About DCHappyHours.com
DCHappyHours.com is the DC-area happy hour guide that's actually current. Cheap wine in Dupont, food specials in Georgetown, late-night deals in Adams Morgan — hundreds of listings across DC, MD, and VA, kept fresh by a mix of scraping, AI, and a rewards program that pays users to fix what's stale.
If you're going out
Free account unlocks most of it. One click, top nav.
DC, MD & VA coverage
Cap Hill to Clarendon to Bethesda. Filter by neighborhood, metro stop, or just "near me."
Always current
Hours and specials stay fresh via scheduled re-scrapes, user corrections, and a points-for-fixes rewards program.
Smart filters
Day, time, feature (rooftop, patio, dog-friendly…), price, keyword. "Running now" and "Near me" are one tap.
Flash deals
Short-window drops like "half-off oysters, next 90 minutes." Auto-expire. Built for the last-minute pivot.
Live crowd signal
Who's popping right now. Busy badges on listings, a live pulse strip on home, and a tonight heatmap so you stop guessing where the night is.
Bar crawls
Build a timed, walkable 2–5 stop route. Save it, share it, or turn it into a plan with RSVPs.
Plan with the group
Pick a bar + a time, drop one link in the group chat. Friends tap Yes / Maybe / No — no signup to RSVP.
Follow bartenders
See who's working tonight across every bar they pour at. When they're on, they can drop a live “what I'm pouring” post.
Rewards + gift cards
Earn points for check-ins, corrections, and updates. 250 points = $25 gift card. Real money.
Weekly digest
Thursday email. Cheapest, busiest, and any flash deals rolling into the weekend.
Favorites + profile
Save your regulars, track points, pick how we talk to you. All in one place.
Phone-first + dark mode
Built for your thumb. Tap a bar, see tonight's deals, favorite it, done. Dark mode standard.
Run a DC bar?
Everything below is free once you've claimed your listing. Ads are a separate (also free to request) tier.
Claim your listing
Prove you run the place, then edit hours, specials, photos, and socials yourself. No email-the-admin loop.
Manager dashboard
A focused editor at /account/manage. Change hours, swap the logo, update specials — as often as you want.
Post flash deals
Short-window deals (30 min to a few hours) that go live the second you save and auto-expire when time's up.
Run ads
Approved advertisers get promoted slots on home, area, and listing pages. Admin reviews the creative. DC-only reach.
See your reach
Views, click-throughs, and check-in counts on your listing. Know when the site is actually sending you traffic.
Bartender follow graph + live posts
Tag the bartenders on your team. Their followers see when they're working, and they can drop live “come see me tonight” updates from their phone. Nobody else in DC offers this.
The story
We've been helping DC find the cheap drinks since the early web. Started as a spreadsheet. Grew into thousands of listings, user ratings, a bartender follow graph with live shift posts, a crawl builder, group plans with one-tap RSVPs, real-time check-ins, and a rewards program that pays people to keep the data honest. Whole thing got redesigned in 2026. Enjoy.
Help out
Spot we're missing? Drop it in. Something outdated? Hit "Suggest a correction" on any listing — you get rewards points for keeping it fresh. Got thoughts on the site itself? Hit us up or leave a note on the feedback form.