Cheap Happy Hour in NYC

Cheap Happy Hour in NYC

Credit to Time Out NY for this Cheap Happy hour list, we have a building list as well, we’ll produce shortly. Cheers!

Acme Bar & Grill
The secret of this po’ boy and jambalaya purveyor is that if you scoot past the tables and step up to the back bar on a Tuesday, tap beers (Acme ale and Michelob Light) are two bucks all night. You can get down-home grub for nearly nothing, too: From 4 to 8pm, Cajun-inspired appetizers such as hush puppies (regularly $5.95) and Old Bay–dusted Gulf shrimp (regularly $9.95) are half price. 9 Great Jones St between Broadway and Lafayette St (212-420-1934, acmebarandgrill.com)

Bourbon Street
With enough bras hung behind the bar to rival a small Victoria’s Secret, bead-bedazzled Bourbon Street aims to be a year-round Mardi Gras party. It certainly achieves that rowdiness on Thursdays, when prepsters attempt to “beat the clock”: Beginning at 9pm, Bud drafts are a mere 50¢ each; the price rises to $1 from 10pm to midnight, at which point the cost gets bumped to $2 until close. On your marks, get set, chug! 407 Amsterdam Ave between 79th and 80th Sts (212-721-1332, bourbonstreetnyc.com)

Gotham City Lounge
Attracting comics fans and other scantily paid bloggers, this friendly, cheapo hang feels more like a fanboy’s basement than a dive, but with $1 cans of Rolling Rock on Wednesdays and $3 PBR-and-well-whiskey combos all day, every day, even Batman would be tempted to swoop in for a cold one. 1293 Myrtle Ave between Central Ave and Hart St, Bushwick, Brooklyn (718-387-4182, myspace.com/gclny)

Jake’s Dilemma
If you’ve got a thirsty gang on your hands, the mishmash of worn, spring-challenged furniture in the back room at Jake’s makes for a great conversation pit to while away a few hours—especially on Mondays from 8pm to 4am, when domestic drafts are a buck and shots will cost you $3. 430 Amsterdam Ave at 81st St (212-580-0556, nycbestbar.com/jakes)

Mercury Bar
While Mercury is certainly not hiding its true sports-bar colors (note the multiple, monstrous flat-screen TVs throughout the bordello-red-walled watering hole), nice touches like button-back leather booths, diamond-shaped wooden wine-storage bins and twinkling votive candles make it feel more chic than Citi Field. Throw in $4 happy-hour shots like kamikazes and Woo Woos from 4 to 8pm daily and you won’t even need a home team to root for. 659 Ninth Ave at 46th St (212-262-7755, mercurybarnyc.com)

The Stumble Inn
Even with two walls of windows looking out onto Second Avenue, after-work tie-looseners craving big burgers are more apt to be glued to the 20 flat-screens at this UES sports bar. On Mondays from 7pm until 4am, drafts are a dollar and well drinks (normally $5.50) are half off. 1454 Second Ave at 76th St (212-650-0561, nycbestbar.com/stumble)

Third & Long
Attracting the team-jersey-clad Murray Hill set, this no-frills Irish-owned sports pub has 16 beers on tap, and will keep you raising a glass to your athletic heroes with nine-ounce $1 drafts on Mondays and Tuesdays (4pm–4am) and $3 PBRs all the time. 523 Third Ave at 35th St (212-447-5711,thirdandlongnyc.com)

The Thirsty Scholar
As the name suggests, you’re likely to find solo-sitting book readers at the bar, along with chums chatting about the day’s op-ed page—but it doesn’t take a genius to know that the $4 well drinks from 5 to 8pm Monday through Wednesday (and 2 to 8pm Thursday through Sunday) are a booze lover’s bargain. 155 Second Ave between 9th and 10th Sts (212-777-6514, ryansnyc.com)

Three of Cups
At the restaurant upstairs, knock 20% off wood-fired pizzas (ten-inch $9–$11, 16-inch $16–$20) and decent Southern Italian fare from 5 to 6:30pm Sunday through Thursday. In the intimate, low-lit lounge downstairs, get $2 off all well drinks (normally $6–$8) and $2 PBRs from 8 to 10pm every day as you recline on comfy couches and huddle around wee tables. 83 First Ave at 5th St (212-388-0059, threeofcupsnyc.com)

The Village Tavern
This friendly corner sports bar with ten large flat-screens, a brown felt-top pool table and sports memorabilia galore pours $4 well drinks from 4 to 7pm on weekdays. 46 Bedford St at Seventh Ave South (212-741-1935, villagetavernnyc.com)

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