12/27/2023 0 Comments Tracks penn station menu![]() ![]() Partying in the house that transit built, Union Social patrons prove the development theories true. Since the NoMa Metro station opened in 2004 as DC’s first infill station, NoMa has seen exponential growth, and national and international officials tour the area to study its development. Today, NoMa is considered a textbook example of successful transit-oriented development. “The best bars and food were at the train station because so many people were passing through or waiting for trains.” “It was the hub where people socialized in the 1940s and ‘50s,” said Gardner. In developing Union Social, owner Reese Gardner set out to recreate the historic role and atmosphere of the train station. Union Social is a marker of NoMa’s rapid expansion On any given night, a private party might enliven the second bar down at the far end. ![]() The dining room is laid out like a standard Amtrak car, with a row of tables on each side and a center passageway. Evoking the train café cars, two bars bookend the rectangular dining room. A bustling, cosmopolitan vibe pervades the glassy space. Happy hour at Union Social brings the bygone train-centered lifestyle into modernity. Beer comes only from the tap, like it did during the heyday of train travel in the mid 1900s. If you order a spirit plus soda or just a soft drink, you’ll get a retro eight-ounce glass bottle. Traditionally, a gandy dancer is an early 1900s railroad construction worker who laid tracks manually. The Gandy Dancer is a champagne fizz modeled after the French 75, but made with vodka.
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