Fodor's Expert Review Tune Inn

Part bar, part diner, part happy-hour haunt for Hill staffers, this Capitol Hill tradition is one of the neighborhood's last great dives. Opened in 1947, and still run by the same family, the space was upgraded after a fire in 2011 but retains its lodge-like decor, including a healthy display of taxidermied animals staring down from the walls. Pony up to the bar, which boasts the second-oldest liquor license in D.C., beside a loyal cast of regulars, to catch a Commanders game over a beer and a plate of greasy-spoon favorites like chicken fingers and jalapeño poppers. Or amble to the booths in the back for its most famous burger—beer-battered and deep-fried.