Celebrated cocktail lair Death & Co makes its long-awaited D.C. debut on Friday. (via Eater_DC)
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The fourth U.S. location for the renowned beverage brand is the first with an outdoor patio. Columbia Room received a big renovation while maintaining select elements to pay homage to a bar that helped define a cocktail generation. Death & Co founder David Kaplan is well aware he has big shoes to fill.
“In taking over Columbia Room and bringing Death & Co to life within its four walls, we are committed to preserving the spirit of one of the country’s greatest bars,” Kaplan tells Eater.The East Village flagship that started it all popped open on New Year’s Eve 2007, and each subsequent Death & Co continues to maintain its own unique design and cocktails . Hours are 5 p.m. to midnight Sunday to Wednesday and 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday to Saturday.
The menu’s illustrated, art-filled layout, however, is constant, a guide meandering through five drink profiles starting with the lightest and most refreshing and concluding with the more “spiritous” of the bunch. Category titles include “Elegant & Timeless,” “Boozy & Honest,” and “Rich & Comforting,” along with a dedicated zero-proof section. The initial 28-drink offering will slowly be rotated out as the bar develops its District-centric personality.with a drink dubbed the Damia.
Kaplan points out that while he and his national team are opening the bar, it will be staffed by a 34-person-deep team of local bartenders recruited from respected cocktail haunts like Green Zone, Jack Rose, and Imperfecto. This strategy allows Death & Co to “carve a place for it in the D.C. cocktail community,” he says.
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