Going to the big Wizards game Friday night? Here’s are some of our favorite bars and happy hours in the Verizon Center neighborhood where you can get a drink to calm your nerves. Go Wiz!

At Bar Louie (701 Seventh St., NW), martinis are $6 and 14-ounce draft beer is $3 from 4 to 7 PM.

RFD (810 Seventh St., NW) has solid happy-hour prices on beer; from 5 to 7 you can get a $3.50 beer of the day.

At Ella’s Wood-Fired Pizza (901 F St., NW) from 4 to 7, sangría is $3.50 a glass, $15 for a carafe. Seven-inch pizzas are $5, and drafts are $1 off.

At Greene Turtle (601 F St., NW), you get $1 off premium drafts and $1 off all glasses of wine from 4 to 7.

Old Dominion Brewhouse (1219 Ninth St., NW) offers half-price appetizers and $3.25 beers on tap from 4 to 7.

For something a bit more upscale, head to PS 7’s (777 I St., NW). From 5 to 7  every weekday, all its delicious bar food and special drink concoctions are just $7.

Penn Quarter Sports Tavern (639 Indiana Ave., NW) offers half off appetizers and top-shelf mixed drinks along with $2 off drafts and pitchers and $1 off bottled beer.

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