Hotel
InterContinental the Willard Washington D.C. by IHG
Beaux-Arts grand hotel with a storied bar, a society promenade, and a presidential guest list.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the InterContinental the Willard in Washington, D.C. opens with Kentucky senator Henry Clay hauling a barrel of bourbon 300 miles into the hotel bar in 1830 to settle an argument over how a mint julep should be mixed. From there it follows the Round Robin Bar's since-famous drink into Peacock Alley, the promenade where Washington society once paraded and Mark Twain liked to draw a crowd on the staircase. Listen for how a single senator's stubborn recipe still shapes what the bar pours today.
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