Where to Stay in Washington
Where to Stay in Washington Five Minutes’ Walk from the White House . . . and very convenient to practically everything else. Staying in a hotel in this areabordered by Pennsylvania Avenue, 18th,...
...children under 18 in same room free...
...Among the events in the hotel’s memory book: John L. Lewis lunching daily...
...Additional beds in room, $12 each...
...An advance request (and a higher rate) can assure you a room overlooking Lafayette Park and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
...Valet parking in nearby garage...
...YOU feel it the minute you step into the lobby and are greeted by chandeliers, potted palms and huge floral arrangements, goldframed baroque mirrors, marble-topped tables, and a high mosaic and carved-wood ceiling...
...It’s right across the street from the World Bank complex, and convenient to the Civil Service Commission, GSA, Department of the Interior, and George Washington University...
...The traditional PolynesianLndian-Oriental dishes, preceded or followed by Vic’s rum concoctions, still prevail at Trader Vic’s...
...Having just undergone a $6-million renovation-from new plumbing to restoration of the original decor-the 50year-old Sheraton Carlton, 923 16th St., NW, (202) 638-2626, is truly elegant...
...Parking available in garage a block away...
...Executive rooms (with sitting area), $90...
...In addition to a variety of continental entrees, Twigs provides a plant on every table and a flower pot for every drink...
...Singles $45-$65...
...The Hotel Washington’s Two Continents serves good, basic continental food...
...Staying in a hotel in this areabordered by Pennsylvania Avenue, 18th, K, and 14th Streets, NW-puts you a short walk away from not only the White House but the Treasury and Commerce Departments, the Veterans Administration, OMB, ACTION, and the FDIC...
...On the other side of the White House from the Hotel Washington is the Park Central, 705 18th St., NW, (202) 393-4700...
...The rooms, all completely renovated, are attractively and comfortably furnished...
...Doubles, $4 1-45...
...Doubles, $52, $54...
...Two other culinary features at the Sheraton-Carlton worth noting: afternoon tea, with pastries and sandwiches in the lobby court, and a hard-to-resist Sunday brunch for $1 1with complimentary champagne and a buffet so comprehensive that it is easy to avoid the several mediocre offerings and still come away stuffed...
...Doubles, $7 1487...
...Adjoining the dining room is the equally paneled hfayette Pavilion, where cocktails and good jazz piano hold sway nightly...
...Carol Trueblood...
...and a slew of famous overnighters, such as Dean Acheson, A1 Jolson, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Katherine Hepburn...
...And since none of the hotels is more than two blocks from a Metro subway stop, you are also just a few minutes by subway from most of the other agencies and Capitol Hill, as well as the galleries and museums along the Mall...
...At The Carlton, the elaborate ceiling, marble pillars, cathedral windows, and chandeliers are a wonderful backdrop for an equally elegant, and expensive menu (including pheasant, Smithfield ham, Maine lobster...
...It’s well suited for a longer stay-75 of the 250 rooms are efficiencies or suites with fully equipped kitchens (groceries available in drug store downstairs), there’s a laundromat and roof garden...
...Doubles, $40...
...Of these hotels, the Capital Hilton has the two liveliest restaurants: The sea-shell and rattan Trader Vic’s and the airy, contemporary Twigs...
...Long-term rates, government, academic, and embassy discounts available...
...Singles, $57485...
...250 rooms: Singles, $59-$75...
...370 rooms: Singles, $44, $46...
...The rooms have a lived-in air-a bit musty, with slightly worn furniture and window-unit air conditioning-which, depending on your proclivities, may add to the attractiveness of the hotel...
...Weekend special, $125 per couple...
...Suites, $95-$329...
...The continental-American menu at the President Adams has for its setting the high ceilings and rich wood paneling...
...A lot of history has been made in this area-and still is-and the first three hotels listed below have been right in the center of it all: The Hay-Adams, 800 16th St...
...children under 14 in same room free...
...The accommodations are modest compared to the other four hotels, but so are the prices...
...If 50 per cent of the attendees stay in the hotel, the meeting rooms are free...
...The hotel welcomes groups and associations, with seven function rooms, three suites, a ballroom available for meetings, and a catering service...
...Additional beds $15 each...
...NW, (202) 638-2260, was built in 1929 on the site of John Hay’s and Henry Adams’homes, and has retained a 19th-century aura ever since: the decor dignified and statesman-like, with a walnut-paneled lobby and dining room, elaborately molded ceilings and traditional furnishings in the guest rooms, some of which have fireplaces...
...While there are no restaurants in the hotel itself, Blackie’s Jr., for steaks and burgers, is right off the lobby, and there are coffee shops nearby for breakfast...
...Suites, $135-$155...
...children under 12 in same room free...
...Additional guests in room, $13...
...Suites, $125-$225...
...The Hotel Washington, 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, (202) 6385900...
...Singles, $33...
...Weekend specials $12 1-$160 per couple...
...Additional beds in rooms, $5 each...
...Valet parking in garage next door...
...And there’s no cover or minimum...
...Doubles, $60-$80...
...Drinks, as well as light luncheon dishes, are served outside on the terrace and dinner and lunch insidesupplemented, of course, by the best view in town...
...the White House state dinners when the executive mansion was being restored...
...800) 424-9540, is an official landmark of the nation’s capital...
...The Capital Hilton, 1001 16th St., NW, (202) 393-1000, is a hotel in every presentday sense of the word-it’s got people (725 rooms-ful), restaurants (three plus a lounge), meeting facilities (15 meeting rooms and one of the most elegant ballrooms in town), ticket offices for seven major airlines and airport limousines right outside the door, 24-hour room service, tour desk, barbershop, et al...
...Opened in 1918, it has been the home of former speaker of the House John McCormack and dozens of other congressmen and location-it’s right across from Treasury and Commerce, close to the East Wing of the White House, and just two blocks from the Mall, the Washington Monument, and the beginning of museum-gallery row...
...Doubles, $70498...
...Two function rooms and three suites can accommodate small meetings...
...Suites, $100$173...
...the best time to take advantage of it is from May to October, when the whole operation moves to the top of the hotel and becomes the Sky Terrace Restaurant...
...The guest rooms, like the rest of the hotel, have just been refurbished and, though small, are bright and pleasant...
...Weekend special, $130 per couple...
...While not quite as overwhelming as the lobby, the corridors and rooms have been completely renovated in attractive, traditional style...
...By requesting in advance and paying a higher rate, you can count on a view of Pennsylvania Avenue and the monuments and parks...
...Parking garages nearby...
...Efficiencies and suites: Singles, $34-$38...
...The deficiencies in the food and service at The Carlton in the Sheraton-Carlton and the Hay-Adams’ President Adams are made up for by the elegant decor...
...children under 12 (limit two) in double room with parents free...
...From mid-May to mid-October a rooftop terrace is open for dining, drinking, and a marvelous view over the treetops of the government buildings, monuments, memorials, and on up and down the Potomac...
...Like the Hay-Adams, the Carlton discourages large meetingsthere are three board-meeting size function rooms...
Vol. 11 • March 1979 • No. 1
