Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Happy Hour

Raw oysters at $1.50 each (they’re $18.50 for six at dinner), an $11 signature cocktail, $11 rosé, chardonnay, cabernet or prosecco, and a happy hour food list with $14 coconut-curry moules frites and $10 fried shrimp. The room is an ode to African-American seafood cooking, from Charleston to the Chesapeake to the Bayou. The Verdict: the best happy hour in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The Local Move: a dozen raw, then the broiled Thomas Downing oysters at $15. The Honest Caveat: a 20% gratuity goes on every check, and it’s closed Monday.

Six taps at $5 for a full 16 oz pour (Narragansett, Industrial Arts Wrench IPA, Sixpoint The Crisp, Ommegang Witte, Smuttynose Old Brown Dog, plus Ebbs cider), $7 for any well drink with the mixer of your choice, and $2 off wine. Regular cocktails are $12–13. The Verdict: the cheapest posted round in the neighborhood. The Local Move: a $5 Narragansett and a $7 well shot, and you’re out for $12. The Honest Caveat: no happy hour at weekends, and the food menu isn’t discounted.

A six-day happy hour with no prices on it, so the deal is in the specials: three tacos for $12 on Tuesday, wings and a frozen drink for $18 on Wednesday, a cheese pizza and a draft beer for $16 on Thursday. Pizzas come Mexican-style (huitlacoche, al pastor, mole) and every cocktail is $15. The Verdict: the best food deal in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, on the right night. The Honest Caveat: we can’t tell you what happy hour actually saves you.

A Michelin-recommended rotisserie that takes $2 off a selection of its drinks early in the week. Cocktails are $16–18 (the Flatbush Mule is rye, tamarind and ginger beer), wines by the glass $14, and a quarter chicken is $10. The Verdict: come for the chicken and the garden; the happy hour is a small bonus. The Honest Caveat: it doesn’t say which drinks count, and $2 off a $16 cocktail is still $14.

Cocktails named for jazz players, natural wine, craft beer and a jazz calendar with no cover, no tickets and no reservations. The Tuesday 8–11pm jam session has a one-drink minimum; Sunday is stand-up comedy at 8:30pm. The Verdict: the best free night out in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The Local Move: happy hour at 5, the band at 8. The Honest Caveat: the happy hour has no posted prices and lasts one or two hours from opening.

Open from noon (10am at weekends) until 1am, 2am on Friday and Saturday, with the kitchen going until midnight. $14 Eastside and negroni slushies, $15 house cocktails, a $21 grass-fed burger and a patio open all year. The Verdict: the late night on this stretch of Flatbush Ave. The Honest Caveat: order at the bar, and no reservations under 8–10 people.

Caribbean flavors, French technique, and fish as the main event: a whole red snapper with salsa verde and tostones at $48, accra with codfish and smoked herring at $17. Cocktails $14–18, including one on house Haitian Kremas; Prestige is $7. The Verdict: the dinner to book in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The Honest Caveat: closed Monday and Tuesday, and the kitchen stops at 9pm most nights.

Haitian-inspired cooking and a Barbancourt cocktail list: a $16 Lakay mojito, $17 Kremas, a $22 martini made with djon djon mushroom liqueur. Open from 11am every day until 11pm, midnight at weekends, with brunch Friday to Sunday. The Verdict: the cocktail list you can’t get anywhere else on Nostrand. The Honest Caveat: $9 for a beer is steep for the avenue.

Roman pinsa with a 48-hour rise from $16, cacio e pepe at $21, and a bar of Italian cocktails, spritzes, vermouth, amari and wine on tap. From the Locanda Vini e Olii team. The Verdict: the best Italian in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The Local Move: groups of 8–20 get a three-course family-style menu at $50 a head. The Honest Caveat: drink prices aren’t posted.

Opened in summer 2026: a small, slightly strange cocktail room on Rogers Ave that takes its drinks seriously and itself less so, with food from rotating pop-ups. Open from 5pm on weekdays and 2pm at weekends. The Verdict: the newest bar in the neighborhood, and the one to watch. The Honest Caveat: no posted prices yet.

Every chicken dish $14.75 with pasta or salad, veal $15.75, shrimp scampi $18.75 and steak at the top for $29.75, open 11am to 10:30pm every day. The Verdict: the cheapest sit-down dinner on this page. The Honest Caveat: no drink prices online.