Le Loup
Restaurant · East Germantown ·
Nautical-themed cocktail lounge with fresh oysters & inventive drinks
Nautical-themed cocktail lounge with fresh oysters & inventive drinks
"Part of Ford Fry’s mini Germantown empire (The Optimist, Star Rover, and Jacqueline), Le Loup is tucked away upstairs from The Optimist in its own little nest of spirits and snacks. The nautical-themed haunt features little nooks, banquettes, and couches for sipping cocktails like the Fire Within, made using Japanese whisky, scotch, aquavit, green apple, and celery, or snacking on fresh oysters and smoked fish dip with trout roe. The non-alcoholic options here are also complex." - Kellie Walton
"Up above The Optimist is Le Loup, an under-the-sea-themed bar with complex cocktails and bar snacks like gigantic prawns and fresh radishes with salted butter. There’s no better bite to accompany drinks like My Dinner With Andre with bourbon, amaro, and a sassafras tea concentrate than a deeply golden and crispy duck fat tot slathered in creme fraiche and trout roe. The cocktail menu is also one of the most comprehensive in the city, with a section on the menu dedicated to a specific drink (like the martini or Manhattan), and you can always count on those to be good. Come for cocktails, a snacky dinner, and the distinct feeling you’re submerged in a submarine." - bailey freeman, ann walczak
"Up above The Optimist is Le Loup, an under-the-sea-themed bar with complex cocktails and bar snacks like gigantic prawns and fresh radishes with salted butter. There’s no better bite to accompany drinks like My Dinner With Andre with bourbon, amaro, and a sassafras tea concentrate than a deeply golden and crispy duck fat tot slathered in creme fraiche and trout roe. The cocktail menu is also one of the most comprehensive in the city, with a section on the menu dedicated to a specific drink (like the martini or Manhattan), and you can always count on those to be good. Come for cocktails, a snacky dinner, and the distinct feeling you’re submerged in a submarine." - Ann Walczak
"If you peek right around the corner of The Optimist and look up, you’ll find a neon sign that reads “Le Loup.” When we first stumbled upon this place, it felt like that neon sign marked the spot of an oceanic treasure. But instead of rare jewels and golden chalices, we found a nautical-themed bar with some inventive and delicious cocktails. This is the type of place where you’ll find things like the fermented pineapple rind beverage known as tepache, coconut-washed gin, and spiced brine in your drink. Le Loup is all hushed conversations tucked into dimly-lit wood-paneled coves and booths, fueled by rounds of raw oysters, bubbles, brambles, and deconstructed piña coladas—and it’s exactly the type of place you start or end the night with. " - Jackie Gutierrez Jones 2, Carlo Mantuano
"Situated atop the Optimist in Germantown, Ford Fry’s Le Loup is a cozy nook for icy plates of oysters and compelling drinks — both alcoholic and non — to accompany them. On the menu: Lift To The Scaffold made with lemon, mint, cucumber, alfalfa, and tonic; Generique with watermelon cardamom shrub and club soda; Woodyn You, a mix of sudachi, sea buckthorn, cream, and seltzer; and the Four, a concoction of grapefruit, calpico, pineapple, ginger, and chili." - Jackie Gutierrez-Jones