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| Masa 14 Opens With Private Dining and Tequila Lounge |
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Washington has its first lounge devoted to tequila, as well as a new restaurant serving creative Asian-Latin fare, both under one roof. On Monday, chefs Kaz Okochi of Kaz Sushi Bistro in Foggy Bottom and Richard Sandoval, owner of Zengo in Penn Quarter, opened Masa 14 along the rapidly developing 14th Street Corridor.
The 3,000-square-foot venue has an industrial look, with exposed brick walls, a soaring ceiling lined with exposed pipes, and a raw concrete floor. Just inside the front door, the 74-seat Tequila Lounge offers a menu of more than 100 tequilas, 14 beers on tap, and specialty cocktails made with fresh fruit and agave nectar. The long, narrow space has bar stools and hightop tables, both covered in rust-colored vinyl. |
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 | The 74-seat Tequila Lounge has a DJ booth and a menu of more than 100 tequilas.
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 | The 100-seat main dining room includes a communal table for 12 and a view of the open kitchen.
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 | The glass-enclosed private dining room seats 18.
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 | The main dining room and Tequila Lounge are separated by a low wood wall.
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 | Masa's decor includes exposed brick walls, natural wood, concrete floors, and red glass pendant lamps.
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Opposite the bar is a glass-enclosed, 18-seat private dining room that looks out onto the street. In the rear of the venue, the open kitchen and 100-seat dining room are separated from the lounge by a low wall of natural wood. Red glass pendant lamps softly light the tables and booths.
Chef de cuisine Antonio Burrell oversees the menu, which is divided into cold and hot small plates, tacos, rice and noodles, and flatbreads baked in a wood-burning oven.
—Walter Nicholls
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