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The Columbia Room/Passenger was recently named to in the top 50 bars in America along with PX in the area.
Some friends and I went over there the night before the repeal day ball and hovered by the door to the Columbia Room long enough to beg our way in. At their typical closing time we were pretty much the last people there with Katie Nelson pouring one incredible drink after another, then in walks Derek Brown with maybe 15 other crazy good bartenders from around the country - one of them brought maybe a 20 pound cured/aged ham they started carving up and handing out.
Being a fly on the wall as those guys talked about drinks, served up some of their favorites (and let us sample them), etc... Pretty damn fun night. We drank until almost 4am when they had to kick everyone out of the back room (the Passenger had closed a while before that).
Anyway, that place is awesome, and one of the topics up for discussion that night was the Martini. Derek makes one of the best Martinis anywhere on the planet, and based off their conversation it's safe to say RJ's comments on this thread would have been thoroughly mocked.
Cool story DC. Katie is a very talented bartender. GQ did say that Derek makes the best dry martini in America. Will have to find out for myself one day :drool: