Lexington Publick: $1 Hot Dogs and $5 Drinks Every Night at 9
Lexington Publick’s happy hour starts at 9pm every night at 1504 Lexington Avenue, at 97th Street, on the line between East Harlem and Carnegie Hill: $5 house drafts, $5 shots, $5 well drinks, and a $1 plain hot dog with every drink. The bar doesn’t say when it ends.
The verdict: a real discount at an hour most happy hours have gone home. House drafts drop from $7 to $5, wells from $6 to $5, and the plain Sabrett dog that’s $4 on the menu costs $1 per drink. The honest caveat: the daytime “happy hour” — weekdays 2–7pm, weekends noon–9pm — comes with $7 drafts and $6 wells, and the menu charges exactly that all day, every day. Before 9pm there’s no discount, just fair prices.
The Happy Hour
The late-night happy hour runs every night from 9pm. Drafts are $5 (Lex Lager and 97th St. IPA). Shots are $5: Fireball, Dirty Monkey, pickle backs and green tea. Well drinks are $5. Every drink comes with a $1 plain hot dog — a Sabrett all-beef dog on a steamed potato bun. All day, every day: $7 house drafts, $8 draft wine (red, rosé, white, sparkling), $7 High Noons, $6 wells, and $5 cans — Budweiser, Bud Light, Genesee Cream Ale, Miller High Life, Tecate and Utica Club.
The Bar
Lexington Publick calls itself a neighborhood pub, with a pool table, darts, and sports on the big screen with sound for major games. Trivia is Tuesdays at 8pm; Bingo n’ Brews, with drag performances, is the third Saturday of the month at 9pm. The kitchen does Sabrett dogs, a $12 smash burger and $15 Buffalo wings until 10pm most nights, midnight on Friday and Saturday. It’s a block north of the 96th Street 6 stop. More late windows are in our late-night happy hour guide, and more cheap pours in cheap bars in NYC.
Who Lexington Publick Is For
| Occasion | Why It Works |
|---|---|
| A cheap late night | $5 drafts, shots and wells from 9pm |
| Drinking food | A $1 plain hot dog with every drink after 9pm |
| Tuesday trivia | Every Tuesday at 8pm, prizes for the top three teams |