Zebbie's Garden

Three New Clubs Join a Rebounding Nightlife Scene in D.C. | Eater DC

"At 1223 Connecticut Avenue NW I saw Zebbie’s Garden reemerge this month in a fourth-floor space with a storied Prohibition-era past; the speakeasy once hid elegant cocktails behind trap doors and a 30-foot bar until police raided it in 1933. Managed partner Alejandro Ventura and owner Antonis Karagounis have revived the location as an 800-capacity, multi-level venue that brings the outdoors inside with dangling pink cherry blossoms, neon rose-bud lights, a faux-grass floor, bucket swings, hand-sculpture seats, and a bar backsplash of hexagon tiles that highlights pricey Don Julio 1942 bottles. Ventura says cocktails will play up Mediterranean flavors alongside Prohibition-era signatures like the Rickey, and the venue is open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m." - Tierney Plumb