The Continental Modern Pool Lounge - General Tiki

R rupe33 Tiki Socialite DC Metro Area (MD) Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 375	R rupe33 Posted posted on Tue, Sep 19, 2006 6:22 AM Was at the Continental last night for the first time in awhile, and it's still a pretty damn cool place. They've rearranged some of the furnishings a bit since my last visit. Place still has the largest collection of spaghetti lights I've ever seen - those big plastic (or are they glass?) ball lights that hang from a chain. This place still seems to be one of the best-kept secrets in DC - they have a great happy hour with $2.50 drafts, which is the cheapest I've heard of in this town. There are also some menu items that get knocked down in price as well. Their pool prices seem to have dropped pretty nicely as well, so shooting some stick is not prohibitively expensive. The great jukebox was shut down early in anticipation of Monday Night Football. Oh, that's probably the biggest change - some new giant screen TVs in the middle of the joint. The ceilings are really high, though, the place has always felt big to me. And for some reason... it's usually empty during happy hour! Haven't had any of their mixed drinks because beer is so cheap there. While not exactly tiki, any fan of mid-century modern furnishings or of the Jetsons (this looks like where George would take Jane for cocktails) or of the Encounter bar at LAX airport would totally dig it. Cheers, Rupe [ Edited by: rupe33 2006-09-19 06:27 ]

Was at the Continental last night for the first time in awhile, and it's still a pretty damn cool place. They've rearranged some of the furnishings a bit since my last visit. Place still has the largest collection of spaghetti lights I've ever seen - those big plastic (or are they glass?) ball lights that hang from a chain.

This place still seems to be one of the best-kept secrets in DC - they have a great happy hour with $2.50 drafts, which is the cheapest I've heard of in this town. There are also some menu items that get knocked down in price as well. Their pool prices seem to have dropped pretty nicely as well, so shooting some stick is not prohibitively expensive. The great jukebox was shut down early in anticipation of Monday Night Football. Oh, that's probably the biggest change - some new giant screen TVs in the middle of the joint. The ceilings are really high, though, the place has always felt big to me. And for some reason... it's usually empty during happy hour!

Haven't had any of their mixed drinks because beer is so cheap there. While not exactly tiki, any fan of mid-century modern furnishings or of the Jetsons (this looks like where George would take Jane for cocktails) or of the Encounter bar at LAX airport would totally dig it.

Cheers,
Rupe

[ Edited by: rupe33 2006-09-19 06:27 ]

Post #255421 by rupe33 on Tue, Sep 19, 2006 6:22 AM