Republic Cantina

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween y’all 🤠  We’re celebrating tonight with:

👻 Candy at the host stand for the little ones!

🍋‍🟩 We’re offering HALF OFF our ‘Big Fella’ margs for takeout all night tonight (Sat), in case you need some fuel in your Yeti tumbler as you’re carting young trick/treaters around the neighborhood. 4-10p Sat 10/31; takeout only; $23 agave marg & $25 for spicy. Note our ‘Big Fella’ marg is 4x our standard 4oz serving here in the Cantina 

🦑 Our current rotating marg is.. the CALAMAR-garita: squid ink, fresh lime, blanco tequila, agave syrup. Available on the rocks, dine-in only. Slightly salty/savory, super spooky.. and just plain delicious

Enjoy and stay safe out there y’all!

10/30/2026

Tomorrow our Halloween tradition of incredibly niche tribute cocktails continues… it’s the SLIME IN THE ICE MACHINE 🧊 🦠 👻

Our humble homage to the late, great Houston journalist Marvin Zindler ( ), this special cocktail consists of an agave marg w/ edible “slime” (Jello) cubes + some additional spooky garnish (black lava salt, frozen blueberry ‘eyeballs’). Served on the rocks — from our 100% slime-free, Marvin-approved ice machine

Available ONE NIGHT ONLY (Sat / Halloween), dine-in only. Come raise a glass to one of the all-time journalism greats! Also don’t sleep on our other Halloween specials:

🤑 we’re offering HALF OFF our ‘Big Fella’ margs for takeout all night on Sat, in case you need some fuel in your Yeti tumbler as you’re carting young trick/treaters around the neighborhood. 4-10p Sat 10/31; takeout only; $23 agave marg & $25 for spicy. Note our ‘Big Fella’ marg is 4x our standard 4oz serving here in the Cantina 

🦑 our current rotating marg is.. the CALAMAR-garita: squid ink, fresh lime, blanco tequila, agave syrup. Available on the rocks, dine-in only. Slightly salty/savory, super spooky.. and just plain delicious

HAPPY HALLOWEEN y’all 🤠

10/24/2026

the CALAMAR-garita 🦑 : squid ink, blanco tequila, fresh lime, agave syrup

Also served frozen! Come get in the Halloween spirit with a spooky marg y’all 👻  Dine-in only — available while supplies last

10/21/2026

MEAT our JUDGES for the first inaugural Republic Cantina CHILI COOKOFF:

🫘 Tim Carman : Food Writer, the Washington Post
🫘 Jill Nguyen : Owner & Baker, Jill Nguyễn | Capitol Jill Baking™️
🫘 Chris Svetlik : Owner, Republic Cantina
🫘 Joe Neuman : Owner, Sloppy Mama's BBQ & Hill East Burger

Alas we are SOLD OUT of public tickets for the main event this Sun but we’ll post the winners among our 14 contestants soon 🏆 

GOOD LUCK OUT THERE Y’ALL

10/14/2026

10/09/2026

You’re cordially invited to the inaugural Republic Cantina CHILI COOKOFF 🤠 

Join us Sun Oct 25 from 3-6p & help us pick the People’s Choice for best chili in DC! Snag a ticket at republic-cantina.com/chili (or link in our bio) — $20/person, include samples of 10+ chilis. Cantina bevs & snacks also available for purchase

Come hungry & see y’all out there!

09/23/2026

We’re pleased to announce a new series here at the Cantina… FAJITAS WITH FRIENDS: collaborations w/ folks in DC whose work we respect & whose food we’d love to see sizzling in a skillet 🔥 

First up… Chef Matt Adler Matthew Adler of Caruso’s Grocery (and Cucina Morini)! Join us next Tue-Sat (Sept 29 - Oct 3) for a fun exploration of Italian-American flavors in some Texan-Mexican formats…

🍝 Steak Pizzaiola Fajita!
🍝 Shrimp Scampi Fajita!
🍝 Truffled Mushroom Fajita!
🍝 Chipotle Roasted Garlic Caesar!
🍝 possibly… a Chicken Parm Quesadilla (??)
🍝 Lemoncello Marg! Amargo-Vallet Spritz!

Available nightly for dinner starting 4p (kitchen til 9:30p Tue-Thur; til 10p Fri-Sat). Dine-in only: make a Resy at the link in our bio (alternately half our space is always held for walk-ins!). Regular Cantina menu also available during the popup

See y’all out there next week 🤠

09/16/2026

Y’all join us for a few specials celebrating HATCH CHILE SEASON 🌶️ 

🌶️ Hatch chile pork tostada!
🌶️ Hatch chile mezcal marg!
🌶️ Hatch chile pork enchiladas!

Available starting TONIGHT (Wed Sept 16); dinner only on the food, dinner + brunch on the marg

Always hard to source hatch chiles so supplies are limited! Grab em while they last, we hope these are available for a week but they may go quicker

09/10/2026

HALF 🔥 PRICE 🔥 FAJITAS 🔥 EVERY 🔥 MONDAY 

A new promotion we’ll be running for a bit. All night, anywhere in the restaurant, all fajitas, all proteins, every Monday, dine-in only 

SEE Y’ALL MON

07/30/2026

NEW DRINK JUST DROPPED 🍉