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"Mr. Lyan debuted stateside in early 2020 with the opening of Silver Lyan in the depths of D.C.’s Riggs hotel. The newly crowned World’s 50 Best bar focuses on storytelling through daring drink menus conceived with a laboratory-like lens. Silver Lyan’s location in an 1800s-era bank vault space surrounded in glass-enclosed silver trophies, along with a speakeasy curiously tucked inside a gym, is part of how Chetiyawardana’s bars often reflect their architecture and settings with an added touch of whimsy." - Melissa McCart