The inside of Casamara. {Photograph} courtesy of MoKi Media.
This spring, Dupont Circle will develop into house to the third outpost of a luxe lodge chain with locaitons in New York Metropolis and Beverly Hills— and two new eating places that include it.
SIXTY Inns is ready to open its new 80-room Dupont Circle location in mid-April of this yr. Hotelier and SIXTY founder Jason Pomeranc has joined forces with Scale Hospitality, which runs greater than 10 eateries in Toronto, to ascertain two ideas within the new area: Mediterranean restaurant Casamara and cocktail bar Reynold’s.
Impressed by coastal Europe, Casamara will function 2,000-square-feet price of indoor seating, in addition to a fair bigger rooftop eating room. Notable dishes will embody sardine toast with avocado aioli, maple-brined Iberico pork chops, and octopus casarecce accented with nduja.
“It’s, to a sure extent, escapist meals, meals that you could be eat on trip if you’re touring the Mediterranean,” says Pomeranc about Casamara’s menu. “However, we deliver it again round house, and we add native substances and twists to it.”
With its personal separate entrance on 18th Road, Reynold’s might be a extra playful, dressed-down gastropub, providing a complete part of “mini” bites like lobster rolls and grilled cheese sandwiches, in addition to experimental sips like a bubblegum martini with pineapple vodka, banana liqueur and crème de menthe.
“We’re actually focusing in on considerate interpretations of basic American dishes,” says Scale CEO Hanif Harji about Reynold’s. “We’re making it bite-sized and manageable. You may create a meal for your self or perhaps a snack whilst you’re ingesting.”
In accordance with Harji, ambiance might be as crucial to the Sixty DC eating places as culinary choices. He considers “design, sound, and music” to be integral to a profitable DC restaurant. Harji says that studying this market is among the elements of opening that he’s most eagerly anticipating.
“We’re trying ahead to with the ability to personally introduce the area, host a bunch of the locals, and simply get to know the group,” he says.
SIXTY DC. 1337 Connecticut Ave., NW.
