The Village Tavern: $5 Pints and $7 Drinks Until 7pm
The Village Tavern has a happy hour Monday to Friday, 4–7pm, at 46 Bedford St in the West Village: $7 house drinks, $8 wine, $5 pints of Michelob Ultra, Yuengling and Bud Light, and $15 pitchers.
The verdict: a good cheap-round bar, not a cocktail destination. The beer saves the most. A Bud Light pint is $8 on the regular menu and $5 at happy hour, and the $15 pitcher beats the regular $27 by $12. The $8 wine is a $6 saving on the $14 chardonnay and Wente cabernet. The catch is that the window ends at 7pm, there’s nothing on weekends, and the cocktails are not part of it.
The Happy Hour
- House drinks: $7 for vodka, gin, rum, tequila, whisky, bourbon and scotch.
- Wine: $8 a glass for chardonnay and cabernet.
- Draft pints: $5 for Michelob Ultra, Yuengling and Bud Light.
- Pitchers: $15 for Bud Light, Michelob Ultra and Yuengling.
Outside the window, cocktails mostly run $15 to $18: a margarita or the jalapeño-spiced margarita is $15, a negroni $16, an espresso martini $17.
The Room
The Village Tavern bills itself as “raging and young,” the place “where you go to meet new people.” It’s a sports bar with a long bar and bench seating along the wall, and Google’s description adds TVs, pool, a fireplace and stained-glass windows. It’s open Monday to Friday 4pm–4am and Saturday and Sunday 12pm–4am, so the 4–7pm window is the early part of a very late night. The nearest trains are Houston St (1) and Christopher St-Stonewall (1).
Who The Village Tavern Is For
| Occasion | Why It Works |
|---|---|
| After work | $5 pints and $7 house drinks, Mon–Fri 4–7pm |
| A group round | $15 pitchers |
| A late night | Open until 4am every night |
For more of the neighborhood, see our West Village happy hour guide. Other places to watch a game are in our best sports bars in NYC guide.