Lined in lush floral wallpaper, Eater’s 2024 Design of the 12 months winner River Membership already has all of the makings of a Georgetown sizzling spot on the bustling waterfront. Now its entrance bar is establishing itself as a hangout — for joyful hour or a three-course brunch — that celebrates flavors from Lebanon, Italy, and Spain. The bar additionally used to take reservations, however to make the informal facet of River Membership extra accessible to the D.C. neighborhood, the bar and lounge will probably be walk-in solely any further.
You may nonetheless order every little thing on the eating room menu, however the bar was all the time deliberate as a separate area and now has its personal menus. From 5 to 7 p.m. on weekdays, $10 cocktails embody a Negroni Spagliato accented with micro flowers and a Jallab Royale infused with the distilled Levatine spirit arak, dates, and a cardamom spritz.
Discounted bites embody big smoked lamb ragu arancini ($10) and a duo of harissa-topped labne and chermoula-crowned hummus with pita to snack on. In the meantime, the three-course, $35 weekend brunch menu (11 a.m. to three p.m.) affords a trio of mini cocktails for an additional $20, like a seasonal apricot Bellini.