is named after co-owner Ralph Brabham’s mom and reflects her Southern style of hospitality. The next bar from Brabham, his husband Drew Porterfield, and their friend and business partner JP Sabatier will be named after Sabatier’s mother, Betsie Giró. Bar Betsie, opening in the Union Market District this winter, will likewise embrace the Puerto Rican mom’s personality:
This is the second bar for Brabham and Porterfield, who also own Beau Thai, and Sabatier, who previously worked at Rappahannock Oyster Bar and Maydan. The menu is still in development, but it will include around 15 cocktails, including one or two rotating on draft. Sabatier is working on a frozen riff on a Painkiller tiki drink that he’s calling “the Migraine,” which he hopes will be a signature that spans the life of the bar.