New York City/Half-Price Happy Hours
Half off the whole bar, for five to seven hours a day. The NYC happy hours that actually cut the price in two, and the ones that only do it for the wine.
Hair of the Dog starts at noon, Down the Hatch and Hardware at 2pm. Hardware is the only one that runs seven days.
The best half-price happy hours in NYC right now are Hair of the Dog on the Lower East Side (every drink half off, Mon–Fri noon–7pm), Down the Hatch in the West Village (half off all drinks, Mon–Fri 2–7pm), Downtown Social in the East Village (half off the entire bar from the weekday open until 7pm, with a $3 slider), Hardware in Hell's Kitchen (half-price drinks 2–8pm, seven days a week) and The Local on Staten Island (50% off cocktails and beer, weekdays 3–7pm and Saturday noon–4pm).
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The six picks, the whole-bar deals first. Row numbers match the map pins.
| # | Bar | The deal | When | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hair of the Dog | All drinks, Mon–Fri noon–7pm (exclusions apply) | Mon–Fri 12–7pm | $ |
| 2 | Down the Hatch | All drinks, Mon–Fri 2–7pm | Mon–Fri 2–7pm | $ |
| 3 | Downtown Social | The entire bar, from the weekday open until 7pm | Mon–Fri 3–7pm | $ |
| 4 | Hardware | Drinks, every day 2–8pm | Daily 2–8pm | $ |
| 5 | The Local | Cocktails and beer, Mon–Fri 3–7pm and Sat noon–4pm | Mon–Fri 3–7pm · Sat 12–4pm | $ |
| 6 | Tartinery Café-Bar | Wine by the glass, all beers and the seasonal spritz, Mon–Fri 3–7pm | Mon–Fri 3–7pm | $$ |
Four Manhattan bars that cut every drink in half for five to seven hours. Three of them are sports bars, which is not a coincidence; the fourth is the only one open on a Sunday.
Seven hours of half-price drinks, starting at noon. Every drink is half off Monday to Friday until 7pm, with $3 sliders. The bar says exclusions apply and doesn't list them, so the top shelf is probably out. Go after lunch, not after work, and the garden is yours.
Half off everything, from the 2pm open, a block from Washington Square. Monday to Friday until 7pm, and then a different special every night. It is a basement bar that has been doing this for decades, and it fills up late in the window, so the move is the first hour.
Half off the entire bar, in so many words. From the 3pm weekday open until 7pm, plus $3 sliders, and a different deal every night after that. The cheapest four hours on Second Avenue.
The only whole-bar half-price happy hour that runs on a Sunday. Half-price drinks 2–8pm, seven days a week, and no cover. Six hours a day, every day, on 10th Avenue: it is a better deal than most of Restaurant Row will offer you all year.
One Staten Island bar that halves the cocktails and the beer, and one café-bar that halves the wine.
Half off cocktails, not just beer, and on a Saturday. 50% off cocktails and beer Monday to Friday 3–7pm and Saturday noon to 4pm. Wine isn't in it, so order accordingly.
The half-price happy hour for people who drink wine. Half off wine by the glass, every beer and the seasonal spritz, Monday to Friday 3–7pm. Tartinery has other locations; this is the one on Thompson Street.
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Downtown Social at 149 2nd Ave (half off the entire bar from the weekday open until 7pm), Hair of the Dog at 168 Orchard St (all drinks half off, Mon–Fri noon–7pm, exclusions apply), Down the Hatch at 179 W 4th St (half off all drinks, Mon–Fri 2–7pm) and Hardware at 697 10th Ave (half-price drinks daily, 2–8pm).
Hardware in Hell's Kitchen runs half-price drinks seven days a week, 2–8pm, and The Local on Staten Island takes 50% off cocktails and beer on Saturday from noon to 4pm. Most of the half-off bars stop on Friday.
Top-shelf bottles, specialty cocktails and anything already on special. Hair of the Dog says exclusions apply without listing them; if a particular pour matters to you, ask before you order the second round, not after.
For one person, yes. Half price saves the same money on one drink that a 2-for-1 saves on two, and you don't have to finish the second before it goes warm. With a friend it comes out even.
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