Wonkette
For those of us still abuzz from all the self-righteous furry-filled energy generated at CPAC this weekend, no need to come down yet! CommonWealth in Columbia Heights is hosting a Scotch tasting tonight, with enough glasses of single malt to keep us deluding ourselves well into the workweek. ]
CommonWealth, which opened in Columbia Heights last fall, is known for its mysteriously-named upscale British pub fare (rollmop, trotter, or frog in a puff, anyone?). It’s supposed to be pretty good! Perhaps as a way to lower rollmop-tasting anxiety, CommonWealth is combining a four-course meal with six, count ‘em, six different glasses of single malt Scotch. There will even be a “Master of Whisky” on hand to educate you through your boozy haze.
There is really no better way to start this week in America than pretending to be in a quaintly-accented land where horrors such as this and this do not exist. The whole escapist affair costs only $60 and starts at 6:30PM. Advance reservations are suggested, call 202-265-1400. [WaPo/Commonwealth]
The hell is “London Broil”? I’ve never heard of it. I doubt it’s an authentic British dish.
(The whiskies look great though.)
I ate there a few weeks ago and it was actually pretty good, though I question the wisdom trying to establish any sort of British connection to the food you sell. Oddly, there were also attempts in the decor to link the restaurant name to the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, which is what we in the biz call Taking The Conceit Way Too Far.