No doubt D.C. area residents have already been enjoying their share of after work, al fresco drinking and dining this summer. That’s what summer’s for, and it actually hasn’t been bikram-yoga-studio-hot in the District much this summer, save an odd week or two. [Yes, I know, I probably just jinxed it. Code Red Air Quality alert here we come.] There’s still a few weeks left of summer proper, however, and even longer for summer-like weather, meaning plenty of time to check out “Monday Madness,” the happy hour/full day of specials at Medaterra in Woodley Park.

A brightly colored, hand-scrawled sandwich sign advertising $3 beers, $5 sangria and $3 hummus and pita outside Medaterra is what originally drew me in (as promises of cheap booze often do) and prompted me to organize a recent happy hour at the Connecticut Avenue Mediterranean restaurant, even though most of my friends and I don’t live or work in Woodley Park. Monday’s specials run all night, but the program changes weekly and happy hour is often the more traditional 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.)