Updated November 11, 2025

Beginning October 1st, appropriations for most of the Federal government lapsed and a large chunk of Federal employees are furloughed while the rest are working. Almost all those impacted received paychecks missing 30% over the weekend and risk the next one not being paid at all.

DC bars and restaurants have announced specials listed below. DC proper only spots listed

Generally with Federal ID – unclear marketing about many of them, some may be available to all. If clearly available to all – marked with **

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Bolded for me to keep track of those I’ve supported

Establishment	Special Details
18th Street Lounge	$10 beer + rail combos, HH prices all night ($8 margs/espresso martinis/rails, $7 caa/wine, $5 mo beer/seltzer)
All About Burger	50% off (except specials)
Ama	$20 daily plate of the day at the bar or to go (veggies, pasta, and protein)
Amelie	$21 mussels + fries + glass of wine or burger + fries + bottle of beer
Any Day Now	5p-close all night HH Th-Mon ($10 wine/cocktails, $5 beer/vodka seltzer, $6 set of 3 dumpling tacos, $9 (5) $17 (10) wings)
Barrel	$10 milk punch, old fashioned, or Manhattan, $6 IPA or lager
Barrel House Cafe and Bar	Shutdown themed drinks, $8 cocktails, $6 white wine spritzer, $5 Victory Cloudwalker IPA. Free coffee Fri-Sun druing coffee service
Beresovsky’s Deli	BOGO sandwich
Bistro du Jour	1 free punch cocktail
Boardwalk	$5 shot special
Boogy & Peel**	All day HH ($9 cocktails, $3 off wine by glass, $2 off craft beer) + 1/2 off select pizzas 11:30a-6:30p
Boqueria	All day HH (lots of food options, $6 beer, $9 shishito margarita, $8 sangria, $8 martinis, $9 espresso martini, $9 wine)
Bub & Pop’s	free soup and chips
Butterworth’s	$5 welsh rarebit, $6 mini Guinness, $10 furlough-rita
Capital One Cafe	free 8 oz daybreaker coffee or any hot tea
Carmine’s**	$8 frozen big berry cosmo or frozen peach bellini, $5 meatball sliders
Chaplin’s	30% off
China Chilcano	Free rice bowls (donburis) 11:30-3p M-F
Cinder BBQ	$10 chile del arbol sticky ribs (30% off)
City Tap Dupont	HH all day ($6 drafts, $7 wine, $8 cocktails)
City-State Public House	10% off (been running this special all year)
Colada Shop	free Havana blend coffee w/ purchase
Compass Coffee	one free food and drink item daily
Cork Wine Bar	Early HH starts at 3p, $5-8 European wines, $7 avo tast or fries
Crooked Run Brewery	A $5 20 oz mug of beer per day
Cucina Morini	$10 primi pasta
Cynthia	HH all night in whole restaurant ($10 wine/house cocktails, $13 classic cocktails, discounted food) + $7 tequila shots (mention IG post)
Daru**	All night HH Sun-Th ($10 chicken tikka masala w/ rice & garlic naan, $8 paneer pesto tikka, discounted cocktails)
DC Brau	$3.50 core beer pints
DCity Smokehouse	1/2 off DCity Daiquiris w/ any in-store purchase. at The Whiskey Bar- $10 house wine, $10 soul mega +house shot combo
Denson Liquor Bar	10% off
District Taco	25% off until 12/31
Duke’s Counter	BOGO all burgers
Duke’s Grocery	Complimentary shot of bourbon or house wine w/ purchase of burger or entree, $5 beer
Easy Company	$5 glass of red or white wine
801	Thu-Sun 5p-close – $7 crushes, $12 smash burgers/chicken sandwiches
El Rey Navy Yard	$20 Monopolio beer bucket + nacho plate
El Tamarindo	Free coffee w/ breakfast, $15 2 pupusas + house marg lunch 11-3p
Franklin Hall	$6 mixed drinks, $6 canned beers, $6 furlough shooters
Gatsby	1 free brunch cocktail
Gogi Yogi	1 free beer with AYCE
Hank’s Oyster Bar	All day HH at bar, $2.50 oysters, 20% off lunch or dinner
Hard Rock Cafe	all day HH ($3 domestic drafts, $6 single well liquor, $5 select wine, food starting at $8). $12 lunch special – burger or flatbread + fries or salad + fountain drink
Harvey’s by Soko at Union Market**	$15 buffalo chicken sandwich + chips + can of soda
Hawk n Dove	$3 select beer, $7 espresso martini, $10 single smash burger, $10 special entree of day, 75% off select wine bottles
