Urbana

Good afternoon Case-ies and a very happy Tuesday to you!

I am currently sitting in the jury lounge because I have jury duty and am very salty about it, especially after hearing some kid say on the phone, “yea I’ll probably have to stay and do like a murder in the 5th degree.”

What? This is civil court. And that is not a thing. Go home.

Peasant.

Anyway, last night we went to Urbana off DuPont Circle. Gorgeous spot with cozy booths and actually a pretty nice happy hour. I’m not sure if it was my fault for not saying we were there specifically for happy hour, but when I asked the server at our original booth what the specials were, he told me they were only available in the lounge. I felt bad, but of course I asked him to move us. I just wish that was more clear when we came in.

The specials were great! Carlene and I both had Bloody Marys with the $6 Absolute Cocktail specials and Sara had the white wine special, which I believe was $8. Why were we drinking breakfast drinks at night? Because we are grown ass women and we do what we want and I’m glad they did because they were perf. I like mine of the thicker and spicier side and this was definitely achieved.

They also have a great tapas menu at happy hour prices for munching. Sara and I split a dozen oysters for $12, I got marinated olives for $5, Carlene got calamari I think for $5 and Sara got a cute (bigger than we thought it would be) pizza for $8. My only complaint is to myself- girl, WHY would you order $5 worth of olives? They were great but who eats that? Not me I guess. And if you don’t like your calamari to have tentacles, don’t get it there. I’m weird and picky about that but Carlene seemed to enjoy them.

The service was a little spotty. We could NOT get our waitress to come back before 7, but she did still offer the happy hour prices for our little snackies and second round.

All in all, I’d give it a 4 out of 5. Great venue, great things were in my tummy, weird customer service.

Happy ALL of the hours,

Caroline