The Reliable Source - Washington DC

Inside a 1927 downtown D.C. building surrounded by deep American history is the National Press Club started in 1908 across the street from its current building. Once only open to white male journalists, the club now welcomes all through membership and public events. It's also a popular wedding venue. I went for a free screening of a documentary film by The Washington Post Opinions section and Ray Whitehouse on a Monday evening. Here's my experience: 1) Space: With a rich legacy, it screams old-school Washington, D.C. from the dated carpet to the media tokens on the walls from statues honoring journalists to old newspaper clippings. The elevators are regal and the bar wooden. There are several meeting rooms and one larger room for their main speaking and panel events. Off from the bar is a dining room with stunning views of the Willard Hotel and Washington Monument. There are plenty of restrooms throughout the floors (the 13th and 14th floors of the building) 2) Parking: For evening events, there's usually street parking for a few dollars along F Street NW. 3) Location: There are plenty of restaurants nearby that stay open through dinner from District Taco to Rice Bar.

Quite an elegant and classy building. I was there to attend the James Foley foundation awards dinner. A great place for a high profile event

I was lucky enough to be invited by a reporter friend who is a member and I got a shrimp burger. I usually keep to a plant-based diet and this was as low as I could get on the food chain without eating nothing but a salad. I suppose I should say that in this day and age restaurants ought to do a better job catering to vegetarians and plant-based eaters, but in this case the shrimp burger was simply wonderful. I wouldn't describe it exactly as a burger, it was almost more like a crab cake concept except with chopped shrimp instead of pieces of crab and it came with a delicious remoulade sauce. It was of course served on a burger roll that was a nice rich brioche roll with the usual fixings of fresh lettuce tomato and red onion. It came with a hefty side salad too that was well-dressed. Dear National press club I do hope that the next time I visit there will be a decent vegetarian entree. I think the only thing I could have gotten there was the Caesar salad without a protein which would not have been very satisfying. Having said that I still give it a five star for The unique ambiance and the fact that the shrimp burger was extremely delicious. Price was also I thought very reasonable for the area.

My company had a holiday party here and the venue was great. Beautiful details everywhere, very classic feel. It was wonderful to have several separate rooms so you could get away from the party and have a conversation if you wanted to

When I moved to Washington DC for the first time in 2012, I join the National Press Club where I met some of my first friends in DC. It’s a fantastic place at a central location that has almost everything to offer for journalists and communicators. The club offers free breakfast, gym, a great library, working space, discounts on events, and, above all, free tacos evert Friday night.