The Tombs Suspends $5 Cover Charge After Georgetown Student Outcry

For Georgetown University students, there’s nowhere quite as important as the Tombs. The bar hosts trivia and a cappella groups, and on weekends, an improvised dance floor lures throngs of sweaty and thirsty students. It’s a right of passage for students to celebrate their 21st birthdays there, marking their “Tomb’s night” with a stamp on the forehead.

But the Tomb’s standing was threatened in recent weeks as the bar instituted a $5 cover charge on weekend evenings. Georgetown students found this so objectionable they quickly began to organize: a petition garnered hundreds of signatures, a boycott was initiated, and, even the student body president reached out to the Tombs to negotiate.

In response to the outcry, Clyde’s Restaurant Group, which manages the Tombs, reversed course ye