Wanting to attend a home game...

[Hercules]

There's a ton of places to go for food, I don't know why only bar and grill type places get mentioned. Lazlo's is great, but you've also got The Oven (Indian), Vincenzo's (Italian, but also has a gameday menu), Bread and Cup (soup and sandwiches), and the Blue Orchid (Thai) down in the Haymarket, which are all very good. A few blocks south of the Haymarket, the Green Gateau is another good restaraunt.

On O street it's mostly bars, but there are a couple good restraunts including Yia-Yia's (pizza). A little further east at around 16th or 17th and P street is a great mexican food restaraunt, called La Mexicana. I think somebody already mentioned Bisonwiches, and I like Doozy's too for sandwiches.

Anyways, there's lots of good food right within about a 10-15 minute walk from the stadium, so don't just get stuck at Lazlo's or Misty's every time you're down there.

 

[Enhance]

In terms of bars, there aren't many worth going to. Iguana's, Sandy's and places like Brother's are probably not game-day type atmospheres. These are simply college kid hangouts during the majority of the year. Barry's is a place I know lots of people go to on game-day (https://barrysbarandgrill.com/Home_Page.html) Also there are huge crowds at the Embassy Suites near the stadium. For food, make sure you hit up Bisonwiches sometime. Their sandwiches are generally thought to be top notch. I am sad that their $1 draw night disappeared though, we used to drink Guinness on tap all night for under $20. They wised up after we showed up at every one of them for a couple months.

Bisonwiches still has some of the best happy hour specials, though. They also usually have good Beer-of-the-month choices. I'm a fan of Killian's Irish Red and that was the beer-of-the-month in February or March, I believe.

In terms of bars, there aren't many worth going to.... <snip>

One persons opinion.

I tend to have a good time at Iguana's, Woody's, Mainstreet, and of course Cliffs for a shark-water. While I agree that most of the bars are "college hangouts", on gamedays (including spring game) that's not the case. Generally speaking, there is a good mix of people.

Very true. I didn't get to enjoy the bar scene last year because I didn't turn 21 until the end of November, but I have plenty of friends who say the bars are great and not just full of college students on game-day.

Some of the bars Red Tape mentioned are very good. Iguana's and Main Street are very much college town bars, but also pretty cheap. For example, Main Street usually has a $3 cover charge on the weekend nights but they have some amazingly cheap drinks like long island iced teas for $1. Spend $6 and you're probably feeling pretty good.