Ivy and Coney

"This unpretentious bar is a diehard Chicago and Detroit fan, from its sports teams to the food. Fill up on sausages and beef sandwiches alongside cheap Midwestern beer and well drinks. Stay perky with $5 nitro cold brews (or $11 with Jameson). Head here every Monday for $10 cheese pizzas." - Tierney Plumb

"The Chicago- and Detroit-centric sports bar keeps things simple — just take a peek at their menu, which splits all food options into either “sandwiches” or “not sandwiches.” If you’re in the mood for a not sandwich, they offer cheese, pepperoni, giardiniera (an Italian pickled veggie relish — carrots on a pizza sounds bananas, but somehow it works), and Italian beef-za pizza. Swing by on Mondays, when you can get cheese pizzas half-off with the purchase of a beer." - Hannah Yasharoff

"The divey Shaw water hole, that the owners call “D.C.’s premier bar for arguing the merits of pastrami vs. corned beef,” throws its famed “Chai-vy & Cohen-y” Hanukkah party. Through January 1, Ivy and Coney transforms “into a cerulean Shangri-La where the Manischewitz flows like Mike D and the dreidels spin like a Koufax curveball.” Festivities turn the liveliest during Hanukkah itself, with nightly candle lightings at around  7 p.m. and small prizes for attendees. Food and drink specials include the rabbi-not-approved Shotnorah (an eight-person shotski menorah), Sufgani-shots (jelly doughnut shots), and traditional latkes served with applesauce and sour cream. The bar will also be open at 5 p.m. on Christmas Day for Chinese food and movies. All of the Manischewitz sales will be donated to nearby Bread for the City." - Evan Caplan

"Ketchup is decidedly not an option at this Shaw dive bar, where patrons tend to fall into the Detroit hot dog camp (a Coney dog has beef chili, mustard, and onion) or Chicago dog camp (pickle spear, green relish, mustard, tomato, onion, peppers, and celery salt)." - Adele Chapin, Travis Mitchell, Eater Staff

"This unpretentious, cash-friendly bar is devoted to Chicago Bears and everything that comes with the city. Fill up on sausages, Detroit pizza, dogs, and beef sandwiches alongside cheap Midwestern beer and well drinks. Shots of Chicago’s love-to-hate novelty liquor Malort are just $1 after 11 p.m." - Tierney Plumb, Eater Staff