Comments on: Dickson Wine Bar at 903 U Street, NW Has Soft Opening

By: bar stool

bar stool — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:42:39 +0000

your blog 2nd picture is the bar company ..

By: Nicole @ Frau Farmer

Nicole @ Frau Farmer — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:21:26 +0000

I just bought a pasta attachment for my KitchenAid mixer! Sounds like I need to quit my job and open up a pasta restaurant right away! Ha… I wish.

By: rickie poo

rickie poo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:35:37 +0000

dickson is the name of the building also, so its actually natural for the space.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:42 +0000

Are they really calling it Dickson Wine? That is the worst double entendre I’ve ever heard!

By: anon

anon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:37 +0000

The wonders of margins will undoubtedly support this model

By: m/

m/ — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:53:01 +0000

The stools are from french designer Pauchard’s Marais collection. You can get them from DWR.

http://www.dwr.com/product/dining/chairs/barstools-counter-stools/marais-stool-30-in.do?sortby=ourPicks

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:12:45 +0000

Oh lord, the space exploration fan in me just died a little bit that you’d actually use that for some new wine bar. So much for grandeaur.

By: Eric in Ledroit

Eric in Ledroit — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:54 +0000

Coppi’s has incredible, fresh pasta. I would say it’s the best pasta place in DC.

By: bryandc

bryandc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:57 +0000

ahh, KUNA. that was a great fresh pasta place on u street.

KUNA, you are missed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:32 +0000

I hope their business model can succeed without large crowds. With only 10-20 per floor, that makes the space seem pretty pretty small, especially because I think that’s a generous estimate. For example, I’m guessing this pic is pretty much the whole 3rd floor (unless PoP did a particularily bad job of standing in the corner and taking the picutre), and I can see 11 stools in the pic (maybe 2-3 where PoP is standing, though it looks like he is at the top of a staircase), but I’m not sure how likely it is that all 8 stools at the table would be used given that people tend to like a space/seat between them and the next group of people sitting. I think they would have done better with smaller tables that could be pushed together for larger parties (in addition to allowing more corners on a table that would increase the “squeezing-in” seating capacity).

In any event, I’m all for it, I just do hope their business model allows them to succeed without a packed house, b/c they aren’t going to get one with this configuration.