Description: A cozy, sweet lounge and creperie on Capitol
Hill.

Decor: Gorgeous chandeliers, painted brick walls,
Toulouse-Lautrec reprints.

A quick bio of Toulouse-Lautrec: His legs were deformed, he
was a tragic alcoholic, and he painted the women of the Moulin
Rouge.

His signature drink, which is not served at 611 Supreme: The
Earthquake, a heavyweight cocktail of his invention, consisting of
equal parts absinthe and cognac. (He was so enamored of absinthe, it’s
said his walking cane was hollow and filled with it.)

Happy hours: Sun–Thurs 4–6 pm (food and drink
specials), Sun 11 pm–1 am (drink specials only).

Happy-hour drink specials: $4 select wine, $3 wells, $3
drafts (Bitburger, Maritime Pale), $5 specialty cocktails (the
Pearadactyl contains pear brandy and Chartreuse).

Happy-hour food specials: All crepes half off! ($4.50 le
saumon-chevre, which features smoked salmon, scallions, and goat
cheese; $3 crepes suzette). recommended

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