While the Republican presidential candidates were on stage in Cleveland, several Washington clubs took on the air of sports bars at debate-watch parties scattered across the city.  

Roll Call did the bar crawl and hit those at the National Press Club, the Union Pub and Johnny Pistola’s.  

At the #NPCDebate party. It’s everything you might imagine, only lacking some cigars. #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/eXdniBeHCJ

— Eli Yokley (@eyokley) August 6, 2015