Cuban-born chef Raynold Mendizábal’s playful homage to Havana’s party scene debuted in downtown Silver Spring last year and grew this spring with the addition of a 100-seat outdoor “Mojito Garden” and cafe. The plan is to perk up customers with Cuban espressos during the day and roll out street foods and live music at night. The evolving arrangement is similar to that of D.C. and Sterling’s Colada Shop.

The retro-themed Italian restaurant debuted last fall in upper Northwest, and an 18-seat patio now comes alive daily starting at 4 p.m. (an hour earlier than inside). Weekday happy hour includes $4 drafts and $5 rose, prosecco, and spritzes, along with a small bar bites menu. To celebrate Italy’s upcoming “Festa del Lavoro” — its Labor Day, of sorts, on Wednesday, May 1 — industry folks get 25 percent off their check.

The team behind Arlington millennial hangouts (Don Tito and The G.O.A.T.) knows a thing or two about outdoor drinking. Their new neon-lit fried chicken and oyster stop in Shaw just installed a strip of indoor-outdoor seating running along the bar, making it easy to keep oyster shooters and daily bloody marys coming. Lunch service also entered the mix last week.

Long-delayed neighborhood bar Jake’s Tavern debuted this winter, bringing Shaw a casual option for classic cocktails and blue-collar brews in a nautical setting. A fenced-in patio, complete with canopy lights and powder blue stools, opened up out back this month. The outdoor addition serves seasonal specials tied to Kettle One’s new botanical vodka line, with a Derby Day party in the works.

The two-month-old Japanese street food and omakase eatery just unveiled its 800-square-foot outdoor patio that seats 65, calling for al fresco sushi sourced from Toyosu Market in Tokyo, Japan. The airy canopy-lit setup, similar to the team’s sister restaurant Chaplin’s down the street, is lined with old lamp posts and a black-and-white monster film mural stretching along the brick facade. Drinks include 80 types of sakes and over a dozen cocktails made with its pricey highball machine inside. An ordering window is coming soon.

The award-winning cocktail bar from Drink Company can now seat more at its outdoor Punch Garden this spring, thanks to a new larger bar and bench tables. The secluded drinking oasis tucked inside Blagden Alley is adorned with greenery. The bar now slings seasonal sips like the Polyglot Punch (Capitoline White, Great King Street Artist’s Blend Scotch, manzanilla, amchoor, and lemon).

Homegrown grocer Streets Market brought the residential-heavy NoMa neighborhood a much-needed drinking destination in January with the opening of a cavernous bar inside. A newly attached outdoor patio, located in the courtyard of Ava NoMa’s apartment building, comes complete with high-top tables, lots of rosé pours, and access to 30 draft lines.

This months-old, gay-owned brewery sports a rustic campground look, fitting well into its NoMa nook that includes outdoors tycoon REI. Its added patio invites patrons to sample brews made on-site while playing one of its 100-plus board games.

The popular Penn Quarter patio at chef José Andrés’s first-ever restaurant went dark last year to accommodate scaffolding on the building. It reopened this spring, complete with gin and tonic pours, Spanish tapas, and views of the bustling neighborhood around Capital One Arena.

This coffee bar by day, happy hour spot by night entered the Clarendon restaurant scene in fall 2017 and just welcomed a new 30-seat outdoor patio last month. The artificial grass-lined setup is shooting for spring garden vibes, with grape vines coming soon. Its opening coincides with Detour’s newly expanded rosé list, with sparkling sips and outdoor-friendly pours sourced from Argentina, Spain, and France. On Wednesdays the whole wine list is half price, and future drinking plans call for a mimosa bar this summer.

Hill Restaurant Group’s Key West-themed replacement to Tio Javier just opened this week with a Barracks Row-facing patio filled with furniture painted every color of the rainbow. And sister spot Willie’s Sports Bar, Navy Yard’s five-year-old barbecue and beer bar, christened its newly expanded patio in time for Opening Day at Nationals Park.