There are a few pool tables available in the Brewer’s Lounge, which overlooks the main dining room of this spacious sports bar and brewpub. Summer seasonal drinks include a blood orange seltzer and “Lumpy Dog,” a crisp, Kolsch-style lager.

Beers starting at $3 and affordable cocktails (including a hibiscus margarita) are reason enough to settle in at this upper 14th Street NW bar. The narrow but welcoming space is outfitted with a few pool tables and TVs.

This underground dive is a longtime anchor of the Cleveland Park strip. The pool tables are well-spaced with prices based on the number of players and day of the week. An annual membership program allows for free play daily before 7 p.m. and bar tab discounts.

Bedrock Billiards has become an Adams Morgan institution since it opened in 1992. Though the low-lit basement pool hall may lack some luster, the reasonably priced pool table rates and basic bar drinks keep customers coming back.

Longtime Washingtonians will know chef Darren Norris from his work at Kushi, the trailblazing Japanese izakaya that closed in 2014. At Death Punch he’s created a snug cocktail bar and lounge complete with a pool table and a weekly 32-player tournament on Wednesdays and Thursdays (DM the bar to register). Norris also has a stake in Black Whiskey, another prime pool perch on 14th Street NW.

The throwback ‘70s vibe of this Logan Circle arcade bar make it a crazy popular spot on weekends. The good news is that there are multiple pool tables to choose from, along with many other entertainment options to suit everything from a date night to an after-work outing.

This Chinatown dive bar feels like old school D.C., featuring $4 happy hour rail drinks and cheap beer no matter the hour. It’s a good bet for a casual pool session, especially before or after Capital One Arena events.

Across the Potomac, Continental offers regular pool leagues with both eight-ball and nine-ball games. Table rates are half-priced before 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

As the name suggests, four pool tables are among the games available at this auto-themed sports bar in Ballston. There are also dozens of beers on tap with a focus on local picks and a sizable menu of bar appetizers and entrees. After a 20-year Arlington run, then four years in Fair Lakes, CarPool returned to a new Arlington space last year.