Best happy hours for impressing a date
Fritz Hahn | Updated 07/01/2011
Sometimes you want (or need) to meet for drinks at a place that's a little classier than usual your usual after-work joint. These happy hours will make you look good without breaking the bank.
Beer and Pizza Happy Hour
Alexandria, VA | Begins 6/5
Birreria Paradiso has some wonderful and obscure beers on its menu, but sometimes the $8 to $10 price tags make it difficult to justify exploration. Not so on Tuesday and Wednesday, when all drafts are half-price between 5 and 7.
Free Wine Tasting
Washington, DC | Tuesdays
Let an expert guide you through free tastings of two wines every Tuesday night at Bistrot Lepic. No, there's no catch -- and all wines at the bar are 20 percent off the rest of the night.
Happy Hour at Brasserie Beck
Washington, DC | Monday-Friday
All draft beers are half price between 5 and 7 on weekdays -- even the fanciest Belgian drafts.
Happy Hour at Ceiba
Washington, DC | Daily
Ceiba offers all of its signature tropical drinks for $5 Monday through Saturday if you visit before or after dinner. Go for the Dark and Stormy or the Pisco Sour.
Happy Hour at Current
Washington, DC
The upscale nightspot is home to an underrated sushi bar. Stop by after work for discounted nigiri, rolls, beers and cocktails.
Happy Hour at Kushi
Washington, DC | Monday-Friday
One of the city's most innovative Japanese restaurants offers a surprisingly good happy hour that includes sushi, pork belly skewers, beers and martinis.
Happy Hour at Lyon Hall
Arlington, VA | Daily
The Clarendon bar's daily deals -- which extend to the weekend -- include ten $3 beers from the "Session" draft menu, half-priced wines by the glass and $5 house-made brats and frankfurters.
Hora Feliz
Washington, DC
Four is the magic number at Oyamel's happy hour: Grab house-made margaritas, fruity Mexican punches or pints of Dos Equis beer for $4, or choose a pair of delicious tacos for the same price.
Happy Hour at PS 7's
Washington, DC | Monday-Friday
Sparkling wine, red wine and white wine cost $4, beers are $3 and various menu items are discounted between 4 to 7 Tuesday through Friday and all night on Monday. (Note to budget fiends: Monday's deals also include half-price burgers.)
Happy Hour at Vinoteca
Washington, DC | Daily
The sunny wine bar offers a daily happy hour with 20 different wines by the glass for $5 as well as discounted food items.
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