Chadwicks will serve its last bottomless champagne brunch on Sunday, Aug. 31 at its K St. location.
With the restaurant closing, Georgetown students of legal drinking age will be losing an important part of their culture. “[My friends] and I were pretty upset about it closing,” said Sean Sullivan (MSB ’15), “It was kind of like Tuscany in that everyone had to go there at least once and everyone knew where it was.”
Chadwicks server Ben Rosse believes that without the Georgetown location, its business will suffer because Chadwicks’ Alexandria restaurant doesn’t have the same college crowd. “Georgetown students definitely have provided a lot of business for us here,” Rosse said. Chadwicks attracted many Georgetown students by offering a brunch entree with unlimited champagne for $22.95 on Saturdays and Sundays. “I’m pretty sure we had the best deal going,” Rosse said.
Chadwicks has to close its Georgetown location because its lease was bought out by Mr. Smith’s.
Mr. Smith’s, currently located on M St., is moving its location due to a rent increase. According to Mr. Smith’s manager Robert Kristiansen, Chadwicks’ lease is “substantially less.”
Kristiansen hopes that Mr. Smith’s will be able to attract some of Chadwicks old unlimited champagne brunch patrons. “We actually do a similar deal as them, but theirs is just better advertised,” he said. Mr. Smith’s does offer unlimited champagne at $2.95 a glass, but their offer does not include a meal.
Kristiansen also noted that Mr. Smith’s is hoping to restart events to attract more students, such as its Wednesday night Hoya Lounge, a weekly event held for Georgetown students that ended a few years ago.
Georgetown will soon find out whether Mr. Smith’s will be able to attract a similar nighttime bar crowd and be continue Chadwicks’ popular champagne brunch tradition when it opens on K St. in early September.
