Posted by Fritz Hahn on March 8, 2013 at 2:11 pm  Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. We gain an extra hour of sunlight, but we lose an extra hour of sleep. In past years, we also lost an hour of nightlife: As soon as 2 a.m. became 3 a.m., it was legally time for bars to close.  This year, though, the District’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Association will allow bars and restaurants to apply to stay open until 4 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time to account for the hour lost when we spring forward.  Tropicalia. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)  More than 60 restaurants and bars received permission, and we’ve posted the info below, sorted by neighborhood. This is really a night for destination nightspots, not neighborhood hangouts: Note the paucity of extended hours in Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights and H Street, and the surfeit of lounges and bars downtown, on U Street and around Dupont Circle. (Also: Bistrot du Coin at 4 a.m.? Really?)  One important reminder: Just because some bars are staying open an extra hour doesn’t mean that Metro will. As the transit system says on its Web site: “Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. At that time, all clocks are moved ahead one hour. When that happens, it will become 3 a.m. EDT and the Metrorail system will close.” Check individual stations for last-train times, but expect them to be between 1 and 2 a.m. You don’t want to get stuck fighting for a cab at 4:15 a.m.  Adams Morgan Bourbon Jack Rose  Capitol Hill Bachelor’s Mill Phase 1  Downtown/Farragut Square Archibald’s Barcode BlackFinn Bravo Bravo Cafe Asia Capitale Cities Eyebar Josephine Lima Look Lotus Lounge Opera The Park at 14th Science Club Shadow Room Tattoo Bar  Dupont Circle 18th Street Lounge Bar Dupont Bistrot du Coin Cafe Citron Cobalt Current Dirty Martini The Front Page Heist Irish Whiskey Lucky Bar Madhatter The Mighty Pint Phase 1 The Spot/MIA Bar  Glover Park Bourbon Breadsoda Mason Inn  H Street Jimmy Valentine’s Little Miss Whiskey’s  Shaw Ambassador Restaurant Bar 7 Lux Lounge  U Street/14th Street 9:30 Club Bar Pilar Cafe Saint-Ex Dodge City El Centro D.F. Jin Liv Lost Society Pure Satellite Room Tropicalia Town U Street Music Hall Velvet Lounge  16th Street Heights Sabor Latino
You'll lose an hour of sleep due to Daylight Savings Time on Saturday night, but  you won't lose a single second of bar-hopping.