Viceroy Washington DC, a modern lifestyle hotel located in the heart of Logan Circle, today announces the opening of Dovetail, the hotel’s contemporary bar, and restaurant helmed by Executive Chef James Gee.
Situated on the District’s 14th Street corridor, the indoor-outdoor restaurant is set to enhance the area’s booming culinary scene. Inspired by the energy of the capital city’s trendiest neighborhood, Dovetail is defined by the seamless connection of separate pieces that skillfully fit together – referencing Chef Gee’s dynamic culinary background and the community coming together to bond and share a great meal.
With a focus on fresh flavors through the lens of the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian areas of the United States, Chef Gee pulls many ethnic cooking influences and tastes from Cantonese, Italian and Spanish backgrounds, into his recipes as well. The rotating seasonal menus incorporate ingredients sourced from East Coast farmers, fishermen, and purveyors with whom Chef Gee has deep-rooted relationships.
The debut spring menu will showcase the season’s bounty including root vegetables, berries, and peas. The Quinoa & Sweet Potato Salad recipe has been developed from the chef’s Italian and Cantonese heritage, made with local produce, a creamy sheep’s milk ricotta for a rich flavor, and finished with ginger, white soy sauce, and citrus dressing. The Fennel Crusted Yellowfin Tuna Crudo features freshly seared tuna coated in fennel served over a red beet puree with black garlic molasses and goat cheese cream.
Dovetail offers guests a chef’s table that will serve as a less formal, more communal space for friends and family to gather. Later this year, Dovetail will introduce new culinary programs such as chef collaboration dinners with other chefs and themed beverage dinners that highlight the restaurant’s local partners and winemakers.
A formidable beverage program highlights local spirits, craft brews, and inventive cocktails. DC-based spirits brands, including One Eight Distilling and Green Hat Gin, are used in Dovetail’s distinctive yet approachable drinks. Guests can sample a variety of cocktails – including the refreshing Truth In Our Thorns, crafted with tequila, aloe liqueur, blue curacao, pineapple, honeydew, cactus, lime, and cilantro agave, as well as the Taj Mahal using bourbon, watermelon, curry leaf, lime, and berbere tinc.
Favorite beers have been hand-selected from neighborhood breweries, including Port City Brewing Company, Aslin Beer Co., and Solace Brewing Company. Dovetail also offers a robust wine list with an emphasis on local-area wineries, such as RdV Vineyards, with select labels of Lost Mountain and Rendezvous, in addition to national and international vineyards.
Entering the restaurant on the first floor of Viceroy Washington DC, guests will find an intimate dining room where midcentury-style mingles with traditional details in a nod to the Victorian-era architecture of Logan Circle. Blue mosaic floor tiles and vibrant yellow upholstery connect to the eye-catching mural by No Kings Collective at the front of the hotel. One can pull up for a drink at the bar, wrapped in deep blue ceramic tiles and brass accents, or make an evening of it at the chef’s table at the back of the restaurant, featuring a generous brass globe pendant overhead.
Large windows visually connect the interior with the year-round, covered outdoor patio. Designed as a community living room with its own bar, the patio is a place to start or end the evening. Furnishings and lighting are refined and stylish. Lush, sculptural, faux lawn and topiary elements make the outdoor room feel soft and green, like a garden.
Reservations can be made by calling the restaurant at 202-742-3150 (ext. 4150) or online at Resy. Dovetail is located at 1430 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20005.
