Take a look inside Alfresco Tap & Grill, opening April 20.
—big, wallet-friendly Tex-Mex spots in Upper Northwest and Dupont Circle that cater to equally big, boisterous crowds. Restaurateurs Raul Sanchez and Luis Reyes opened the original Lauriol in 1983, and grew their family restaurants over the decades. Now, the partners and Raul’s daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Jaime Sanchez, are ready to unveil their next big thing: Alfresco Tap & Grill, a huge indoor/outdoor American restaurant opening in Adams Morgan on Thursday, April 20.
Alfresco, built from the ground up by DC design firm Grupo7 in what was once Lauriol’s second parking lot, sprawls out along 18th Street with two patios, an indoor/outdoor bar, and a semi-enclosed center courtyard with a retractable roof. Outdoor seating for 225 gives the restaurant its name .Though Alfresco is an American restaurant with a lot of Italian influence on the menu, there are parallels to its sister spots.
Brunch, starting in May, will bring fun plates like savory everything waffles with smoked salmon, power smoothies, and egg dishes. Pizzas com topped with prosciutto and arugula or burrata and roasted vegetables. Photograph by Jennifer Chase Drinks are also designed to be easy, including $12 mojitos, glasses of wine starting at $9, and a bunch of beers and prosecco on tap. Weekday happy hour will bring more deals like $6 drinks and $5 plates of meatballs or truffle fries. And when summer hits, you can bet there’ll be frozen margaritas.Alfresco Tap & Grill. 2009 18th St., NW
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