In honor of the arrival of giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao, Duke's Counter in Washington, D.C. is debuting a panda-themed pop-up bar called Bamboo Bar. The bar will feature panda-inspired cocktails, mocktails, and desserts, along with a whimsical panda-themed decor.
Two-year-old female giant panda Qing Bao in her habitat at Dujiangyan Base in Sichuan, China May 17. Photograph by Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.having a Panda-Colada. On Friday, January 10–the day bears Bao Li and Qing Bao go on view to Zoo members—Woodley Park gastropubwill debut its panda-themed pop-up, Bamboo Bar. Also on the menu: “Bao-zy” hot chocolate with cayenne and Amaretto, a bamboo mule, and some kid-friendly drinks, too.
The bar will be decked out as a proper panda’s paradise, adorned with floor-to-ceiling forest backdrops, a ton of bamboo, and a neon panda eating a burger. Some drinks will arrive in custom-made panda-themed glassware. Duke’s managing partner Daniel Kramer says planning for the bar started immediately after the Zoo’s May announcement that a new set of bears would soon be on the way from China:“We knew that we wanted to have a big welcoming party and a full embrace of the pandas and everything they mean in the city.”
The Bamboo Bar will be open during Duke’s Counter’s regular hours—Monday through Thursday from 11:30 AM to 9 PM; Saturday from 10 AM to 10 PM; and Sunday from 10 AM to 9 PM—and run indefinitely. The bamboo theme stops at food: the restaurant will serve its regular menu (including itsWhat We Know About the National Zoo’s New Pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao
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