A New Lounge Is Taking Over Part of Solly’s Bar — and Bringing Legal Baggage With It | Eater DC

"Planned by first-time restaurateur Yetnayet Enyew as a 30-person, clubby venue at 1102 U Street NW, the incoming DNA Lounge will have its own entrance, an upstairs dance floor with a DJ, and a menu of light “American finger foods.” Enyew says he registered the name despite awareness of the San Francisco club—arguing that duplicate business names exist across states and citing examples like a Cloud Lounge in both D.C. and Virginia—and notes that the pandemic made it easier to secure this U Street location; the business’s ABRA application went live in December and its Instagram post shows a sign design that integrates a hookah logo." - Tierney Plumb