"The Green Zone is one of the best bars in DC, so it gets packed early. Head over around 4pm so you can grab a seat before the crowd arrives. Named after an area in Baghdad, this Middle Eastern bar serves a bunch of craft cocktails featuring ingredients from that part of the world, like the Women. Life. Freedom, a vodka-based drink with cardamom and rose. The bar does have strong political stances—one of the drinks is called the F*ck Trump punch—so do with that what you will. " - tristiana hinton