Mott Haven
Happy Hour

Margaritas in seven flavors at $8, a martini, mule or old fashioned at $9, wine and wells at $7 and Corona, Heineken or Modelo at $6, against $17 for a signature cocktail. On Monday and Wednesday the window is the whole evening and the wings are $1. The Verdict: the best-value happy hour in Mott Haven, and Wednesday is the night. The Local Move: a passion fruit margarita and a plate of $1 wings downstairs. The Honest Caveat: the menu and the specials calendar disagree on Friday’s start and Sunday, so we list the menu’s hours.

The Bronx’s first specialty Mexican cocktail bar, by its own account, and the happy hour takes a third off the drinks it is known for: margaritas and palomas made with tequila or mezcal drop from $15 to $10, picantes and the mangonada to $11, and tacos are $4 each. The Verdict: the best cocktails at happy hour in Mott Haven. The Local Move: a mezcal paloma and three al pastor tacos for $22. The Honest Caveat: one happy hour drink at a time, closed Monday, no weekend window.

Five hours every weekday from 2pm, the earliest fully priced start on the strip: a Narragansett can at $5, any draft, well or glass of wine at $7, a margarita at $8. The saving is small (a draft is $8 off the clock) but it applies to everything. The Verdict: the cheapest beer happy hour in Mott Haven. The Local Move: Tuesday, for the bar’s $8 margarita special and trivia. The Honest Caveat: the drinks list the bar links is labelled 2025, though its hours and window match the live site.

The latest window in the neighborhood, four hours to 8pm: $6 off the Bomb Sangria ($14, so $8) and the margarita, $4 off wine, $2 off beer, which makes a Corona or Heineken $6. The Verdict: the best after-work happy hour if you finish late. The Local Move: a Bomb Sangria and the 3rd Rail Fries. The Honest Caveat: discounts, not prices, and the “house” line doesn’t say which drinks it covers.

Seven hours every weekday, but the only happy hour price on the menu is an $8 margarita. The weeknight specials are the better deal: $3 tacos and $7 margaritas all day Tuesday, six wings for $6 with $6 beers on Wednesday, against an $8 pint the rest of the week. The Verdict: go on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. The Honest Caveat: what else the happy hour covers isn’t published.

On paper, the best food deal on Bruckner Boulevard: six oysters for $6, a draft for $5 against $8.32 at regular price, $8 margaritas and rum punch. The kitchen does Caribbean and West African plates (island oxtail, suya wings). The Verdict: a strong happy hour menu with a hole in it. The Honest Caveat: the days and hours aren’t on iNine’s site, so turn up expecting regular prices.

It has a happy hour page, but the details are an image we can’t read. It hardly matters: Modelo, Presidente, Medalla and Lagunitas are $5 at regular price, all day, and wine starts at $8 a glass. The Verdict: the cheapest beer on Bruckner Boulevard, no clock required. The Local Move: a $17 charcuterie board and a glass of something from the rotating list.

Dinner that turns into a party at the west end of the strip: mofongo with pernil or shrimp, churrasco with chimichurri, Jimmy’s wings in cognac sauce, then DJs until 2am. The Verdict: a night out, not a deal. The Honest Caveat: no posted happy hour or drink prices.

The Bronx’s independent bookstore, with a wine bar inside and a calendar of author talks and book clubs. The Verdict: the calm way to start or finish a night on Bruckner Boulevard. The Honest Caveat: no happy hour and no posted prices; come for the books.

A food stop first: birria tacos, quesadillas and a birria sampler with consommé, from 9am to 11pm, with a mezcal list on the bar side. The Verdict: the best reason to walk east to Jackson Avenue. The Honest Caveat: drink prices aren’t posted, so there is no discount to chase.