D.C.’s first phone-free bar brings surprise, delight and lots of Polaroids

The groom had griped about the QR code menu at the last bar, not liking the way it kept everyone glued to their cellphones. So it seemed like a bit of serendipity when he and his friends, 20- and 30-somethings in D.C. for his bachelor party, stepped into another H Street watering hole and listened as a hostess explained an unusual policy: no phones allowed.