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Graphic courtesy of Jesse Rauch At 640 Rhode Island Ave, N.E., right off of the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metro station, a new bar and venue for the arts will be welcoming the public this spring. This is no ordinary bar. Not only is it an artistic addition to the city, but it is fashioned out of a 5000-series train straight from the D.C. Metro, where it served from 2001 to 2018. The establishment, appropriately named “metrobar,” aims to serve its guests— known as  “passengers”�...

A New Bar Will Serve Drinks From a Retrofitted Metro Car The Metro-themed bar and huge outdoor venue are slated to open in Brentwood this spring. Share Metrobar will have a full bar inside that opens to a large patio. Rendering courtesy Metrobar. You may be drinking in a Metro car sooner than you’re commuting in one. Metrobar—a 5000 series train retrofitted with dining tables and a bar plus a huge outdoor patio—will open near the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood station later this spring. Th...