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The Pebble Beach, one of the new cocktails on the menu at H Street Country Club.
It was no big leap for the H St. NE bar to beef up the cocktail list, according to co-owner Ricardo Vegara. The watering hole already made a splash on the D.C. drink dossier with its margaritas, which won Best Flavors and Best Frozen in this year's On Tap magazine competition, and wanted to build on that by adding more signature cocktails, Vergara said during a recent tasting of the new menu. HSCC has wanted to work with Chersevani for awhile, and things finally came together, according to Vergara's partner, Blair Zervos. Formerly of Eat Bar and currently the bar manager at PS7's, Chersevani's stock has been on the rise since last year when she was named one of The Beverage Journal's Top 10 Mixologists to Watch.
The additions to the menu focus on bright, fresh flavors heavy on the citrus and specialty liquors like Domaine de Canton and maraschino liquor, and aim for "taste and speed," in order to cater to the fast pace of HSCC's bar, Chersevani said recently. The Pebble Beach is her take on a champagne cocktail, with the aforementioned ginger liquor, a sugar cube and a dash of grapefruit bitters softening the bubbly cava. Another, In the Hole, mixes rum with coconut water, pineapple and lime juices for a drink that may as well have been handed to you by a cabana boy on a tropical island.
Chersevani's touch is evident in the sheer range of ingredients going into the cocktails at HSCC. On a recent visit, the bar's fruit tray was stuffed with cucumbers, strawberries, mint, sage, basil and jalapeños in addition to the usual fruit garnishes. She also created a list of punches specifically for HSCC that will be offered to players on the mini-golf course upstairs, which should be available starting next week.
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not to nit-pick (ah hell, of course i mean to nit-pick!), but how could you have a 19th hole on a 9-hole course?
You can never have enough holes.
Just ask Roman Polanski.
WOW!
And is it just me, or is the guy leaning against the bar reminiscent of Steve Doocey (before he became a politico)?
Steve Doocey, was and always will be an asshole. To be a 'politico' you have to know something or be able to think critically.
Actually, some of those News 4 skits were kind of funny. But they weren't at all serious. Then he tried to get serious. And he wasn't all that funny.
I think that is a good way of looking at it. I found him irritating at best on WRC, a comic who really wasn't funny. Of course Fox and Friends is a joke (that also isn't funny) so he fits right in.
Ah, yes. I will forever remember my summer at Pebbles Beach with Mr. Hendrick's.
Speaking of bad sex, look at that tool in the background.
Hey, it's Dave Wooderson, man! Not to worry. There's a new fiesta in the making as we speak. It's out at the Moon Tower, full kegs, everybody's going to be there, you ought to go. You ought to ditch the two geeks your in the car with now and get in with us. But that's alright, we'll worry about that later. I will see you there. Alright?
I love those red heads man.
Hey Monkey, you got a joint? You'd be a whole lot cooler if you did.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.
yes they do
Thank you all who are giving real feedback on H St CC.
Its too bad there are such classy peeps who feel the need to bash the dude who was unlucky enough to get caught in a picture of a drink... He seems to just be relaxing and trying out a new place just like any of us who read this would.
We talk shit here.
What? Next thing you're going to tell me is that cigarettes cause cancer.
The DCist t-shirt is coming together nicely. I'm envisioning a picture of Molly, beneath which it says: The DCist Commentati, We Talk Shit Here. Brilliant.
I'd also like to have it made into underwear with the picture of Molly sniffing a ball on the front and the The DCist Commentati, We Talk Shit Here on the back right across my ass. I'll take a XXXL, please!
DCist Commentati Talk $h!t Here on a whale tail!
Don't be haters. That guy behind the bar is damn sexy. Even through this blurry iPhone picture.
Hello, Mr. Guy Behind Bar.
Ha, seriously.
seriously, h street country club kinda sucks with all that space wasted on a gimmicky mini-golf course. and people actually wait to play it...
I've never been there. There was a party there a few weeks ago I was hoping to get invited to...but no.
The combination of suckage with a line of people waiting to pay top dollar for said suckage is a testament to Adam Smith's maxim, "$h!t rolls uphill towards money."
Do people actually buy these overprice fancy Crystal Lite & Popov cocktails anymore? It just all seems so pre-recession.
People drink Popov? Color me surprised.
Pffft. When did DC get all snooty? Go Velicoff's or GTFO.
Man, what could really do with an upgrade is their food. Was pretty bad (and very overpriced) when I was there a couple of months ago.
You know what's the worst about this place? The beer prices. Talk about outrageous. Draft "house" beers are $6. Then they tack on tax, so you're up to $6.60. With a dollar tip it comes out to $7.60 (or $8, because who wants that 40¢?) for what is likely Blue Moon and Michelob Amber Bock. If it was anything better than those two, they'd actually tell you what it was and not hide behind the "house" label. It's highway robbery and enough to keep me from ever going back.
You can always cross the street to The Pug and get a $2 can of Natty Boh. But then you'd have to complain that the beer sucks and the place is crawling with hipsters drinking Natty Boh.