Last fall, the International District’s iconic Four Seas Restaurant and its cocktail lounge, Dynasty Room, closed to make way for the construction of a seven-story building. But the demo date was TBD, and the building would have stood empty for a while had its owners not found a temporary tenant. I-Miun Liu, owner of Oasis Tea Zone and Eastern Cafe, had been looking for a place in the ID to kick-start his next venture. “The stars were definitely aligned,” Liu said in an interview with The Stranger.
On April 1, after two months of DIY-ing the build-out with help from Michael Chu (formerly of Ba Bar, who was brought on as bar manager), Liu opened the new Dynasty Room, a pop-up craft cocktail bar that maintains the soul of the original while showcasing Asian culture in a new light and bringing something unique to the ID bar scene.
