-fermenting beers (lagers) at all times! To kick-off the first day of this new era, we’re offering all lagers on draft for $5 until 4:00PM.

But that’s not all! To mark the occasion, we’ll be tapping rare beers from some of our favorite lager producers, including some available exclusively at Shelter.

Swipe 👉 for a sneak peek at 10 of the beers we’ll be featuring!

THIS FRIDAY: Rare Whiskey Bottle Sale from Show of Hands!

Just in time for Father’s Day, Show of Hands is releasing THREE EXCLUSIVE barrel picks for retail purchase: an Elijah Craig 8-year barrel proof bourbon called “Deuce’s Wild," a Booker’s 9-year bourbon release from River Roots that we picked in conjunction with J Street Whiskey, and a new single barrel Rittenhouse Rye lovingly dubbed “Marmalade on Toast.”

If that’s not enough, we’re opening our whiskey vault for a full sale of allocated whiskeys including Weller Special Reserve, Weller 12-Year, an array of Springbank offerings, plenty of Blanton’s and Blanton’s Gold bottles, Larceny Barrel Proof, and so much more!

Preorders begin on our website Friday, May 24th, at 10:00am and will extend (while supplies last!) through May 31st. Please note that we will not be selling bottles in-person at The Roost -- all preorders must be placed online. Mark your calendars, hit up the group chat, and revist our site this Friday for a full lineup of offerings!

Show of Hands Barcart | The Roost | SE Washington DC Shop Holiday Whiskeys, Bourbons, Whiskys & More through the Show of Hands Barcart! Available for pickup at ChurchKey, Bluejacket, and The Roost.

Memorial Day at The Roost🇺🇸

Join us this Memorial Day for a very special pop-up from our friends at Hi/Fi Tex-Mex BBQ! Chef Nathan Anda of and will be serving up signature Texas and Carolina-style meats, all carefully slow-cooked on a combination of offset and reverse flow smokers in Del Ray, Alexandria.

Spirit Director Nick Farrell has also crafted some Wild Turkey specials for the occasion, including a Hickory Smoked Wild Turkey Old Fashioned & bottled cocktails to-go. And to add another layer to the fun, we're featuring $5 draft lagers all day long!

We'll be starting this shindig at 12:00pm sharp Memorial Day Monday and serving until supplies run out. Come join us!

Cameo is kicking off AAPI Heritage Month this Friday with a special cupping of rare teas from Yunnan, China! Join Marcos Iglesias from Spirit Tea and NRG Coffee Director Kenia Euceda from 11:00am - 1:00pm this Friday, May 10th, as we taste through some regional highlights from the Yunnan providence (otherwise known as the birthplace of tea!)

This cupping is free to attend, and we will have select varieties of loose-leaf tea available for retail purchase. Come join us!

Afternoon refreshment anyone? Our latest and greatest Show of Hands creations are now available to order directly from your table. Enjoy from the bar, table, booth -- wherever you are in The Roost, just scan the nearest QR code and say hello to the weekend!

Join us at The Roost for Cinco de Mayo Weekend! We’re starting at 4:00pm on Friday and partying all weekend long with signature margaritas (+ margarita flights!) from and standout bites from & . We'll even have a piñata for the little ones to enjoy at noon on Saturday.

Celebrating at home? Our Cinco de Mayo specials are also available for carryout and delivery, so you can partake in the party from the comfort of your couch. Mark your calendars, and join us for some fun!

Meet Kenia Euceda, aka the newest (and greatest?👀) Coffee Director in the District! While we're unabashedly biased, Kenia has an impressive record as the lead and manager of Cameo, blending her expertise in the local coffee sphere and passion for sustainability to create a coffee program worth bragging about💁‍♀️💅 Congratulations on the new role, Kenia!

That cheese pull though...😍🤤
We see you 👀

We're closing Cameo and The Hall seating area at 5:00pm for a private event tonight. Join us at Shelter & on the patio for your Saturday night dinner plans!

Congratulations, you've made it to Friday🥳 Celebrate with a bite from Linda's! Our fresh, Mediterranean-inspired sandwiches, salads, and soups are the perfect way to head into the weekend on a high note.

Who's ready for the tonight? We're giving away a free slice of Slice Joint's finest to the first 22 people who order during tonight's Draft! Simply flag down a server and we'll take care of the rest -- see you at 7:30pm👋

We are happy to announce that Slice Joint's Bacon Cheeseburger Square Slice Pizza is our March Madness Food Bracket Champion! It was a tight competition, but in the end, this pie dominated Red Apron's Smoked Briskey Patty Melt to take the top spot. We will be featuring this victorious pizza on our menu for the next month - come see what this winner tastes like!

We're ecstatic to host Freigeist Bierkultur's founder Sebastian Sauer for a day of traditional German Kölsch service at Shelter! Join us between 12-3pm on April 21st for UNLIMITED merriment and enjoy Freigeist’s Ottekolong Kölsch the old-fashioned way: through round after round of 20 cl (6.8 oz.) glasses until you tell us to stop! Get your ticket with the link in bio!

We've made it to the final four! Which delicious new special will claim its spot on our menu?👀 You be the judge, and order your favorite today!

The next round of our March Madness food bracket is here! As a reminder, the winner of each round is determined by overall sales, with the final winner earning a month-long spot on our menu. May the best dish win!

As the first in a series of new food options at the Roost, Linda's is a deceptively simple eatery brought to life by Chef Rachael Marie, the force behind Slice Joint and Director of Operations for The Roost.

Be sure to stop by and check it out!

Come check out our 80’s inspired Valentine’s Day drink menu at Cameo!

Named after some classic glam rock songs, you can get your vibe on while hanging with your “Main Squeeze”. You won’t be “Headed for a Heartbreak” when you order one of these yummy drinks, but you might have to “Kick Start My Heart” when we taste how delicious they are! You might think you are “Too Young To Fall In Love”, but that is exactly what you are going to do when you taste this menu! Come in and try for yourself today!

Taco Tuesday anyone? Brighten up your Tuesday with the crispy avocado tacos from Hi/Fi Taco! Smoky jalapeño black beans, avocado crema, radish, and pickled onions...is it getting hot in here, or is that just us?🥵

It's Oktoberfest season! Join us this Saturday, September 30th, for our annual Oktoberfest celebration. We'll be transforming the Shelter bar and patio into a Bavarian beer hall, complete with:

🍻12 German-style festbiers
🍻Special edition mugs from our friends at Bluejacket
🍻Bavarian-inspired specials from Red Apron, Leni, and Slice Joint
🍻Live Oompah music from The Alpine Players from 1:00 - 4:00pm
🍻Stein-holding competition with special prizes to the strongest among us (including a version for kids with smaller mugs of water)!

The Roost Oktoberfest is free to attend, with all beer and food priced a la carte.
Lederhosen encouraged -- come join us!

It's the weekend...time for a Bloody Mary. Join us for brunch all weekend long at The Roost!

This week's football lineup at ! Come on through and watch your favorites play all weekend long!

We'll be closed tomorrow for our annual company picnic. Thank you for your understanding, and see you Tuesday!