| VENUE NEWS 02.20.09 9:00 AM |
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| Todd English Brings Cha Restaurant to Donovan House This Spring |
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| In the spring, Todd English Enterprises will open a restaurant called Cha (Chinese for tea) in the Thompson’s Hotel Group’s Donovan House hotel on Logan Circle. Designed by the New York-based Studio Gaia, the modern, 3,500-square-foot, 140-seat venue will feature a bar/lounge area (split by a dark mahogany communal table and table-length chandelier) and a main dining room with a private, curtained off, eight-seat banquette. Also on site: a 58-seat private dining room. |
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 | The main dining room has a private, curtained eight-seat banquette.
Rendering: Studio Gaia |
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 | The entrance foyer reflects the restaurant's modern decor.
Rendering: Studio Gaia |
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 | The lounge is furnished with plush, circular chairs and low-top tables.
Rendering: Studio Gaia |
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 | The bar features a 10-seat communal table.
Rendering: Studio Gaia |
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The menu, developed by English and executive chef Sam Hazen (who held the same post at Tao restaurants in New York and Las Vegas), is a mix of traditional and modern Asian cuisine (think pork spare ribs and foie gras wontons) with an extensive selection of artisan loose teas and tea-based cocktails.
Cha will be English's second venue in town, alongside K Street's Olives.
—Walter Nicholls
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