Art and Soul features outdoor fire pits on the front patio. If it’s too cold outside, you can stay put at the bar and taste their latest cocktail creation, the Stayin’ Put. The drink is for President Obama’s January inauguration and combines champagne, black forest berry syrup and D.C.’s very own Green Hat gin.

Bourbon Steak brings the heat, offering portable space heaters and circular fire pits outside. While sitting by the fire, sample the kitchen’s "12 Days of Truffles" celebration. One of the dishes, the black winter truffle and parmesan french fries, may just be the snack to fight-off Old Man Winter.

Poste is keeping its courtyard open year-round. The restaurant is serving warm drinks, like the “Smokin' Bacon” hot chocolate, and snacks, like cheese fondue.

At the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown there are free marshmallow s’mores served daily at the lobby’s wood burning fireplace. Camp out from 6:30-7 p.m. to fulfill your childhood obsession, then head to Degrees to enjoy an adult beverage by the fire.

The newest addition to the Georgetown Waterfront, Farmers Fishers Bakers, also features an outdoor patio and sushi. To really keep warm try the Scorpion Bowl, a tropical drink for two with a flaming volcano garnished with fire pits. The view overlooks the waterfront’s ice rink.

When the weather drops below freezing, what else do you need besides beer, pizza and a warmth? Pizzeria Paradiso’s basement hearth will keep you warm and the dozens of pizzas and seventeen beers on-tap will do the rest.

Walk into CityZen at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and there is a wall of fire to greet you. Aside from the pyrotechnics, the bar has a special tasting menu with hearty dishes, like puree of cabbage soup, crispy red snapper and white chocolate brioche.

The antique furniture, wood beam ceilings and crackling fire may cause you to linger at the Tabard Inn’s Lounge, just outside the restaurant and bar. There’s also live jazz every Sunday night from 7:30-10 p.m.

Walk into L'Auberge Chez François in Great Falls and you are transported to an "auberge," a French country inn. The main dining room has a corner, wood-burning fireplace. For extra warmth order from the six course, prix-fixe dinner, ranging from $62.00 to $74.00

Happy hour at Black’s Bar & Kitchen features steeply discounted seafood. From 4 to 7 p.m. on weekdays, steamed shrimp are $.50 each and Chesapeake Bay oysters are two-for-one for $1.99. Outside, the patio fire pits will keep you warm when the temperature drops.

There are wood-fire pizzas cooking inside and a giant fire pit burning on the patio. Plus, new seasonal casks are being served: Delirium Noel, Great Lakes Christmas Ale, and Peak Organic Winter Session Ale.