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Cafe Milano
3251 Prospect St NW # 13 Washington DC, DC 20007
(202) 333-6183
Café Milano is the source of many legends. Whether it is a chance encounter with a celebrity (Heellllooo Bo Derek!) or a sneaky encounter with a mature woman or gentleman, elected or not, this place delivers on scene. Smoke that 'non-Cuban' cigar on the patio with friends, sip wine with celebs or pound martinis with your friends - this is a great happy hour (if happy hour lasted until close). So, if everyone who is anyone loves it, and the staff treat you like a rock star, even if you are not, doesn’t that mean this place is the best? We love Café Milano and we’re not afraid to tell everyone. Open Mon-Tue 11:30am-1am; Wed-Sat 11:30am-2am; Sun 11:30am-11pm
Town Hall
2218 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington DC, DC 20007
(202) 333-5640
If you're going to pre-drink at a bar and not at a house, pre-drink here....particularly on Fridays (and Saturdays too). Sunday afternoons are comfortable and pleasant at Town Hall as well--I mean, it's not rocking like its peak nights, but there is a good crowd and are plenty of plasmas with your game on...and great bar food. However, you are probably going to run into a Colts fan who loves them because they won with his girlfriend wearing a pink Manning shirt. Ignore them. By the way, remember when we lived on the Hill and went to Bully's, the Coast and the Lounge? Ha! Those were the days. Pass the guacamole. Open Weekdays 5pm-10:30pm; Sat 11:30am-11pm
Daily Grill (Georgetown)
1200 18th St NW Washington DC, DC 20036
(202) 822-5282
Saturday night, this is the first 10 miles of the marathon between 9 and 11:30 pm. Thursdays....well....do you have a Lacoste shirt? A brooks brothers credit card?? Do your parents fund your apartment so you live near the jetsetters despite a $30k income??? Well then this may be the place for you on Thursday night. It's good looking people making the connections necessary to move ahead in life. Where this crowd runs off to at 11pm is probably the place to be late night. Check out our other categories to find out! Open Mon-Thu 11:30am-11pm; Sat 11:30am-12am; Sun 10am-10pm
McFadden's
2401 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington DC, DC 20037
(202) 223-2338
Six days a week, we might not send you here, but for some reason, on Thursday nights, the girls of George Washington University and other assorted interns and staffers make this a place to meat people. Decent on Monday as well. Jagerbombs all around. Open Mon 12am-2am, 10:30am-2am; Tue-Fri 11am-2am; Sat 10:30am-2am; Sun 11am-12am
Capitol Lounge
229 Pennsylvania Ave SE Washington DC, DC 20003
(202) 547-2098
Tuesday night is its finest - a universal truth. The lure of Tuesdays is 10-cent wings, but it has grown to be more of a meat market, with wings being a handy excuse. However, Thursday is strong and Wednesday is overlooked, for more manageable, chatty crowds. Also, hunting at closing time on any night usually renders results. Cap Lounge has burnt down twice but recovered nicely, so head on over and talk politics, even though the sign says 'no politics'. Go hit on a Hill staffer and learn all about how they wrote a press release or an amendment or something. That masters degree was worth it! Open Mon 2:30pm-2am; Tue-Thu 3pm-2am; Fri-Sat 10am-3am; Sun 10am-midnight
Garrett's
3003 M St NW Washington DC, DC 20007
(202) 333-1033
The girls are upstairs, the rejected guys are downstairs, and the guy and girl who should get a room are in the sunroom. Take that Citysearch! Open Mon 12am-2am, 11:30am-2am; Tue-Thu 11:30am-2am; Fri-Sat 12pm-3am; Sun 12pm-12am
Lucky Bar
1221 Connecticut Ave NW # 1221 Washington DC, DC 20036
(202) 331-3733
In a town full of Hill staffers, lawyers and lobbyists, who knows where the folks in this bar have jobs as they are none of the above. But they party hard and the girl/guy ratio is relatively high, so pull up a dirty stool and hit on the girls who weren't good enough for the clubs next door. Open Mon-Thu 3pm-2am; Fri 3pm-3am; Sat 9pm-3am
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