Inside the H Street Country Club
They are still putting the finishing touches on the golf course, but the place is otherwise ready to go. With a capacity of 300 people, the space has great potential, and the owners have pushed it to the limits. The menu looks awesome, and one peak at the folks executing it will put any doubt to rest. Executive Chef Pablo Cardoso will get a hand from local celebrity Teddy Folkman (who once bested Bobby Flay in a Throwdown). James Beard-Award winning Chef Ann Cashion (Cashion's Eat Place, Taqueria Nacionale) designed the menu. If you've ever had her Mexican food you know that you will be in for a treat at the Country Club. The Club should be open very shortly.
The downstairs bar. On this level you can play pool, skee-ball, and more, while ordering of the Tex-Mex menu.
Part owner Ricardo Vergara poses in front of the upstairs mini-golf course
Upstair offers more authentic Mexican fare.
Check out the rest of the photos here.
posted by inked at 8:07 PM
30 Comments:
Do the finishing touches for the golf course include little boundary walls for each hole? I keep looking at the photos and imagining everyone's golf balls going all over the 2nd floor.
May 12, 2009, 12:03:00 AM
That was going to my comment too... :) One can only hope that they'll put some kind of barrier around each.
Any more insight on an opening date?
Do you think they'll let under 21 folks in for just the golf?
May 12, 2009, 7:07:00 AM
Will there be 2 different menus for the resturant,one up stairs and one for downstairs ?
May 12, 2009, 7:25:00 AM
this. looks. awesome.
and the danger of being hit by errant balls will keep the snooty people away.
ha. i kid, i kid.
May 12, 2009, 9:28:00 AM
There are two menus, both of which are posted on the website. The dinner menu is served upstairs in the dining room; the "El Norte" menu is served downstairs.
"Under 21 folks" are free to golf and game, when accompanied by an adult on Monday evenings during regular dinner service, and on weekend days during private parties.
-Brutus
May 12, 2009, 10:28:00 AM
I, for one, cannot conceive why *anyone* would go to this "H Street CC" monstrosity, be fleeced for $6 beers, and eat overpriced Mexican food when one could get a bag of Taco Bell, a six-pack of Milwaukee's Best, and head over to East Potomac Park and play miniature golf for a fraction of the cost.
Well, unless it was raining, obviously...
May 12, 2009, 11:16:00 AM
hater.
May 12, 2009, 11:42:00 AM
Sofa King awesome!
May 12, 2009, 11:53:00 AM
Glad you won't be coming wet blanket.
Just means more pool table time for the rest of us...
Have fun with your rancid taco bell and your rainy minigolf game out in East Potomac....sucka.
May 12, 2009, 12:22:00 PM
Walk two blocks to booze and play mini-golf on H Street or walk the 5+ miles to play at Hains Point while trying to hide the Beast Ice from DC's "finest" (stationed right next door)??
hmm..I'll take my chances on H. :)
May 12, 2009, 12:31:00 PM
to all the haters....there are other options in the H street corridor...I can't wait for this venue to open.The lay out looks great.
May 12, 2009, 1:28:00 PM
I think wet blanket was making fun of the regular FT commenters who complain about the prices of most of the H Street establishments.
May 12, 2009, 1:29:00 PM
I can relate to some of the comments on overpriced drinks on H st. Don't get me wrong..I'm thrilled H st is finally opening up some cool places but shouldn't the drinks be at least $1 or $2 cheaper than the cap hill bars? Property on the hill is far more expensive than H st..yet the prices on drinks are almost if not exactly the same.
May 12, 2009, 2:01:00 PM
Cheap drinks?
Red and Black
Happy hour 5-8, weekdays
$3 - most beers
Was 2.25...but I'm not gonna complain too much.
May 12, 2009, 2:13:00 PM
5-8? That's exactly the point. Bars along Pa ave/8th St SE have the same happy hour times and prices. I don't get it.
May 12, 2009, 2:27:00 PM
I'm thrilled for the cc to be opening soon! Hopefully the lines will not be too long. I've got a feeling this place is going to be PACKED once word gets out
May 12, 2009, 2:31:00 PM
But they you have to drink with some 21 year old who still thinks they can make a difference in the world... :)
May 12, 2009, 2:31:00 PM
So true PennAve. I'm so glad we have some places to drink at now without having to deal with the hordes of trust fund legislative aides down on Penn. Ave...
May 12, 2009, 2:49:00 PM
Let's see if H St. CC will have a soft opening, and invite the neighborhood only! The place WILL be packed by week 2.
May 12, 2009, 3:55:00 PM
Week 2? Day 2, if not Day 1.
May 13, 2009, 9:50:00 AM
Yes, I'd like a chance for the neighborhood folks to go a couple of days before it opens. I have a feeling that will be my only chance after that it will be so trendy that I doubt I'll get back in or want to.
May 13, 2009, 10:22:00 AM
Does anyone know how much it would cost to play different games? Golf, skeeball, pool etc? Is it going to be based on time or game? Just wondering
May 13, 2009, 11:31:00 AM
This would be great.How do we find out more about the soft opening for the neighborhood residents.Thanks in advance
May 13, 2009, 12:02:00 PM
How do we find out more about the soft opening for the neighborhood residents.I look forward to reading all the complaints about poor service during the soft opening period!
May 13, 2009, 12:51:00 PM
...I doubt I'll get back in or want to.Doesn't seem like it would make a lot of sense to hold a soft opening for people who have no intention of coming back when they actually have to pay.
Just sayin'...
May 13, 2009, 1:19:00 PM
Hater:
A person who feels anger and/or jealousy for someone who has succeeded in something they have worked hard for.
A being who speaks badly,and/or takes negative actions in attempt to create problems for a successful person.
May 13, 2009, 1:23:00 PM
can we earn tickets from the skee ball machine that are redeemable for beer at the bar?
May 13, 2009, 2:03:00 PM
meh.
i'll pay and wait to hang at the CC. maybe they could offer a discount to folks that consistently show up there to eat and drink. like those little punch cards at starbucks for free coffee.
i hope this starts a trend of interactive entertainment on H, like the atlas, palace of wonders, rock and roll hotel...
wouldn't it be cool if this were the "active corridor"? and i don't mean active as in "police chasing down perps".
ew.
what's going on with autozone? is that going to be there forever?
oh, and has anyone covered the developments of the intern building going up on 3rd and k st.? they're working on the first floor already. there's going to be LOTS of students hanging out in the hood in the very near future.......
May 13, 2009, 5:56:00 PM
Enough already. When is this place opening?
May 14, 2009, 1:21:00 PM
You forgot another definition for "hater": unoriginal comeback given by someone who doesn't want to address any actual criticism, the internet version of "I know you are but what am I?"
May 15, 2009, 12:04:00 AM
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