A Supreme Court justice, a defense secretary and an FBI director walk into a bar …If that sounds like the beginning of a joke, you’re close. It was the cold open for “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend, and the sketch wasn’t set in some generic D.C. watering hole but an actual local landmark: Martin’s Tavern, the Georgetown institution that has served presidents and politicos continuously since it opened in 1933, shortly after Prohibition was repealed.
Martin’s Tavern owner hopes SNL cameo gets people to ‘lighten up and laugh’
The historic Georgetown restaurant’s bar was the backdrop for a booze-fueled cold open featuring Trump administration officials.







