I’m pretty sure I encountered my first happy hour on a family vacation with my mother and sister. We stopped at a hotel to get some rest before the next day’s epic drive, and the bar just off the hotel lobby advertised drink specials and a free buffet. Just off an all-day fast food bender, [...]
When the weather’s cool and there’s a nice breeze, I’m much more motivated to walk home on the last portion of my mass-transit commute. My route takes me up 18th Street NW and through Dupont Circle, where I’m tempted to grab an outdoor table at Mandu. I love that the patio faces west, and the [...]
When I heard Vinoteca’s back yard patio served up some decent sliders, I knew where I’d spend my next bar session. The recent drop in temperatures had me looking for any excuse to spend time outside. Owner Paul Carlson's outdoor space has garnered significant attention for its inclusion of an oyster-shell bocce court, which will [...]
The good news started when WaPo's Going Out Guru Fritz Hahn spread the word about Brasserie Beck's special January daily happy hour. The tune got even sweeter when Beck beer maestro Thor Cheston granted Mike Dolan's plea on DC Beer that the happy hour become permanent. This week the story gets even better. In addition to [...]
Tuesday has long been an excellent night to go a'drinking in DC. The Belgian Beer Happy Hour Bohemian Caverns used to have was a night we thoroughly enjoyed in our just-getting-into-beer days. We have managed to have plenty more tipsy Tuesdays as a result of the wealth of beer happy hour opportunities available in DC. [...]
Capitol Hill's Tune Inn bar opens at 8 a.m. every day of the week, serving breakfast and drinks to the neighborhood's early risers. At 10 a.m. this morning, nobody was there to eat. Three regulars sit at the bar—a Budweiser, a Whiskey, and a Screwdriver. Each patron comes in about two—okay, three—times a week for [...]
