"I don’t want champagne to be something you have on an anniversary or a birthday," said restaurant co-owner Hakim Hamid. "I want you to have it because it's Wednesday."

Sounds like the right person to open a champagne lounge.

Hamid is one of several partners behind 1230 Restaurant & Champagne Lounge, opening this fall at 1230 9th St. NW. He's enlisted chef Mal... read more...