Bardo Brewpub to open beer garden and park next to Nationals Park

The team behind cult beer favorite Bardo Brewpub is cooking up a much larger project for this summer: a 2-acre beer garden and park on the Anacostia River next to Nationals Park.

Bardo announced the project on its Facebook page Saturday morning with a video “made” by the brewpub’s mascot, Bardawg, promoting an indiegogo campaign to help fund the project. Owners Bill and Andrew Stewart are trying to raise $200,000 for the beer garden.

They are planning an “extremely tentative” July 1 opening.

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