Happy Hours for Day Drinkers - Girl Meets Food

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f you?ve got a case of the Mondays (or a case of the Unpaid Furlough Fridays), this list?s for you.? The sequestration is starting to feel as heavy and unwanted as sex with Joey Chestnut after a competition.? So what should you do when you?re temporarily out of work? Go day drinking, and do it for less.? We can show you how:

Three-Day Weekends

Penn Quarter is the place to be on Friday afternoons.? Seafood-centric Azur starts oyster happy hour on Fridays from 3-7 pm with $1 oysters, select $5 draft beers and $6 cocktails. 405 8th Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 347-7491

Through August 30, Italian spot Graffiato, also in Penn Quarter, will be offering Friday happy hour from 2-6 pm that includes $5 punch, wines, draft prosecco and draft beers. 707 6th Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 289-3600

Nearby, new South American eatery Del Campo is offering $7 happy hour specials in the bar and on its patio from 11:30 am ? 7 pm on Fridays. 777 I St NW, Washington, DC. (202) 289-7377

During the Week

On perfect days, classy folks (might that be you?) plant themselves at?701, right outside the Archives Metro, on the shaded patio overlooking the Navy Memorial from 3-7 pm daily. Now through September.? 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC. (202) 393-0701

The same hours apply at Star and Shamrock in the Atlas District, when you get $1 off Miller Lites and rail drinks plus $5 wines weekdays from 3-7 pm.? 1341 H Street NE, Washington, DC. (202) 388-3833

The Diner in Adams Morgan follows close behind Monday-Friday from 2-6 pm with $3 Tall Boys, $4 drafts and $5 wines.? 2453 18th Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 232-8800

Cities in Golden Triangle offers all-day happy hour from noon-8 pm weekdays with $8 cocktails, $6 draft beers, $5 bottled beers, $7 wines and $5 Red Bulls. 919 19th Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 331-3232

Poste in Penn Quarter features $6-$8 specials on local beers, liquors and wine Monday-Friday 11 am ? 7 pm. Food specials are $4-$8 from 5-7 pm.? 700 F Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 628-7177

The Mighty Pint in Dupont Circle offers $3 Bud, Bud Light, Miller Lite and PBR; $4 rail drinks; $5 Jack Daniels or DC Brau cans Monday-Friday 11 am-8 pm. 1831 M Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 466-3010

The Boxcar Tavern in Capitol Hill has $5 Coronas, Amstel Lights and Heineken bottles all day Thursday. 224 7th Street SE, Washington, DC.(202) 544-0518

Hot ?n? Juicy in Woodley Park not only serves succulent seafood in a bag, you can wash it all down, bag and all, with $1 beers all day Monday-Wednesday.? 2651 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC. (202) 299-9448

All Day, Every Damn Day

The only bar on the water in DC, Cantina Marina on the Southwest waterfront has different happy hour specials all day, every day from 11:30 am, including free margarita upgrades and $3-$4 beers. 600 Water Street SW, Washington, DC. (202) 554-8396

Latin-American favorite Ceiba downtown offers a different drink for $5 from 11:30 am every day like their famous margaritas.? 701 14th Street NW,?Washington, DC.? (202) 393-3983

Solly?s Tavern on U Street also starts drinking at noon every day with $3 Bud, Bud Light, Miller Lite and PBR, $4 rail drinks, $5 Jack Daniels and DC Brau cans. 1942 11th Street, NW, Washington, DC. (202) 232-6590

You may not think of Flavors of India in Foggy Bottom when it comes to happy hour, but maybe this will change your mind: $2 PBR, $3 Miller Lite and Yuengling bottles, plus $4.50 wings.? From 1-8 pm, seven days a week.?? 2524 L Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 333-1155

Weekend Happy Hours

Poste in Penn Quarter features $6-$8 specials on local beers, spirits and wine on the weekends from 4-7 pm. Food items are $4-$8 from 5-7 pm.? 700 F Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 628-7177

Asia Nine downtown has happy hour all day Sunday.? Choose from $3 drafts, $5 wines including sparkling, $5 sake or sake bomb (comes with Singha beer) and $17 buckets of 6 Singhas.? Select small plates are $3-$6.? 915 E Street NW, Washington, DC. 202.629.4355.

When you?ve fallen on hard times indeed, head to Hard Times Cafe, where there?s a different happy hour special 11 am-9 pm on the weekends.? Various locations.

Can?t get your s**t together that early? Check out Happy Hours for Procrastinators?

- Mary Kong-DeVito

Founder/Editor-in-Chief. Mary grew up in New York where the food-centric city and her family's restaurants were literally her playground. Instead of eating dirt, she ate duck blood and rotten eggs. You never know what you'll find on the sidewalks. Mary is a veteran of the spa industry who's worked on celebrities such as Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams and Jane Krakowski. Her writing has appeared in DC Magazine, Washington Post Express, Scoutmob and Washington City Paper. She eats "normal" stuff too, like cheeseburgers. Kangaroo cheeseburgers. More articles by - Mary Kong-DeVito ?

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