Pinstripes

Pinstripes at 1064 Wisconsin Avenue NW combines the restaurant and bar format with bowling lanes and bocce ball courts in the social dining and entertainment concept that the brand operates across multiple American cities. The format, which positions Pinstripes between the traditional bowling alley and the full-service restaurant and bar, creates a venue where the group can eat, drink, and play in the same physical space without the transitions that separate-venue entertainment and dining normally require.

Bowling and bocce as restaurant entertainment formats reflect a broader trend in American hospitality toward the experiential dining model, where the meal is accompanied by an activity that extends the group’s time at the venue and converts a dinner into an evening. The bocce courts at Pinstripes are the Italian outdoor bowling game played in an indoor format: the ball-rolling game that is a fixture of Italian village squares and parks has been adapted to the indoor entertainment venue in a carpeted format that the Pinstripes model employs.

The American food menu at Pinstripes covers the group dining and bar food categories that the entertainment venue needs to function: the appetizers and shareable plates that groups order while playing, the entrees that serve the customer who wants a full dinner at the table, and the desserts that complete the meal. The cocktail and wine program provides the beverages that an evening at the bowling and bocce venue requires.

The lower Wisconsin Avenue address at 1064, near the Georgetown waterfront and the Brasero Atlantico firehouse, gives Pinstripes a position at the commercial beginning of the Wisconsin Avenue corridor that serves the waterfront dining district. The venue is particularly suited to group events, corporate outings, and the social occasions that require a venue with activity alongside the food and drink.

Hours run from 5pm weekdays, with weekend lunch and evening service. The bowling and bocce combination at Pinstripes occupies a specific position in the Georgetown entertainment landscape: it is neither the sports bar, which has been the dominant group gathering format in Georgetown’s bar culture, nor the fine dining restaurant, which dominates Georgetown’s evening food culture. Pinstripes is the format that allows the group to do something together rather than simply being in the same room. The corporate event market, which is significant in the Georgetown commercial context given the neighborhood’s proximity to the K Street office corridor and the downtown business district, values venues that provide activity alongside the food and drink. The team-building bowling night or the client appreciation bocce tournament at Pinstripes converts a dinner event into a group experience with a competitive element that generates engagement beyond the table conversation. The Georgetown Waterfront Park adjacent to the lower Wisconsin address and the C and O Canal area in walking distance make Pinstripes accessible in the context of a Georgetown evening that includes both outdoor and indoor activities. The venue’s lower Wisconsin Avenue address at 1064, near the Brasero Atlantico firehouse, is in the waterfront commercial cluster that serves the Georgetown evening entertainment market. Hours run from 5pm weekdays with Saturday and Sunday starting from noon, and late closing on Friday and Saturday.