brian Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 from Linda Roth's monthly The Latest Dish... In August, acclaimed "bar chef" Derek Brown plans to open Splash, a daiquiri bar in Adams Morgan on 18th Street in the spot that used to be Santa Rosa Seafood Restaurant. Splash combines the best of Fat Tuesday and Hooters – casually themed with curious décor and décolletage. His partner is the former alcoholic beverage regulation administration auditor, D`maz Lumukanda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 from Linda Roth's monthly The Latest Dish... Is this April First? Please, God (or Derek) NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedE Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Splash combines the best of Fat Tuesday and Hooters – casually themed with curious décor and décolletage. This is a joke, right? I mean, it's Derek and all, but I can't shake the vision of a row of giant alcoholic Slurpee machines behind the bar and waitresses in plastic coconut bikini tops. Daytona Beach? Sure. D.C.? Hmmm .... Oh wait, this is Adams Morgan. The place would make a killing Seriously, any more details? I'm imagining they're playing for something towards the high end of the hipster irony scale. Whether or not that is worse than the real thing is all in the execution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I wonder if the ANC knows about this. The neighbors are going to be up in arms if this is, indeed, as the article describes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsadler Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Oooooops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdt Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Oooooops! I agree with TedE, in Adams Morgan this place is going to do very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Oooooops!Big difference between Derek Brown and Derrick Brown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 This was pretty damned funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lackadaisi Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 That's a pretty big oops! Aren't dacquiri bars best in places without open container laws. The only good kind of dacquiri bar, in my opinion, is the drive-thru kind - it makes the trip over the causeway a little less cumbersome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPop Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Just going off of the description that Derrick is hoping for the place to be, I don't think I will be heading out there any time soon. It sounds like he just got a copy of the Coyote Ugly business plan and decided to try to run with it, adding waterbeds and making it a daiquiri-themed bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Just going off of the description that Derrick is hoping for the place to be, I don't think I will be heading out there any time soon. It sounds like he just got a copy of the Coyote Ugly business plan and decided to try to run with it, adding waterbeds and making it a daiquiri-themed bar.Plus, he doesn't seem to know how formidable an opponent he will have in Brian Weaver. Lotsa luck, pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demandalicious Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 The only men that I know who would be interested in a bar that serves daiquiris don't want to have anything to do with "DC's sexiest female bartenders" unless they are men in drag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLK Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 I thought it was this bar opening a DC outpost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedE Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I can't shake the vision of a row of giant alcoholic Slurpee machines behind the bar and waitresses in plastic coconut bikini tops. Looks like I was sadly not far off!! The fact it's Derrick makes me feel much better about that though. There's an approximately 13% chance that this place will open as described (or at all) after the ANC digs their claws in. upstairs will be "adult oriented" with three waterbeds Wonder how much flood insurance costs in D.C.? They'll go through 2 or 3 a year, whether by accident or 2 AM rum-fueled mischeviousness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutty Buddy Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 " But he said his biggest attraction will be the 'sexiest women in town.' Brown has already started his push with a competition on his Web site to lure the "sexiest" female bartenders." Excellent! Just the opportunity I was looking for to support my Citronelle habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMcCabe Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Has this place been done in before it opened? I drive by almost daily as I live nearby and I've recently noticed that the awnings that were put up previously are now gone. The exterior looks like it hasn't been tended to in quite some time...hmmmmmm...did the ANC shut em down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Has this place been done in before it opened? I drive by almost daily as I live nearby and I've recently noticed that the awnings that were put up previously are now gone. The exterior looks like it hasn't been tended to in quite some time...hmmmmmm...did the ANC shut em down? Not sure what happened, but Splash never opened, and is now Sawah Diner. (I'm not entirely sure of this, because Sawah's address is 2222 18th St., and Spash's was supposed to be 2224 18th St., but I think Sawah might be a double-wide.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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