Wow! Just shared a show there a couple of weeks ago and it was great, plus it was my feeling that they were sort of the replacement venue, picking up the slack with Black Cat closing the Backstage, especially in the 18+ show market.
As a sometimes performer, I'm left wondering what venues are picking up the slack because all the newer venues I've seen open seem to be catering to a nice or upper tier performer and audience base.
I've also seen a few great shows at Rn'R and they do have a very good, if loud, sound system. I wonder where that will end up.
Any chance this is related to the same issue that the Pie Shop was having? Is DC just phasing out of the local and "non-prestige" music game?