Article: Shelly's Back Room a reminder you can't eat ambience.(Business Times)(Executive Lunch)

If atmosphere could satisfy hunger, Shelly's Back Room would be a great place to eat.

The F Street bar and restaurant has a comfortable wood interior with seating areas that feature couches and an impressive wall of built-in cigar humidores. But the sandwich and salad lunch menu is hardly impressive fare. And the slow, inattentive service on a recent Thursday is likely to draw attention away from any business discussion.

For anyone planning to sit back with a cigar, Shelly's has plenty to offer.

A selection of 25 stogies ranges in price from $5 to as much as $25 for an Opus X.

But supervisor Seth Cowan said Shelly's doesn't sell ...

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