Henceforth	25% off
Hen Quarter	20% off (excludes alcohol)
Her Diner	All night HH ($5 mini tots, $6 drafts, $8 wine, $9 martini/cosmo, $10 cocktail squeezes)
Immigrant Food**	$5 margaritas
kbird at Studio Theater	free meal 5:30p Mondays (first 20 furloughed feds)
Kraken Bryant Street	$10 pizza + beer, free 1 hour skate admission + rental, bogo hour pickeball, $10 quick toss axes + draft beer
Kyojin Sushi	20% off (excluding HH)
La Bonne Vache	30% off
L’Ardente	50% off espresso-style martinis
Little Miner Taco at The Haymaker	40% off food
Lobby Bar	$7 martinis, $12 double smash burger w/ fries
Lost Generation Brewing	20% off and free foamies
Lou’s Buns	Buy one, get 2nd cinnamon bun 50% off
Love, Makoto	50% off espresso-style martinis
Lucha Rosa	M-Th 5-8p, $7 house spirits
Lydia on H	20% off
Maker’s Union	20% off (excludes alcohol)
Manny & Olga’s	$10 large 1 topping pizza, $7 8″ cheesesteak sub
Marianne’s by DC Central Kitchen	50% off
Matchbox	20% off (excludes alcohol)
McClellan’s Retreat	HH all night Wed and Sun. ($8-9 cocktails, $10 martinis), $15 grilled cheese/chips/old fashioned except on Sundays
Merry Pin**	$2 drip coffees, $6 mimosas (for all). For Feds: free pickles, $1 pickle shots, free open crafting 10a-5p, free craft supplies
Milk & Honey Cafe	20% off (excludes alcohol)
Mi Vida	One free punch cocktail
Moby Dick’s	free sandwich 11a-2p
Morris American Bar	All night HH ($10 beer+ shot combo, $12 bartender’s choice, $12 Lillet spritz, $10 cheese pizza, $12 sandwiches)
Neopol Smokery	10% off
Number 9	$9 Tito’s, Milagro, & Tanqueray after 9p
Osteria Morini	$15 pastas
Paraiso	all day HH M-F ($12 tapas, $4-5 beer, $8 wine, $8 sangria, $9 margs)
Pop Fizz	$14 Detroit pizzas, $25 bottles of wine, $6 vodka martinis, vodka sodas
Ramen by Uzu	10% off
Rasa	$10 shutdown bowls (Chicken tikka masala or harvest), roughly $2.25 off
Reynolds Bar	$10 martinis
Right Proper	Pre-paid beers for Feds
Rimtang	20% off (excluding HH)
Rose Ave Bakery	15% off (in-store only)
St. Vincent	25% off wine bottles for dine-in
Sauf Haus	Extended HH til 10p, $6 green tea shooters
Shakers	$4 rails, $7 martinis
Shaw’s Tavern	M-F lunch/dinner: $5 Miller Lite, Tavern Lager; $6 house red/white; $7 Deep Eddy martinis. $10 cheeseburger/red or white pizza.
Smoke & Mirrors	20% off
Solace Brewery	$5 pints until 9p
Stellina Pizza	half off drinks + all day HH ($25 pizza + drink + chipps + a couple snacks)
STFU	$8 cocktails 5-10p
Succotash	1 free punch cocktail
Takoda	$5 shot special
Tango Pastry	free coffee, 15% off
Tapori	all night HH Sun-Thu (all draft beer $6, $8 16 oz Rupee beers, all house cocktails $12, select wine $8 glass/$40 bottle)
The Brig	$8 PBR + Ky Gman combo, $10 Becks tallboy + jager como
The Commodore	Rotating daily specials for Feds
The Crown and Crow	$5 rails, $5 pilsner, $5 altos resposado shot (themed names)
The Delegate	20% off (excludes alcohol)
The Grill	1 free punch cocktail
The Little Gay Pub	Doubles of Tito’s for regular price M-F open til 8p
The Queen Vic	20% off dine-in
Tiffany’s Bistro	25% off
Tiki Garden	15% off + free kids meals for kids under 12
Tiki on 18th	all day HH ($11 cocktails, $10 wine, $3 Miller Lite pony, $4 Modelo, + food)
Tiki TNT	10% off (excluding HH items)
Town Tavern	HH all night long M-F ($4 domestic bottles, $5 select seltzers, $6 mixed rails, bar bites)
Tune Inn	Themed named specials. $4 lemon drop, $5 cranberry vodka/sprite, $6 2 Miller or PBR drafts, $5-8 food specials. Avail 2-8p M-F
Ugly Duckling**	Specials available to all HH all day (includes $7-9 cocktails, $6 beer, $5 rail shots, $30 bottles of wine on special, $3.50-6.50 food specials)
Unconventional DIner	$7 mocha-espresso martinis
Union Pub	$3 select beers, $7 beer-and-hotdog combo
Upstate FTW at Sports and Social	50% off beef on weck, $3 domestic drafts, $5 house wine, $8 crushes during HH (4-7p M-F)
Wiseguy Pizza	20% off (excludes alcohol)
Zeppelin	30% off

Post also has free/discounted museums, discounted tickets