Bait Shop employees showing off their FLAIR.

Bait Shop employees showing off their FLAIR. Bait Shop

Tonight, April 1, Capitol Hill’s Bait Shop is planning an April Fool’s Day overhaul and transforming into a one-night-only “chain-themed restaurant and bar” called Derschangigan’s (named in honor of owner Linda Derschang of Linda’s, Oddfellows, King’s Hardware, et al). Guests can expect entirely new decor inspired by “vintage movie posters, old license plates, oversized playing cards, actual bags of trash, TMZ, and the band One Direction,” as well as Blooming Onion-style appetizers, Appletinis, and Tropical Blitz Spritzes.

Dershangingan’s “liquid cheese-soaked grand opening” begins today at 4 p.m.

Angela Garbes began her food writing career as a freelancer for The Stranger in 2006, joined the staff in 2014, and is now freelancing once again amid writing books; Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through...