Beacon Bar and Grill

iamthestretch · September 24, 2004

This is probably needlessly pissy, but I'm flipping through the City Paper tonight and, sandwiched between the offers of Research Opportunities for Cocaine Users and the chance to spend time with a 36EEE All Natural Italian Beauty, is an ad for "what will become Dupont Circle's and Downtown's coolest hangout!" Preview open was tonight, apparently. I missed it. I am not so cool.

Anyway, they claim to offer:

Awesome cuisine (Maybe. "Fine" would probably suffice, though.)

Great martini's (sic) (Sigh.)

Leisure brunch (Because you're so tired of those rushed ones before dashing off to work on Sunday.)

Smooching booths (Dude, other people are trying to eat. Get a room.)

Great wine selections (Actually, that sounds OK. You better not be lying, though.)

It's at 17th and Rhode Island, anyway, I guess in that hotel they've been renovating across from the Y. Someone hip should check it out. Because, and you read it in 26-point type: "We Simply Could Not Wait Any Longer!" (Boy, is that review going to write itself if they can't sling it fast enough.) Fin.

morela · September 24, 2004

Stretch, I like you. I wonder if people from The Weekly Standard or AEI will go there. I bet it's just National Geographic types.

DCMark · September 24, 2004

I smell a corporate hand here

hannnah · September 24, 2004

Judging from the press release I found off Google, yes - the other branches might be named something else, but the release sure makes it sound like concept-in-a-box. And the spelling isn't any better in the release - "hob-knob"? Phooey.

morela · September 24, 2004

They all have those nice teeth, though...

I don't even get the slogan. Wait longer for what? Cosmetic dentistry?

Chef Shogun · September 24, 2004

As part of the transformation, there will be a total of 10,000 square feet of banquet and meeting space, a rooftop penthouse and terrace perfect for board meetings and intimate social events, as well as an innovative restaurant, BB&G (Beacon Bar & Grill)-a fusion of four separate and distinctive dining experiences.

Oh good, I was worried that perhaps there would not be enough dining experiances to fuse. Nothing says 'yum' like Traditional Alsatian, Thai-inspired, Afro-Cuban-inflected, Nouvelle-Basque cuisine.