Carpool won the Billiards Digest Best New Pool Room in 1995 because we put a lot of attention into the details.
It costs what it costs to keep a place clean and in good repair. Brunswick, Gold Crown pool tables are the industry standard and cost with balls and sticks about $6,000 each. Geoff Dawson: We put a lot of money and effort into buying and maintaining the best equipment available for playing pool. Why oh why does it cost so much to play pool at Carpool? That's the only reason my friends and I avoid the place-it's overpriced. In fact, most of the people who work in our neighborhood places are former customers. They control the atmosphere and become very proprietary about their local hangout. Our crowds tend to come from the neighborhoods where pool halls are. Pool is actually something to do while you go out to eat and drink. Having said that, from where I sit, the crowd there looks pretty fine!ĭoes pool tend to bring in a bad element to otherwise decent neighborhoods? If I'm lucky someday I'll be able to influence the situation with a big smile on my face. Geoff Dawson: Unfortunately as I sit here and await the arrival of my third child, I can't relate anymore to the meat market syndrome. is this anything you as an owner had any control over or planned to do, or is it just the usual trend with bars and nightclubs? i've had friends who told me they thought the place was a lot mellower these days. Seems to me (and I stress "seems") that Carpool in Ballston doesn't have the "meat market" vibe going on as strongly as it used to. That way we don't fight over what color to paint the walls or what accounting program to use.
I'm more of an artist and came out of the construction industry, so our talents complemented each other. In my case, I've had a partner who's got an MBA and is very business-minded. Use the talent of every source available. In doing that, consult with every friend you have. But use your instinct and build a place that feels good to you. Geoff Dawson: Don't depend too much on lawyers and accountants. So what are some of the non-obvious DO's and Don'ts of starting your own bar or nightclub? Geoff Dawson: James Mackey is an Irish pub and we've gone into partnership with 2 native dubliners who have worked with us for the last four years: Shay Rourke and Rich Mackey and we're building THE pub of their Dublin. diversifying? When does it open and what's it going to be?
So Senor Dawson, James Mackey is not a pool hall. Let's start by asking Geoff what that's all about. On top of that, they're opening James mackey on L St NW between 18th and 19th St., where Samantha's used to be. Since then they've opened Buffalo Billiards in Dupont, Carpool in Arlington, Buffalo Billiards in Gaithersburg, and recently opened a Buffalo Billiards in Nashville, with one more to open in Austin in a month. in 1992 He and his partners opened Bedrock Billiards in Adams Morgan, and in 1993 they opened Atomic Billiards in Cleveland Park in DC. I've got a guest today, my first! It's geoff dawson who's the man behind most of the DC area's cool poolhall revival. He also plays rhythm guitar for the country rock band Last Train Home. Then he created the Nightwatch column, which appears every week in The Post's Weekend section and on 's Music & Nightlife Web page. Longer feature stories on the likes of Fugazi, Jawbox, Pearl Jam, Stephane Grappelli and many others. Until next time, you can reach Eric by e-mail at backstage at the annual Wammies (Washington's own Grammy Awards) to metal night at Phantasmagoria to waltz nightĪt the Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom, every week Post staff writer Eric Brace throws himself on the front lines of the bar-n'-musicĪ Washington resident for nearly 30 years, Brace started with the Style section in 1990, where he wrote live music reviews and filed
This week, Post nightlife guru Eric Brace brought his first ever Nightwatch - Live guest – Geoff Dawson, the head honcho behind D.C.-area bars you know and love like Buffalo Billiards, Bedrock Billiards, Carpool, Atomic Billiards and more.
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