• 1/2 price appetizer happy hour until 7pm weekdays at Heritage India Dupont. The golgapas, papri chaat, and curried chicken w/ polenta (much improved since they opened) in particular are excellent.
• The Osteria at Galileo - $5 and $6 dollar appetizers (beef carpaccio, veal tonnato, etc.) with $16 bottles of wine.
• Charlie Palmer Steak. For serious. Go in after dinner one night, sit in the lounge, and order an unreasonably large cheese plate for $10. Bring your own bottle of American wine and there's no corkage fee. Amazing environment and good cheese for less than the price of a cocktail at Oya.
• Café Asia, but for the entrees rather than the $1 sushi happy hour. For that you want...
• Uni, which is much tastier