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Black Cat to close downstairs portion to make room for 14th St. retail space

WASHINGTON — The Black Cat celebrates its 25th anniversary this weekend in D.C.

But there is now more reason to attend the venue — its downstairs days are numbered.

A spokesperson for the club told 海角社区app that the ground-floor Red Room bar and secondary performing space Backstage will close by the end of the year on 14th Street Northwest.

Both elements will move into a smaller space upstairs, alongside the main performance stage.

The lower level will be converted into retail space for one or two tenants.

The move comes as the 14th Street corridor booms with new retail, bars and restaurants.

The club was founded in 1993 by former聽Gray Matter聽drummer Dante Ferrando and a group of investors, including then-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, now frontman for the Foo Fighters.

Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for 鈥渉is savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at 海角社区app as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

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