Nectar Has Closed

[EllenH]

An "anonymous" post on chowhound says nectar is closing. Is this for real?

Say it ain't so!

[eunny jang]

That was a pretty weird post, though OpenTable is returning "no tables available" for any dinner seat for the next 28 days.

[jparrott]

Damn. And I was just about to land a pallet of Pinotage....

[DonRocks]

I really wish this news hadn't broken so quickly.

I just spoke with Jarad Slipp and confirmed that Nectar's final service was last Saturday Night.

Please remember that this Hole-In-The-Wall Dungeon-Of-A-Space in a Third-Rate Hotel meant nothing per se: the only thing that made Nectar great was its people: Jamison Blankenship, Jarad Slipp and the rest of the staff.

With respect,

Rocks.

[mnebergall]

I guess the next logical question is: "what is their next project going to look like?" (if one they have in mind).

[sara]

I hate to be a drama queen (and perhaps it's just PMS), but this annoucement just made me cry. All the way from Madison.

[liamdc]

Given this sad news, I'm really thrilled that Sara and I chose to have our final meal in DC at Nectar before moving to Wisconsin. Best of luck to Jamie and Jarad as they move onto new ventures.

[Nadya]

Didn't see that one coming....I am very sorry because my one meal there was a stellar experience. Look forward to the next project of Jarad & Co.

[NeckedHer? I hardly know her....]

[FunJohnny]

The Horror! The Horror!

[morela]

I'm sorry for anyone who didn't have the opportunity to experience Nectar, and of course, for my friends at Nectar, who put their souls into what they do and made that place glow.

I have so many memories of great meals and drunken happiness behind those walls, celebrating with friends. What a terrible surprise.

[squids]

Very sad news, as I was looking forward to going there for my anniversary which was last month. Due to an upcoming move, we've put off the celebrations for a bit, which hopefully will give us time to hear about a next venture? (As they say, you snooze, you lose.)

[bakezoid]

one of my best meals ever was at Nectar. Alex' squash soup made me feel like crying in delight; now I'll have to cry in sadness until they open somewhere new .

[Al_Dente]

bummer

I'm a better diner for having known your restaurant.

Good luck guys!

[pastramionrye]

they'll be back, and it will be better since it will be THEIR space.

look forward to checking out the new digs.

pastrami.

[Miguelito]

Sad to hear this news. The place had soul and it will be missed.

[Chef Shogun]

I guess the next logical question is: "what is their next project going to look like?" (if one they have in mind).

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Here's hoping! That said, Nectar's not comming off of The List until there is something to replace it with!

[eatdrinkummm]

"Let's not unman each other--part at once; All farewells should be sudden, when forever, Else they make an eternity of moments, And clog the last sad sands of life with tears." - Byron

R.I.P. Nectar. Its on.

[John W.]

"Let's not unman each other--part at once; All farewells should be sudden, when forever, Else they make an eternity of moments, And clog the last sad sands of life with tears." - Byron

R.I.P. Nectar. Its on.

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[Minister of Drink]

WTF?????? This is sad news.

Jarad, Jamison and staff -- I hope to see you aprreciated, happy, and prosperous in a place of your own ... really soon.

MoD

[frogprince]

see that avatar to the left? that's how i feel and look now.

i feel as though i've been slapped in the face.

there is a little man in me who will always be eating cheese in not quite the same way from now on; until...

and where oh where will we procure a hunk of stinking bishop now?

[babka]

We drank my last bottle of Amano tonight in tribute.

Thank you, gentlemen, for the wine courses and the cheese and the sweetbreads and the wierd-ass creme brulee in the strangest oasis of beauty that foggy bottom offered.

[Ralph Wiggum]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tjaehnigen]

This totally sucks. I am counting on the rest of you to fill me in where the fine crew of people there end up.

Mrs. TJ and I had dinner there recently on our latest 'What's available on Open Table tonight?' dinners. It was wonderful.

[DonRocks]

Based on the tone and content of the first question in Tom Sietsema's chat this morning, as well as the "anonymous" early leaking of the Nectar story (and trust me, the story broke several hours before it should have), I smell a rat.

[jgm]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Everyone has my sympathy.

And my envy. Most of the time, when restaurants close in my community, NO ONE grieves. The next chain just takes over the building.