Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC is a 183-room

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at the corner of

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and F Streets

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in the

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neighborhood of

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Kimpton Hotel Monaco DC is one of ten Kimpton hotel properties in the

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and is located across the street from the

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and the

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. The hotel opened in the summer of 2002 and was named one of the eighty best new hotels in the world in 2003 by ''

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''. In September 2010, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust acquired the Monaco Washington DC hotel for $74.0 million.

Architecture

Kimpton Hotel Monaco DC is located inside the neoclassical

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building, a

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constructed in 1839 that was the first all-marble building in Washington and patterned after the

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Temple of Jupiter. The hotel, listed on the

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, occupies an entire city block between 7th and 8th, and E and F streets. The four-story building is separated by a courtyard. One half of the structure was designed by Robert Mills, designer of the

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, while the other half was designed by Thomas U. Walter, one of the architects for the

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. Kimpton began a $32 million renovation of the General Post Office Building in 2000 after an agreement with the

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to lease the building for 60 years. The main post office area was transformed into the hotel lobby and the mail-sorting pavilion became the restaurant.

Room design

The hotel rooms feature vaulted 12–18 ft (3.7-5.5 m) ceilings and long windows. The color scheme of each room is eclectic. The drapes are charcoal and white patterned, the walls are yellow, lounge chairs are periwinkle blue, chandeliers are lime green, and

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pillows are a mixture of orange and red. A bust of

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, the third

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and a good friend of Robert Mills, sits on top of a neoclassic

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in each room. In addition to standard rooms and suites, the hotel features "Tall Rooms" with 18-foot ceilings, 96-inch (244 cm) beds, and raised showerheads. First floor rooms are mostly below ground with only small windows near the ceiling letting in sunlight. The second through fourth floor exterior rooms face the city, while the interior rooms face the courtyard and restaurant. Each guest is given a complimentary goldfish at check-in which hotel staff feed and maintain during the guest's stay.

Restaurant

Hotel Monaco's restaurant and bar, Dirty Habit, features a glass-walled atrium and a large outdoor patio. It shares its name and design with a hotel restaurant in

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. The restaurant is accessible through an entrance in the hotel lobby and a second entrance on 8th Street that was once a carriageway passage for horses and buggies. When the hotel opened in 2002, the original restaurant was Poste Moderne Brasserie, which closed in 2016. Poste was known for its sustainable practices and organic garden, and it was the 2009 Mayor's Environmental Excellence Award Winner for Outstanding Achievement by a Restaurant. In 2008, Poste was recognized as the Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington. In 2014, First Lady

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celebrated her 50th birthday in a private room at Poste.

Guest Services

Fruit water is provided at check-in in addition to a complimentary coffee bar in the mornings in the lobby until 10 am. A happy hour is hosted in the lobby for guests from 5-6 pm daily.

Gallery

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References

External links

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC

Dirty Habit DC
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