After a few weeks in which its been largely known as Eliot Spitzer’s preferred locale for illicit trysts, the Mayflower Hotel has some good news. Esquire has named its Town & Country as one of the best bars in America. “A fine place to conduct business,” according to writer Mark Warren. “A little dark, which is good, because the ties are ugly. It’s Washington. … The ballrooms echo like the Overlook Hotel [think ‘The Shining’] with the ghosts of pure power.”