The Bar/Lounge at The Jefferson, Washington, DC

"Its clubby bar, snug library with fireplace, and many quiet corners give guests ample choice for places to meet over a drink or relax with a newspaper, and Plume, its fine French restaurant, is one of the city's most lauded new tables"

"The on-site cocktail bar is superb for a nightcap while listening to the gentleman piano player"

") And if you can’t afford to, at least stop in at Quill, the hotel’s delightful bar, where the bartender will invent a cocktail to please you, right on the spot"

"Its clubby bar, snug library with fireplace, and many quiet corners give guests ample choice for places to meet over a drink or relax with a newspaper, and Plume, its seasonal fine dining restaurant, is one of the city’s most lauded tables"

"Every detail has been attended to, from the parquet floors in the cocktail bar—recreated according to Jefferson’s designs for Monticello’s salon—to the guests-only Book Room, a refined library inspired by Jefferson’s own book room at Monticello and whose bookshelves are filled with leather-bound editions of his favorite volumes"

"Order a cocktail and tapas pairing or try the bar’s signature sips with a “test tube” trio of any three of your faves"

"All rooms provide 32-inch flat-screen TVs, minibars, Bose iPod docks as well as safes, fax lines, modem ports and dual-line speakerphones"

"Quill, where 18th-century maps follow Jefferson’s European wine journeys, is the hotel’s upscale cocktail bar and lounge; an in-house pianist plays Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 9 p"

"Order a cocktail and tapas pairing or try the bar’s signature sips with a “test tube” trio of any three of your faves"