NATHANS Thread on Late Night Shots

BARTENDERS MATT BROWN AND JESSE MILLER AT NATHANS, 2009

This thread about Nathans on LateNightShots.com was emailed to me anonymously. Its interesting, amusing, and worth reposting:

RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Kyle Sweeney on 1-12-2011 5:22 PM
Last night as the snow descended upon washington like a light frosting on Petromala's nostrils in the eighties i found myself contemplating the merits of heading over to town hall. While the thought of downing a shitty bottle of Malbec gave me a stronger quiver in my pants than a bakers dozen of turtle eggs, i became oddly flaccid when i thought about what might be going on there. The smell of Barbour wax wafting through the air like a bad cross-field pass and transplant toddlers teeming with newfound tier melded in my mind to create a menagerie of overplayed filth that reminded me of a bad locker room mixtape some freshman thought was hot and never got swapped out. I long for the days when i could hang my hat next to my helmet at the corner of Wisconsin and M. An unspoiled bar in Georgetown and Glover Park is like a two way middie, hard to find.
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Hoya legend on 1-12-2011 5:24 PM
Welcome back sir
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: To Kyle on 1-12-2011 5:27 PM
Hilarious. But why such a fan of Nathan's?
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: art vandelayon 1-12-2011 5:28 PM
i'll give you a B+ for that. ANIKO, BUSY BUSY BUSY AT WEEKEND BRUNCH TIME
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Old Man Winter on 1-12-2011 5:33 PM
Town Hall was teeming last night, but it did indeed have that circle jerk feel that is so typical on Tuesday nights. Wasn't Nathan's a big hot spot in the 80's?
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: poor you on 1-12-2011 5:37 PM
Nathan's was the last of a kind. But you have Serendipity coming. Won't that fill the void?
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Not a chance on 1-12-2011 5:40 PM
An ice cream shop won't fill the void.
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Nathan's was Beta on 1-12-2011 5:47 PM R
The only place to be during a snowstorm in DC is Martin's. Old Man Winter--solid first sentence there. THE FRONT ROOM ON A WEEKDAY AFTERNOON, OCT 2007
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Jesse Miller's hairon 1-12-2011 5:55 PM
Never will there be, a place like Nathans
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Fan on 1-12-2011 5:58 PM
If serendipity keeps the bar we can toss the ice cream out the front door and try to reclaim the place, but first it has to open.
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Agree with Fan on 1-13-2011 12:06 AM
I'm thinking a bar at Serendipity could be great for snowstorms. They have amazing hot chocolate that would be great with some Baileys before heading out in the snow for a Georgetown bar crawl.
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Question on 1-13-2011 3:40 PM
What caused the downfall of this place? I hear a lot of glory stories about it from the old guys.
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: TMFN To Question on 1-13-2011 5:40 PM
Who The Fuck Are You Calling Old Guys?
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Nathans was great on 1-13-2011 5:42 PM
I spend my Nathans time at Martins now. NATHANS: AFTER THE LAST LAST CALL, JULY 2009
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: to agree with fan on 1-13-2011 11:41 PM
whoa. hot chocolate at nathans? dear boy, are you out of your mind? that corner can't be disgraced. toss the cocoa out the door with the ice cream and stick with the manly booze. no self respecting bartender ever served COCOA at nathans. not once. not ever. (taking nothing away from hot chocolate, only not at that location, please)
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Sebastian Valmont on 1-14-2011 12:26 AM
Rumor has it Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez daughter is running the PR for Serendipity DC. Sitting atop her penthouse in the Ritz, this potential 'Potomac Fever' cast member is adamant in bringing Upper East Side charm to the corner of Wisconsin and M. Good luck Erika. 100 bucks the homeless guy with the Vinyard Vines hat 'new york crosses' his way over to that side of the intersection.
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Dan Snyder on 1-14-2011 3:45 PM
Some of those involved say there's big money behind it and a Redskins connection.
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: ^ on 1-14-2011 5:25 PM	t
The Redskin connection is that Rodrigo is Jack Kent Cooke's step son and gets to play with all of his mommy's money. This project has been a train wreck from almost the start. They've been renting that place for how many fucking thousands of dollars a month for over a year now without selling a single mother fucking sundae. It should not take that long. I hear there's infighting and that's why they keep having to push back the opening. But don't worry. That place will be such a tourist trap you will have no interest ever going there. ALL THAT REMAINED (THOUGH BARSTOOLS DID GET BOOSTED)
RE: I miss you Nathans Posted By: Carol Joynt on 1-15-2011 8:37 AM
Someone sent this thread to me and I'm grateful. Thanks for sharing memories of Nathans. In its day it was incomparable. (Really on my late husband's watch, not mine, but I tried). A lot of the lacrosse memorabilia is now at George, which has the vibe Nathans had when it first opened (though Nathans had a dining room, full menu and got a rave review from the WaPost restaurant critic). I have all the sailing prints and hope to sell them. Honestly, they still carry the smoky scent of that place!! Again, thank you.