Food Pics of the Week (FPOTW): J. Hollinger's Waterman's Chophouse

J. Hollinger's Waterman's Chophouse

8606 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910

J Hollinger’s Yelp Link: ***

Life kinda has being life’ing, so I have not had much time for updating this thing. Perhaps, I should change this to Food Pics of the Month (FPOTM). ;) For today’s FPOTW, we’ll go back to an oldie but goodie spot. Well, I guess this post technically should be Drink Pics of the Week (DPOTW) because this entry primarily features a cocktail from J Hollinger’s.

Smoked Peach Colesville Crush:

Below, we have the Smoked Peach Colesville Crush, which is a delicious cocktail that has a mix of Crown Royal Peach, smoked peach puree, lemon juice, and (since it’s a crush) crushed ice.

This cocktail is a delightful twist on classic Crown Royal, with hints of peach combined with by a rich, smoky peach purée. Each sip of this cocktail has the right mix of sweetness from the smoked peach and boldness from the whiskey. This drink goes down so smooth that you will not realize when you have had a few. Hell, this beverage is so delicious that I’ll break my no dark liquor before sunset rule to have one or three. Fortunately for me, sunset happens earlier because of the recent time change, so I can enjoy this beverage around 5 pm.

Some food:

Ok, so my recent visit was not all about this beverage. Whenever I stop by J Holligner’s, I always grab a half or full dozen of oysters.

closing remarks:

I’ll reiterate that J Hollinger’s probably is one of my favorite spots in downtown Silver Spring because the restaurant has a VERY GENEROUS happy hour special. One of these days, I really should check out their weekend brunch. The restaurant’s happy hour is from 4 pm to close, Tuesdays to Sundays, which comes in handy. I think this is one of the few restaurants whose happy hour extends past 6 pm and occurs on the weekends. In addition, to the generous hours, J Hollinger’s has great food and drink deals - wine and most cocktails are around $9-10 and small bar bites are about $10/plate (depending on what you order). Also, I really appreciate the fact that the clientele is super diverse and pretty chill. This also goes for the service team. One a few occasions, I’ve visited J Hollinger’s alone, but ended chatting with folks for 2+ hours.

Food Pics of the Week (FPOTW): J. Hollingers Waterman’s Chophouse

J. Hollingers Waterman’s Chophouse (***)

8606 Colesville Rd Silver Spring, MD 20910

I think hubby and I have found our local happy hour spot for the following reasons:

• A generous happy hour, Tues – Thurs 4-9 pm and Fri – Sat 4 – 7 pm

• A nice selection of happy hour food and beverages starting at $5.

• $1 oysters – you know I love my oysters

• Diverse clientele

• Friendly staff

For our dining pleasure, we went with a roasted beet and burrata salad, fried calamari, and mussels, Of course, we did mussels since it's a part of the restaurant's name.

For our dining and drinking pleasure, we had delicious gin tonics (I had a couple of Manhattans too), a dozen oysters, lamb meatballs, and ceviche. With the exception o f the ceviche, EVERYTHING was amazing especially the meatballs. The ceviche wasn’t bad, but it tasted more like guacamole with some shrimp.

While the food and beverages were great, I really enjoyed the diversity in the bar’s patrons. Often, I have to deal with the fact that I will be the only Black person in many places. However, J. Hollingers had folks of all colors, sizes, and shapes. The only downside: I wish it was in walking distance. Looking at Google, commuting to the spot is 1 hour on foot, 26 minutes by bus, and 9 minutes by car. Oh well, can win them all.