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

"A once-popular SoMa nightlife fixture since 1985, DNA Lounge is credited as a birthplace of San Francisco’s early house and trance scenes and even counted Prince among its regular partiers; in the 1990s it briefly changed hands to SNL comedian Rob Schneider and later to programmer Jamie Zawinski. The venue doubles as a New York–style pizza shop that maintained takeout and delivery during the pandemic, and its staff say they own the trademark to the name and have publicly objected to the D.C. use—tweeting that “there is only one DNA Lounge” and moving in the early stages to take legal action, with manager Devon Dossett noting that the businesses share a presence on 11th Street." - Tierney Plumb