July 13, 2007
Splash to Offer Daiquiris to Frustrated Adams Morgan
More grist for the mill of discontent among some Adams Morgan residents over the state of 18th Street, right on the heels of D.C. Council action that could limit the number of tavern licenses in the neighborhood. The Washington Business Journal reports that an unholy trifecta of daiquiris, skin and chicken wings is moving in to the space formerly occupied by the controversial after hours spot, Santa Rosa.
The new bar, to be named Splash, is described by its owner, Derrick Brown, as a cross between Fat Tuesday and Hooters. It will serve daiquiris in 10 different flavors, plus standard bar food fare like chicken wings, burgers, cheese fries and shrimp baskets. There will be six tables downstairs, and upstairs will feature an "adult"-themed room with waterbeds and mirrors on the walls. Amazingly, it seems the Kalorama Citizens Association does not plan to protest the liquor license, since most neighbors are content to have anything in the space besides Santa Rosa, which was a constant cause of complaints due to late night parties and trash.
If you're looking to be slightly skeezed out, be sure to check out the Splash web site, which features a contest in which you can vote for the women you think are the hottest who have applied for jobs at Splash. Winners will be offered positions as "Splash Girls" and given a $1000 signing bonus.
Stay classy, Adams Morgan.
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*sputter!*
Awesome.
Put limits down, and the businesses will find other ways to get the fun out of the public.
Stay classy, Jim Graham.
I dread the day that I get the "Splashdown on U Street!" listserv update following the success this place could achieve in Adams Morgan.
That's what we really need - theme bar based on a Tom Hanks/Daryl Hannah movie from the 80s. Will the waitresses dress as mermaids?
The applicant hasn't even filed their application yet so there is nothing yet to protest (you cannot protest a proposed license if there is no application on file). You can bet KCA and most likely the ANC will be protesting this license...what makes it even better is that they have requested lunchtime hours...normally a good thing. But this place will be right across the street from an elementary school....
"Who got what it takes"?
They should be booted just for poor grammar.
Maybe this is just an elaborate ruse to see if Jim Graham will go after establishments of ill repute with the same gusto, even if they have a different target demographic.
Cause that's what Adam's Morgan needs...I feel like this place would fit better in Baltimore.
Yikes, Guest 6...let the angry posting begin!
Awesome, Broseph! Love the 18th Street frat house! Brewskies anyone?
TOGA!
Great...just what the neighborhood needs...another place to draw drunk, ill-mannered men who think it is OK to grope and hoot at women just cause they're walking down the street. Why couldn't Santa Rosa be replaced by something DECENT????
Humph.
Are you sure this isn't some elaborate episode of Punk'd?
Santa Rosa was my favorite local seafood restaurant.
I'm honestly crushed.
'Cause bringing a little of that 1800 Block of M vibe to Adams Morgan could only be a good thing... Ahhhhaaaaahhaaaa!
it's just a bar, people. come on. this is adams morgan we're talking about...you people are boring.
Water beds. ewwwwww...
Actually maybe they could do some cross marketing with female jell-o wrestling at Asylum. Waterbeds and jell-o?
ok, let's add some substance to this, and see if i can start a real flame war. as of now, there are about 80 pictures on that page. i'm assuming that means 80 women have applied for jobs at this establishment.
now, from my back of the matchbook math, about 70% of the applicants appear to be african-american. now, i know i'm diving into shark-infested water by bringing up race, but stay with me here.
i'd be interested to see what the actual percentage of servers (i'm assuming that's what these women are applying for) are african-american when the place opens.
i don't bring this up to start any fights, but i'm just curious and thought i'd offer this up as a little thought to end your day before heading out for the bar.
Thanks, IMGoph. I'll think about that for about two more seconds before I head to the bar, far away from Adams Morgan.
What ill-mind thought of putting waterbeds and mirrors in the same room with fried food and sugary drinks?
Another reason to pull up stakes and head east. 14th, U, H, and eventually 9th, here I come...
You know what makes daquiris taste better? When you purchase them at a drive thru.
Thats what we do in Louisiana...
Site says... "Some where between SPRING BREAK and the New Orleans French Quarters during Marti Gras, we have set the ambiance with our colorful upbeat atmosphere sure to keep you in the mood… to party!"
