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A rustic Western bar with roots in LA is coming to D.C. in “early fall,” per a newly created Instagram account teasing photographs of sparkly disco boots. Named for a colourful flower blooming throughout the Mojave, Desert 5 Spot slides into the two-story industrial house that previously housed short-lived international plates spot Palette 22 (400 Morse Avenue NE). Taking ideas from “Pioneertown, throwback roadside motels, and cosmic Americana,” Desert 5 debuted in Hollywood in 2021 and expanded to Williamsburg, Brooklyn final 12 months with a customized mechanical bull, frozen margaritas, and “LA-approved” tacos. Bi-coastal Ten 5 Hospitality, which additionally runs sizzling spots like Ka’teen and Mom Wolf, is the most recent deep-pocketed operator with the hots for D.C.‘s Union Market district. The booming Northeast neighborhood is house to large names like Stephen Starr (St. Anselm, Le Diplomate, Pastis), Keith McNally (Minetta’s Tavern), Paul Devitt (Sid Gold’s), and F1 Arcade. Desert 5 fills considerably of a line-dancing void that now-closed Hill Nation Barbecue Market left behind this 12 months.
The Potomac nets a brand new floating bar
Sea Suite Cruises provides to its rising fleet of booze cruises this summer time. Co-founders and Arlington natives Jack Walten and Jack Maher simply filed for an alcohol license for his or her newest occasion boat referred to as Cantina Cruises. The 48-passenger vessel will dock at Navy Yard and serve specialty tequilas together with chips and guacamole from native chain District Taco (which can also be doing the catering). Sea Suite, which obtained its begin as a BYOB paddle pub in 2018, now has 18 boats bobbing round Mid-Atlantic waterways, plus floating tiki bars and classic electrical Retro Boats. Cantina Cruises hopes to set sail beginning late June.
D.C.-born bagel sensation Name Your Mom Deli, which usually closes at 2 p.m., examined out its late-night recreation for the primary time over Satisfaction weekend. A “Logan Late Night time” occasion on Saturday, June 7 drew a whole lot of individuals to its P Avenue NW store all through the night (10 p.m. to 2 a.m.). The collaboration with native DJ group NuAndroids featured free-flowing booze and CYM’s total menu, together with its new “Limitless Summer season” lineup. CYM’s inaugural after-hours occasion stored DC Satisfaction Parade festivities going. “We wished to get down with them and supply some late-night power, hearth meals and drinkies,” says CYM rep Tim Casey. Whereas there’s not one other one on the books for now, “I might undoubtedly see us doing one thing related within the close to future,” says Casey.
