The best New York deals: Best happy-hour deals and discounts
It’s worth sneaking out of work early to take advantage of the best happy hour deals at wine bars, beer-friendly spots and more.
Tue Aug 14 2012
Corkbuzz Wine Studio Photograph: Virginia Rollison
Gather up your coworkers and head to these bars that offer New York's best happy hour deals. You’ll find cheap flights of wine, free queso and beer, and $1 oysters among the boozy bargains.
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The Cobra Club
Two yoga teachers and a bar-industry vet joined forces to open this hybrid studio-bar that caters to yogis who enjoy a postworkout nip. During weeknight happy hours (Mon–Fri 4–8pm), all cocktails are $3 off, as are all beers, many of which hail from domestic craft breweries such as 21st Amendment. Other bargains include anytime $7 beer-and-shot specials and Hangover Yoga (Sat, Sun 1pm), which includes a yoga session plus a mimosa or Bloody Mary for $15. • 917-719-1138, cobraclubbk.com
- 6 Wyckoff Ave between Jefferson and Troutman Sts, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Zirzamin
- Price band: 2/4
Texas expats can indulge in a gratis Lone Star longneck and an order of house-made queso dip when they present their home-state IDs before 8pm any day of the week. Other Southerners and Yankees can still treat themselves to affordable quaffs at the Austin-inspired watering hole: Margaritas on the rocks cost just a Lincoln from 5 to 8pm daily, while cans of PBR run $3 all evening. • 646-823-9617, zirzaminnyc.com
- 90 W Houston St, (between La Guardia Pl and Thompson St)
Five Lamps Tavern
- Price band: 2/4
On weeknights from 4 to 7pm, nearly all of the 35-plus brews available at this Upper West Side bar go for $5. The rotation of drafts, bottles and cans includes a number of limited-edition suds, as well as more common favorites such as Captain Lawrence’s Liquid Gold. Grab your beer of choice, or a $5 well drink, and hightail it to the verdant 60-seat back patio to soak up some late-summer rays. • 212-663-0592, fivelampstavern.com
- 2756 Broadway, (at 106th St)
Alice's Arbor
- Price band: 2/4
Oyster lovers gather between 5:30 and 7pm to slurp down $1 Blue Point bivalves inside the rustic dining room at this recently opened seasonal American spot. Pair the dollar eats with a happy hour (daily 2–7pm) that takes $1 off any beer or cocktail on the menu. Before you head out, stop by the attached gourmet store, where you can snag well-priced comestibles, including organic products made in Kings County. • 718-399-3003, alicesarbor.com
- 549 Classon Ave, (between Fulton St and Putnam Ave), 11238
Corkbuzz Wine Studio
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Sommelier Laura Maniec curates a list of more than 50 domestic and international wines that oenophiles can sip at her casual wine bar. If you’re not sure what to order, show up at one of the hour-long blind tastings (Mon, Fri 5–6pm), when you can sample a flight of three reds or whites for just $15. The choices change on a daily basis, meaning you’re likely to have something new to try on a repeat visit. • 646-873-6071, corkbuzz.com
- 13 E 13th St, (between Fifth Ave and University Pl), 10003
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