Keybar: Buy One, Get One Free Every Night, All Night on Tuesdays
Keybar’s happy hour is buy one, get one free, every day 6–8pm and all night on Tuesday, 6pm–2am, at 143 Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen in Bushwick. Buy a drink and you get a ticket for a free drink of the same value, and the ticket never expires.
The verdict: a two-for-one that doesn’t make you drink both at once is smarter than the usual race against the clock. Bank the ticket for Friday, or for your birthday. Everything counts — drafts, cans, shots, cocktails. Tuesday is the night: the deal runs until 2am and it’s karaoke. The honest caveat: the bar posts no prices, so you know you’re getting a second drink free but not what the first costs. The window is also given as 6–9pm, so don’t bank on that last hour.
The Happy Hour
The deal is buy one, get one free, 6–8pm daily and 6pm–2am on Tuesday. The mechanics, in the bar’s words: grab a drink, get a free drink ticket, same value, never expires — use it now or stash it for your next night out or your birthday party. Drafts, bottles, cans, mixed drinks, shots and cocktails are all included. The house specialty is the Rolo shot.
The Bar
Keybar started in the East Village in 2002, run by two Hungarians, Attila and Gyuszi, and has since moved to Bushwick. It runs as a DJ bar: karaoke on Tuesday, open decks on Wednesday, local DJs on Thursday, and local and international DJs on Friday and Saturday, with DJs from 10pm Wednesday to Saturday. Birthday groups get a free round of shots and can book the private party room, the main room or the covered backyard with no booking fee or minimum. Food is Table 87’s coal-oven pizza, 10-inch margherita, pepperoni or mushroom, whenever the bar is open. Central Av (M) is the closest stop. More in our Bushwick happy hour guide and our Tuesday happy hour guide.
Who Keybar Is For
| Occasion | Why It Works |
|---|---|
| A Tuesday night out | Buy one, get one free from 6pm to 2am, plus karaoke |
| A birthday | Free round of shots for the crew, no booking fee or minimum |
| Saving one for later | The free-drink ticket never expires |