It’s not every day in the Star City that a National Historic Landmark goes up for sale. That’s the case with The Coffee Pot, the iconic restaurant, watering hole and live music venue along Brambleton Avenue on the city’s southwest edge.
The Coffee Pot, an iconic restaurant and watering hole on Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø's southwest edge, is for sale. The place opened in 1935 with a giant red-and-white coffee pot on its roof, a classic example of road-style American architecture that dotted the countryside in the Depresseion-era. Owner Carroll Bell bought it in 1979.
Carroll Bell, owner of The Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue, collects money at the door of the restaurant and music venue Saturday night, when the house was packed.
Saturday night, The Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue was jammed for a show by Washington D.C.-based blues-rockers, The Nighthawks. Above is the restaurant's bar area. Owner Carroll Bell recently put the business up for sale.
When The Coffee Pot opened on Brambleton Avenue in 1936, It was a gas station and tea room, before later becoming a semi-notorious roadhouse that, according to local legend, had shack up cabins for amorous patrons.
The iconic Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue has inspired both artists and journalists. Among the the articles about the place over the years is "A roadhouse full of memories," a 1995 article columnist Dan Casey wrote about the place when owner Carroll Bell applied to make it a National Historic Landmark.
Saturday night, The Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue was packed by patrons who paid $10 at the door to see The Nighthawks, a Washington D.C.-based blues-rock band that dates back to 1972.
Carroll Bell, owner of the The Coffee Pot bar and restaurant on Brambleton Avenue, has listed the 90-year-old establishment for sale with Hall & Associates.
Carroll Bell, owner of The Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue, collects money at the door of the restaurant and music venue Saturday night, when the house was packed.
Saturday night, The Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue was packed by patrons who paid $10 at the door to see The Nighthawks, a Washington D.C.-based blues-rock band that dates back to 1972.
Saturday night, The Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue was jammed for a show by Washington D.C.-based blues-rockers, The Nighthawks. Above is the restaurant's bar area. Owner Carroll Bell recently put the business up for sale.
The Coffee Pot, an iconic restaurant and watering hole on Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø's southwest edge, is for sale. The place opened in 1935 with a giant red-and-white coffee pot on its roof, a classic example of road-style American architecture that dotted the countryside in the Depresseion-era. Owner Carroll Bell bought it in 1979.
When The Coffee Pot opened on Brambleton Avenue in 1936, It was a gas station and tea room, before later becoming a semi-notorious roadhouse that, according to local legend, had shack up cabins for amorous patrons.
The iconic Coffee Pot on Brambleton Avenue has inspired both artists and journalists. Among the the articles about the place over the years is "A roadhouse full of memories," a 1995 article columnist Dan Casey wrote about the place when owner Carroll Bell applied to make it a National Historic Landmark.
Carroll Bell, owner of the The Coffee Pot bar and restaurant on Brambleton Avenue, has listed the 90-year-old establishment for sale with Hall & Associates.
