According to Portland Monthly, the bar's name references "the Dickensian heyday of gin, as well as the two most common martini garnishes".

The interior, described by the magazine as "understated", has low lighting and shades of beige, charcoal, and gray.

For more than a decade, the bar hosted Da Gathering, a "casual" event for Black male professionals "to meet people with similar experiences, purposefully devoid of the formalities of a networking or career mixer".

[9] Following protests in the city over the murder of George Floyd, Fowler said: "Some of those activities have hijacked the message.

[11] Atlas Obscura editors also selected the bar for a 2015 list of establishments with the best pun names.