It’s nice to have a real bar in the midst of the chi-chi scene that Whole Foods spawned on 14th and P Street. That’s what many folks said when they walked into a decidedly cleaner, more modern and less packed version of Stoney’s on a recent weeknight.

But biting into our first super grilled cheese (lightly grilled white bread, gooey American cheese, tomato, chopped raw onion, crispy bacon) after a 10-month hiatus reminded us, yes, this is still our Stoney’s.