DC Bars for Weekday Day Drinking Before 4pm

Updated: June 22, 2024

Focused on places that are more bars than restaurants (though almost all of these feature full kitchens), there are lots more places where you can get a drink. Holler if wrong/missing

  • Capitol Hill/Eastern Market/H Street
    • The Dubliner – 7a
    • Tune Inn – 8a
    • Bullfeathers – 11a
    • The Brig – 3p (reduced hours in winter)
    • Tunnicliffs – 11a
    • Hawk and Dove – 11a
    • Shelter at The Roost – 11a
    • Union Pub -11a
    • Hamilton’s Bar and Grill – 1130a
    • Kelly’s Irish Times – noon
    • Valor Brew Pub – 11a
    • Paste & Rind – 3p (closed M & Tu)
  • Columbia Heights/Petworth/Park View
    • Lyman’s – noon
    • Midlands – 3p (1p Fri)
    • Johnny’s – 3p (Fri only)
  • U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle/Ledroit Park
    • Exiles – 3p
    • Stoney’s – 11a
    • Aslin Beer – 11a
    • The Royal – 10a
    • Shaw’s Tavern – 11:30a
    • Jane Jane – 2p (FRI only)
    • Right Proper – noon (Fri only)
    • Garden District- noon (Fri only)
  • Adams Morgan/Mt Pleasant
    • Grand Central -noon
    • Shenanigans – noon
    • Easy Tiger – 11:30a
    • Grand Duchess – noon (FRI only)
  • Dupont Circle
    • Fox and Hounds – 3p (11a on Friday)
    • Recessions – 3p
    • Sauf Haus – 2p
    • The Fireplace – 1p
    • Madhatter – 11:30a
    • Larry’s Lounge – 2p
    • City Tap House Dupont – 11a
    • Across the Pond – 3p (closed Mon)
    • Duffy’s Dupont – 11:30a (Thu/Fri only)
  • Georgetown/Foggy Bottom/West End
    • Tombs – 11:30a
    • Martin’s – 11a
    • Froggy Bottom -11a
    • Tony & Joe’s/Nick’s Riverside Grill – 11:30a
    • Duke’s Grocery – 11:30a
    • Mr Smith’s – 11:30a
    • Proper 21K – 11:30a
  • Downtown/Penn Quarter
    • Bottom Line – 11a
    • Astro Beer Hall – 11:30a (closed Mondays)
    • Post Pub – 11a
    • The Quill at the Jefferson – 2p
    • Stan’s – 11a
    • Off The Record – 11:30a
    • Old Ebbitt Grill – 8a
    • The Smith – 8:30a
    • Irish Channel – 11a
    • Proper 21 – 11:30a
    • Shelley’s Back Room – 11:30a
    • City Tap House Penn Quarter- 11a
    • Round Robin Bar – 1p (Fri only)
  • Navy Yard
    • Bluejacket – 11a
    • Walters – 11a
    • The Greene Turtle – 11a
    • The Big Stick – 11:30a
    • Atlas Navy Yard – 11a
    • Solace Outpost – 3p (noon Thu/Fri)
    • The Salt Line outdoor bar – Noon (Fri only, usually summers)
  • The Wharf
    • The Brighton – noon
    • Boardwalk Bar – 11a
    • Tiki TNT – 3p (noon Fri)
    • Kirwin’s – 11a
  • NoMa/Union Market/Eckington/Brookland/Ivy City
    • Red Bear Brewing – 11:30a
    • Last Call – noon (Thurs/Fri only)
    • Right Proper Brookland – noon (Fri only)
    • Other Half Brewing – noon
  • Bloomingdale
    • Pub and People -11:30a (Fri only)
    • Boundary Stone – noon (Fri only)
  • Cleveland Park/Woodley Park/Tenleytown
    • Duke’s Counter – 11:30a (11a Fri)
    • Nanny O’Brien’s – noon (Tu-Fri)

One response to “DC Bars for Weekday Day Drinking Before 4pm”

  1. You missed fight club

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