Michaelangelo's: Weekday Happy Hour and Half-Off Wine on Arthur Ave
Michaelangelo’s runs happy hour at the bar Monday to Friday, 3–7pm, at 2477 Arthur Ave in Belmont. The restaurant bills it as discounted drinks and bar bites. On Wednesdays, the same 3–7pm window adds half-off bottled wines and a complimentary cheese platter.
The verdict: the Wednesday deal is the reason to come. Half-off bottles plus a free cheese platter is the only offer here with a number you can plan around, and it makes a cheap wine night on a street better known for full Italian dinners. The caveat: the weekday happy hour doesn’t list prices, so you’ll find out what “discounted” means at the bar. It is also a bar-only deal, not a table deal.
The Happy Hour
- Monday to Friday, 3–7pm: discounted drinks and bar bites, at the bar.
- Wednesday, 3–7pm, “Wine Down Wednesday”: half-off bottled wines and a complimentary cheese platter, at the bar.
- Tuesday: the restaurant opens at 3pm, so the window starts the moment the doors do.
The Room
Michaelangelo’s calls itself one of Arthur Avenue’s hotspots, serving Italian-American dishes from a menu of pizza, pasta, seafood and meats. The kitchen is built around a coal-fired brick oven the restaurant dates to the early 1900s. There’s a bar and a patio the restaurant describes as open year round. It takes reservations, hosts parties and does catering. At dinner, a cold antipasto runs $24, or $29 with burratini.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 11am–9:30pm; Tuesday 3–9:30pm; Friday and Saturday 11am–10pm.
For more deals in the borough, start with our Bronx happy hour guide. If you’re here for the food, see our best Italian restaurants in NYC, or the Wednesday happy hour guide for more midweek options.