Unique cocktails & snacks in a clubby lounge, or a reserve-ahead prix fixe experience, plus a roof deck.
"When Derek Brown’s game-changing DC cocktail bar relocated to a newer, larger space, its forthcoming rooftop (or “punch garden”) if you will, was easily the most buzzed about new amenity. Truth be told, ANY additional seating in one of DC’s most prized drinking dens would have been welcome. It’s positively a revelation that some of the said seating now involves twinkling strings of lights and fresh air enhanced by the smells of the herbs they’re growing to enhance your cocktails, like the mint for their Ramos Gin Swizzle." [Thrillist]
"You may whine that you're weary of all that complicated mixology stuff, but when you come to your senses, keep in mind that the man in charge of the cocktailing at the Columbia Room (now upstairs in a multichambered, private-boothed space on Blagden Alley after moving from its previous location) is Derek Brown, the chief spirits advisor to the National Archives. That's right—he's the bartending equivalent of the United States poet laureate. Sitting down for the liquid tasting menu at the Columbia Room is like taking a tutorial in storytelling from Colson Whitehead. Descriptions that spring to mind: erudite, theatrical, state-of-the-art, and uncomplicatedly delicious." [Esquire]
Cocktail Bar / Rooftop Bar
Website: Columbia Room
Address: 124 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, DC 20001