Since moving to Washington DC, finding a cheap, decent meal is pretty difficult. It is well known that the city offers many different specials throughout the week but most are during happy hour prime time: 4-7pm and I am LUCKY if I step foot in my apartment by 6:45 leaving my opportunity for a good meal out impossible. I recently took a list of restaurants that offer specific nightly deals on foods and drinks and categorized it by the day the deal is offered. To organize it even further I color coded the genre of food so depending on the day your “Taco Tuesday” can be FREE (on Wednesdays). So as the incredibly bargain hunting foodie I am, I offer you, How to Colorfully eat and drink your way through the city without breaking your bank by Sunday!

 

Color Codes include:

 

  • All night Happy Hour
  • Pizza
  • American/wings/Burgers
  • Oysters/ Seafood
  • ½ Price wine bottles
  • Tacos
  • Other

 

Mondays:

 

  • Ankara: ½ price Wine Bottles on Mondays
  • Bar Charley: All night Happy hour on food and drink
    • Burger- $9
    • Drinks- $8
  • Open City
    • Burger and Draft Beer combo ($12)
  • El Chucho: 4pm – 2am Happy Hour
    • Tacos- $3
    • Guac- $5
    • Beer- $3-4Margaritas- $4-5
  • Flight: 5pm- close *Wine Bar still expensive but good selections
  • Tico: All night Happy hour
    • Cocktails- $6
    • Beer and wine: $5
    • Tacos- $4
    • Small plates- $5-8
  • The Pinch
    • Duck bacon Mac n cheese with green beans $10

 

 

Tuesdays:

 

  • Ambar: 4pm -10 pm
    • Small Serbian small Plates
    • Beer/wine/ Margs/ mojitos- $4
  • Dogwood Tavern
    • $4 ½ dozen clams or oysters
    • $4 ½ pound of shrimp
    • $4 sauteed mussels

 

 

Wednesdays:

 

  • Breadsoda *game room* 4pm- 2am
    • All Games are free
    • Drinks are $4
  • 1905
    • ½ Price burgers

 

 

Thursdays:

 

  • Red Derby– All night Happy hour
    • 9pm- midnight ½ price food
  • Society Fair *Alexandria*
    • $45 New York Rib eye/ Filet with sides, salad and a dessert

 

Fridays:

 

  • The Bottom Line: 4pm- close
    • $1 Miller lite
    • $2 7-9 pm
    • $4 rail drinks
    • $4 wing or taquito basket

 

 

Saturdays

 

  • Penn Commons (4pm -Close)
    • ** LIKE THIS EVERY NIGHT
    • $5 beer/cocktails/ wines

 

Sundays

Its called the day of rest for a reason. Relax. Cook something. Or Enjoy one of the MANY bottomless brunches offered in this beautiful city!