![]() Settle under one of the sun sails or grab a seat at the bar for happy hour, offered every day but Saturday with $5 draft beers, $5 rail drinks, $6 house wines, and $8 frozen and draft cocktails. At the space now filled with old Whitlow’s furniture and tchotchkes - spot the Elvis bust? - the main attraction is the large rooftop deck, which has been upgraded with an additional bar, new furniture and a prize wheel (more on that in a second). bar scene, announcing in April that Whitlow’s was taking over the three-level Brixton space on the corner of Ninth and U streets. Less than one year after Whitlow’s relocated from its longtime Clarendon home to the former Echo Park bar in Shaw, owner Jon Williams made even bigger waves on the D.C. (Be warned that if you’re asked to wait at the downstairs bar for seats to become available, you’ll be ordering from that menu, not the one with half-price deals.) ![]() Reservations are strongly recommended for the upstairs tables, which are best for groups of four or more the bar seats are first-come, first-served. The “Up Top, Down Low” happy hour - so named because the Adams Morgan bar’s rooftop is split into two sections, with a large, tented terrace up a few steps from the long bar area - knocks half price off all cocktails on the menu, so you’re paying $6.50 to $9 for any of the dozen drinks, including a ginger-forward mule accented with rhubarb and bright pineapple the fresh, floral Bloom Goes the Dynamite, which stars watermelon, basil, rum and shochu and a gin and tonic with housemade tonic and a punch of grapefruit. The Imperial’s “classic happy hour,” offered Wednesday through Friday, includes $2 oysters, $18 lobster rolls, $11 glasses of wine and a quartet of $12 cocktails, which, to be honest, is a little on the high side for happy hour drinks. Overall, the setting, with its views of the burgeoning Union Market district, corn hole games and the wide-open space, makes this a fun spot for a group outing - if your schedule allows. There are three food options, all $4 each: crispy fried chicken sliders drizzled with hot honey black bean burgers and “Italian sliders” that are more like slices off an upscale party sub, with capicola, mortadella and provolone on a focaccia crust brushed with basil aioli. Bring a picnic blanket or yoga mats and picnic in the fake turf atop Union Market, with specials including $5 canned beers $6 drafts $7 canned wine and an $8 “adult juice box,” which on a recent visit was a pouch containing a bright, crushable mix of vodka, elderflower, Kaffir lime syrup and lime juice. schedule three days a week and a more gracious 3 to 9 p.m. Anyone who works the once-standard 9-to-5 is going to struggle to take advantage of happy hour at Hi-Lawn, which runs an abbreviated 3 to 5 p.m. ![]() began shifting earlier and ending sooner, and people who don’t finish work until 5 or later find themselves scrambling to make it to the bar to take advantage of discounts. After-work specials that once ran from 5 until 7 or 8 p.m. Note: Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission.For years - probably a decade, at least - happy hours have been changing, and not for the better. But all of them have their place in the city’s larger sushi scene. ![]() Some are old-school favorites for sushi bento and conveyor belt rolls others are new kids on the block incorporating non-traditional ingredients. ![]() Nonetheless, there are several exceptional spots to devour tuna-draped nigiri, swirls of salmon maki, and ultra-creamy slabs of scallop sashimi, either in a lively dining room or on an al fresco patio. Portland has lost some of its finest sushi restaurants over the course of the pandemic. Still, the sushi scene in Portland has continued to improve over the last few years, from exciting and affordable additions like Fish & Rice and Yoshi’s to nationally recognized staples like Zilla Sake and Nimblefish. As a city with ample access to high-quality fish and nationally celebrated Japanese food, Portland knows its way around some sushi. ![]()
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