What's On the Block at the Jefferson Hotel?
In this regular feature on HotelChatter, we choose a hotel and take a look at what other businesses or buildings are on its block. Because what's close by is nearly just as important as what's inside the hotel.
Today we look at the newly opened Jefferson Hotel. Here’s what they have to say about their location:
The Jefferson's enviable location – straddling the city's political and social scenes at the corner of 16th and M Streets NW – puts guests in the center of it all.
… D.C.'s liveliest neighborhood, Dupont Circle, beckons to the immediate northwest with a cosmopolitan mix of restaurants, coffeehouses, blue-chip galleries and trend-setting retail shops.
… The Jefferson is also near two of Washington's trendiest "new" neighborhoods: Penn Quarter and the U Street Corridor.
And they’re right on target: The hotel is located in a pretty prime spot for walking both downtown and to lively Dupont and Logan Circles, and a long but definitely doable trek to Penn Quarter and the U Street Corridor. And from its corner, you have a straight shot view of the White House, a nice reminder of where you are.
But that said, the Jefferson’s particular block is about as stale as you can get, though also about as Washington as you can get. It's a downtown DC office building jackpot, from the Wilderness Society to the Human Rights Campaign (and the National Geographic Society across the street), plus a church. Right next door to the north is another hotel, the Courtyard Washington Embassy Row.
Across the street from the opposite corner of the Jefferson’s spot, at 17th St. and Rhode Island Ave., the Beacon Hotel's bar and grill is a decent but somewhat uninspired happy hour and dinner spot. If the weather’s nice, the view from Beacon’s rooftop bar is unrivaled in the vicinity, both of the cityscape and its international-skewing “beautiful people” scene.
For that matter, the Jefferson’s Quill bar and Plume restaurant are nice additions to an otherwise lacking block. But, really, we should note that the surrounding blocks make up for the dull block and the dead space probably awards guests a small buffer of quiet.
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