The Happy Hour food menu seems to change regularly. We find cushy bar seating, but it’s the off-menu fries that bring us back – a cone of crunchy, fried goodness. The staff is friendly and the décor eclectic post-industrial, with a hint of Barcelonan edginess. This space has seen a number of different concept bars and restaurants through the years, and Barrafina is the latest. We go up the street to the Mediterranean-themed Barrafina Bar & Grill, 1714 Connecticut Avenue, NW, to give it another try. You can also just order a basket (under $4) of focaccia/flatbread from that pizza oven to nibble on and many tasty $5 options. There are many other food choices on the HH menu (you can even sneak in a small salad), most tried throughout the years and all reliable for great accompaniment to bar drinking. The wood-fired pizza oven, which warms the atmosphere, is the source of Margherita pizza and various flatbreads (both at the $9 mark for HH). The Sette HH food menu has always been good value for money: Some great, homemade meatballs with Brussel sprouts and fried calamari for $6. We tried a sparkling rose and bottle of red Tempranillo. A nice selection of red, white and sparkling wines were available at $5 for a glass, $18 for a carafe and $25 for a bottle. All rail liquors (e.g., a fair mid-range Early Times bourbon) go for $6. Some specialty cocktails ($6) were offered including Sangria (red and white), Bellini, Mimosa, Mojito, and Aperol Spritz. Beers offerings ($5) include two Italian favorites, Peroni (draft) and Moretti La Rossa, as well as usuals (Amstel Light, Heineken, Corona). We welcomed newbie bartender, Andrea, and reminisced about other long-time bartenders now departed, who could always be depended on to get your drink “just right”. The HH menu features a nice selection of both food and beverages and good bartending has always been a strength here.
#Tico dc yelp windows
Large plate glass windows put all the hustle and bustle of Connecticut Avenue within sight. The décor is bright, cheery and with a definite Italian theme – think lots of tile (challenging for hearing when the place is full), colorful ceramics, large-format Italian advertising posters, etc.
#Tico dc yelp tv
Happy Hour puts you at the long bar, with TV screens set to either the talking-head chatter of the day or a sports event. We started at Sette Osteria, 1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, a popular stylish spot since the early 2000’s. The expanded DC Happy Hour Sleuths crew stuck local for a comparison crawl between two neighborhood establishments – one where most of us have been faithfuls for years, the other, a relative new-comer to our local HH circuit. Well, a declaration of a national emergency could mean retreating back to the familiar and safe (or, dare we say, “where it all began?”).
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