Welcome to Happyhourcity.com

Welcome to Happyhourcity.com

HappyHourCity.com is a site dedicated to bringing you the latest information on happy hours in the DC area, as well as their specials taking place. Happyhourcity.com is divided by DC area neighborhoods. Each neighborhood features information about each venue’s happy hour drink specials, hours and days of operation as well as entertainment during the happy hour. We at Happyhourcity.com strive to get the most up to date information and always appreciate your feedback. Please don't forget to check out our daily headlines featuring information on special happy hour, wine tastings, restaurant openings and more in the DC area.

History of the Happy Hour

In the 1920s, "happy hour" was Navy slang for the scheduled period of entertainment on-ship. After the passage of the Volstead Act, civilians held "cocktail hours" at speakeasies, and in their own homes, to fortify themselves before dinner. Post-prohibition cocktail lounges continued the custom of pre-dinner cocktails. "Happy hour" became a common term around 1960; it appeared in a 1959 Saturday Evening Post article on military life. Owing its name to the word "happy" as meaning "slightly drunk," happy hour became known more as an after-work ritual, instead of a prelude to the evening. In the 1980s, bars offered complimentary hors d'oeuvres for happy hour, in response to the heightened enforcement of anti-drunk-driving laws.

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