If your Friday afternoon workload is on the light side, head on over to the downtown Smith & Wollensky–today is the final day of their annual National Wine Week promotion. For $10 (plus the regular cost of lunch), the old school steakhouse's gruff servers will pour generous samples of ten American wines. And you thought martini lunches left you stumbly? Seriously, clear your iCal if you're going to this one.
Available between 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM (meaning they won’t let you drink past 2:30). 1112 19th St., NW; 202-466-1100; Nationalwineweek.com.
Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.
