Hill has a long-term lease on Orchid’s site, so his group is tossing around a few replacement ideas. The latter two recently went more of a sports bar and craft cocktail route, respectively.
includes politico go-to Hawk ‘n’ Dove, Ophelia’s Fish House, Willie’s, Finn McCool’s, and Lola’s. The hospitality vet’s vast umbrella in D.C.
He adds that “Eighth Street can be tough.” From the time it opened it never really took off,” says Tom Johnson, managing partner in Hill Restaurant Group. The small, Prohibition era-themed bar ( 520 Eighth Street SE) replaced now-defunct Senart’s Oyster and Grille Room in May 2018, bringing oysters, disco brunches, and Blue Orchid whiskey cocktails to the corridor. Orchid, Barracks Row’s resident gay bar, stirred the last cocktail behind its glam, 40-foot marble bar last night after a little more than a year of business.
