Everyone who drinks likely has a favorite neighborhood watering hole. But maybe you’re looking to be fancy for a night, or have a burning desire to spend way too much money on drinks. Enter the hotel bar, where you can mingle with regulars and out-of-towners over cocktails made by some of D.C.’s best bartenders. Here, according to DCist writers, are seven of the best hotel bars in the city.

Paying your taxes can be a real bummer, but the plethora of special Tax Day promotions and giveaways on deck will hopefully brighten moods in Washington today. For those of you able to be near the IRS Building (10th and Pennsylvania) from noon to 1 p.m., you’ll be able to get a free 6 oz. Blizzard from the Dairy Queen’s Blizzard mobile. A number of local restaurants are also offering Tax Day promotions: >>…

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