Dude, that's like a perfect storm of partying! That's the Taj Mahal of the par-tay! It's the Everest of all shin-digs! The superbowl of blowouts! The Tour-de-ragers! ...wait... isn't it spelled "Mardi Gras?"
And what the hell are "New Orleans French Quarters?!" There's only one French Quarter knuckleheads.
And what the h e double hockey sticks are "New Orleans French Quarters?!" There is only one French Quarter in New Orleans knuckleheads.
1. It's Mardi Gras, as in Fat Tuesday, as in the Tuesday where fat fratties throw beads at fat fatties;
2. It's French Quarter, as in approximately a quarter of the neighborhood smells like vomit after 2 AM.
So, on average, a typical mattress more than doubles in wieght over five years of normal use by accumulating dead skin, hair, excretions, and dust mites.
Normal use, just two people. Just putting that out there.
skeezy as hell. wouldn't expect anything less.
IMGoph - My guess is that significantly less than 70% of the wait staff will end up being Black. Speaking as a Black man who put in a few years in the service industry as a bouncer, bartender, and waiter, there are a lot ways that cracker managers and owners justify not hiring more Blacks for the front of the house but mostly they get away with it because no one really notices or cares. It's not like a guy getting turned down for a job waiting tables at Outback because "he didn't have enough experience" is going to get Rev. 'I'm so proud of being Black that I straighten my hair' Al or Jesse Jerkoff any air time.
But as much as I would like to say it's just a bunch of crackers keeping Black folks down, there's a bit more to it. You have to be socialized into restaurant culture as both a patron and an employee in order to be a successful server; if you grow up watching your folks berate servers and leave 5% tips, chances are you won't do well in the industry. This isn't to say that all Black people fit into this category, but I've been out to eat with brothers who straight up said that they have to put with a bunch of BS at work so while they're out to eat they're going to make the server give them everything they want, exactly like they want it. Granted these were a bunch of Bamas from Petersburg, VA, but I've heard both family and friends who I would have thought knew better express the same sentiment in a more subtle way.
Can anyone confirm the rumor that Splash was going to have a Pee Freak Monday Happy Hour specials? I've got a new pair of hipboots I need to break in.
I heard that, too. It's part of their BYO Plastic Sheets summer spectacular.
There is a simple solution to a bar like "Splash:" Don't go. There is no need for the machinations of one of DC's many quasi-goverment groups to try (and fail) to go after their liquor license. Places like that are a perfect example of why the market (which takes it share of its on this site) works.
Personally, I give Splash 8 months at most. Maybe if they put it downtown near MCI, they could siphon off some of the Hooters traffic (although I have never walked by Hooters and ever seen more than 5 people in there) but in Adams Morgan that place is a non-starter.
yeah, you are really off to a super bad start if you don't know how to spell Mardi Gras, and it's what you are trying to be like. this has mess written all over it.
"but in Adams Morgan that place is a non-starter."
are you kidding? The reason I stopped going to Adams Morgan on the weekends is because of the frat-boy VA atmosphere that spilled out drunk on to the streets. They will LOVE this place!!
Yes, let the market take care of things. If someone wants to open an industrial hog farm next to your house, and you're worried about the stench, just don't buy their hogs! That'll show them.
"Yes, let the market take care of things. If someone wants to open an industrial hog farm next to your house, and you're worried about the stench, just don't buy their hogs! That'll show them."
Classic. I'm gonna use that line.
Oh, sure, just use whatever comments you like, but then claim that any rebroadcast, reproduction, or other use of your comments is prohibited without the express written consent of MLB.
Cause that's what Adam's Morgan needs...I feel like this place would fit better in Baltimore.
You're just jealous because we already have Larry Flynt's Hustler Club...
The ANC definitely will protest the license, once the application is filed. It's standard operating procedure. They protest the license in order to reach a voluntary agreement with the owners. The AM commissioners are not going to let a new bar open without having their say.
"but in Adams Morgan that place is a non-starter."
Oh, this place will do very well. Granted, I haven't hung out in AM since the 90s so I'm not all that familiar with the demographic. But mixing slushy drinks, waterbeds and scantily clad waitresses is a recipe for success.