H Street Country Club

The Country Club is two levels of fantastic-ness: the bottom floor is packed with pool tables, skeeball and shuffleboard, while the top contains (seriously) its own minigolf course ($7 to play), done up to resemble a tour of the city on a small scale. You putt-putt past a trio of Lego lobbyists, through Beltway traffic snarls and past a King Kong–clad Washington monument. The whole vibe of the place just facilitates a relaxed atmosphere where it’s very easy to strike up conversations with strangers – if you’re shy and new to town, we’d highly recommend joining the Country Club, as it’s hard to leave here without hitting up some random in conversation (‘Nice chip, dude’).