Stout NYC Financial District: A Big FiDi Sports Bar With a Four-Hour Happy Hour
Stout’s Financial District location is the one in the group that runs a real, posted happy hour: Monday through Friday, 4 to 8pm, at the corner of John and Gold. Specialty cocktails drop to $13 — the same drinks that cost $17–$18 the rest of the night — and beer comes by the bucket ($25) or the tower ($45), which is the tell that this place expects you to show up with your whole team.
It’s one of the larger bars in Lower Manhattan, and it uses the space well: 20-foot ceilings, tables far enough apart to talk, and enough TVs to watch a game without feeling like you’re inside a scoreboard. Twelve years on this corner under managing partner Shinobu Ridley, it’s become the default FiDi answer to “where can eight of us go at 5:30 on a Tuesday” — and the four-hour window means you don’t have to sprint out of the office to catch it.
The Happy Hour
Monday through Friday, 4pm to 8pm. The deal is $13 specialty cocktails — the Stout Old Fashioned, Lucky Cat, the 12th Man and the rest of the house list, all $17–$18 outside the window — plus $25 beer buckets and $45 beer towers for groups. Four hours is unusually long for the neighborhood, so a 7pm arrival still lands inside it. This is the only one of Stout’s four locations with a posted happy hour menu; the Penn, Grand Central and Bryant Park rooms run rotating specials instead. Confirm current pricing with the bar before you go — the list shifts seasonally.
The Room
Big, high, and darker than you’d expect from a sports bar. The ceiling runs about 20 feet, the tables are spaced out rather than crammed, and the lighting is dim enough that it reads as a pub first and a game-watching room second — plenty of screens, including two video walls added for World Cup viewing parties, but not the wall-to-wall sensory assault of a Midtown sports bar. It’s on the corner of John and Gold, three blocks from the Fulton St complex (A/C/J/Z/2/3/4/5), which makes it an easy meeting point for anyone coming from the Seaport or heading out of downtown. Weekends it flips to bottomless brunch until 4pm — $25 for two hours, $33 for three, with an entrée.
Who Stout NYC Financial District Is For
| Occasion | Why It Works |
|---|---|
| After-work drinks in FiDi | A four-hour window, 4–8pm — $13 cocktails versus $17–$18 later the same night |
| A group of eight or more | One of the larger bars in Lower Manhattan; $25 buckets and $45 towers are priced for a table |
| Watching a game with elbow room | Plenty of TVs plus two video walls, 20-foot ceilings, and tables you can actually talk across |
| Weekend day drinking | Bottomless brunch to 4pm — $25 for two hours, $33 for three, with an entrée |
More NYC Happy Hours
Continental Sports Lounge · FiDi
A few blocks from Stout’s John St corner — a two-level FiDi sports bar with a different deal every day and late-night specials on weekends.
Stout NYC · Midtown & FiDi
The full four-location group — Penn Station, Grand Central, Bryant Park and this one — and what each room is actually good for.
Tartinery Brookfield Place · Financial District
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Stout NYC Financial District FAQ
Does Stout NYC Financial District have a happy hour?
Yes — Monday through Friday, 4 to 8pm: $13 specialty cocktails, $25 beer buckets, and $45 beer towers. It’s the only Stout location with a posted happy hour menu.
What are Stout NYC Financial District’s hours?
Monday–Thursday 11:30am–midnight, Friday–Saturday 11:30am–1am, and Sunday 11:30am–11pm.
Does Stout FiDi do bottomless brunch?
Yes, on weekends from open until 4pm — $25 for two hours or $33 for three, with unlimited select drafts, bloody marys, rum punch, screwdrivers or mimosas, with an entrée purchase.
Where is it and what’s the nearest train?
90 John St, on the corner of John and Gold in the Financial District. The Fulton St complex (A/C/J/Z/2/3/4/5) is about three blocks west.
Happy hour times and deals last verified August 2026. Details can change — confirm with Stout NYC Financial District before visiting for a specific deal.