Food near Washington/Sawyer or POST?

I'll preface this by saying, yes I've hit up Yelp/TripAdvisor and the like but have always gotten better info from this sub.

I am headed to POST for a show and was planning on eating there but from what I've read on here it seems as though the food is just meh and expensive.

So what else might be interesting in these two areas?

My compatriot doesn't eat chicken or I'd be hitting up Gus's. Ideally looking for something on the cheaper/quick/casual side but if theres a great happy hour some place that would be walking distance from POST or from her place that would be awesome as well. Platypus looks interesting but I'm unsure how it actually delivers.

PS: If anyone has had food at POST and was actually excited about it, what did you have?