Source: Washington City Paper Young & Hungry
There are no barstools at Derek Brown’s newest bar.
In the original Columbia Room—actually a converted closet—10 elevated seats were crammed together in front of the bar. “We had this one friend who’s just literally a giant,” Brown says. “He sat down and I just felt bad every time watching him crunch in.”
And occasionally, if someone hung a purse on the back of one of the wooden, partially upholstered barstools, the whole chair would tip over.
In the new Columbia Room, which opened in Blagden Alley earlier this month, the difference is like being upgraded from coach ...