Jersey City/Downtown & Grove Street
Grove Street, the Newark Avenue plaza, Hamilton Park and Paulus Hook: the densest, cheapest drinking on the PATH side of the river, re-checked against the bars’ own menus.
Hudson Hall starts at 11:30am on weekdays; Pint runs every day until 7pm.
The best Downtown Jersey City happy hours right now are Hudson Hall ($3 Miller High Life and a $5 house lager, Mon–Fri 11:30am–6pm), Pint ($5 wells, $4 Miller Lite and Yuengling, every day until 7pm), Wurstbar (a pint and a kielbasa for $10, Mon–Fri 4–7pm) and Skinner’s Loft ($5 tapas, 4–6pm, closed Tuesdays). Downtown is one stop from the World Trade Center on the PATH and it drinks cheaper than anywhere in Lower Manhattan: the Grove Street plaza is a block of bars with real posted deals, Hamilton Park and the Village are where the locals sit, and Paulus Hook is the quieter dinner end. This guide puts the priced deals first, then the bars that post a window but not the prices, then the rooms worth knowing with no deal at all. Every price below is from the bar’s own menu unless we say otherwise.
From the Grove Street PATH out along Newark Avenue, up to Hamilton Park and down to Paulus Hook and Liberty Harbor. Everything’s walkable from Grove Street or Exchange Place PATH.
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| # | Bar | The deal | When | $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudson Hall | $3 High Life, $5 house lager | Mon–Fri 11:30am–6pm | $$ |
| 2 | Pint | $5 wells, $4 Miller Lite & Yuengling | Daily until 7pm | $ |
| 3 | Wurstbar | Pint + kielbasa for $10 | Mon–Fri 4–7pm | $ |
| 4 | Skinner’s Loft | Eleven tapas at $5 each | Daily 4–6pm (closed Tue) | $$$ |
| 5 | The Ashford | $5 drafts, wine & apps; $6 wells | Mon–Fri 4–7pm (Thu to 8pm) | $$ |
| 6 | Franklin Social | $10 classic cocktails, $8 wine, $5 cans | Mon–Fri 4–7pm | $$ |
| 7 | Madame | Half-price wine by the glass | Wed–Fri 5–7pm, Sun 4pm–close (bar) | $$$ |
| 8 | The Archer | $11 classic cocktails | Mon–Fri 5–7pm | $$ |
| 9 | Dullboy | $10 classic cocktails | Tue–Fri until 6pm | $$ |
| 10 | Healy’s Tavern | $4 Yuengling & Coors drafts | Mon 12–6pm, Tue–Fri 11am–6pm | $ |
| 11 | Boots & Bones | Happy hour | Mon–Wed 3–7pm, Thu–Fri 2–7pm | $$ |
| 12 | White Star Bar | Happy hour (prices not posted) | Mon–Fri 4–6pm | $$ |
| 13 | Cellar 335 | Happy hour, bar area | Tue–Fri 5–6pm (bar) | $$ |
| 14 | Lucky 7 Tavern | $5 beer + bourbon shot | Beer-and-shot specials (times not posted) | $ |
| 15 | Grace O’Malley’s | Every big match, NFL Sunday Ticket | No happy hour | $$ |
| 16 | The Grove Station | $2.25 tacos | Weekly specials; no posted happy hour | $ |
| 17 | Ed & Mary’s | Buckets of five from $30 | No happy hour | $ |
| 18 | Light Horse Tavern | Tavern menu | No happy hour (tavern menu late afternoon) | $$$ |
| 19 | Zeppelin Hall | 155+ beers, outdoor garden | Happy hour advertised; details not posted | $$ |
| 20 | Razza | Pizza dinner | No happy hour | $$ |
Priced, posted and checked against the bars’ own menus. More in our cheap bars and cocktail bars guides.
Verdict: the longest weekday window downtown, 11:30am to 6pm, with $3 High Life and a $5 house lager. The move: a late lunch that turns into happy hour without anyone noticing.
Verdict: the cheapest daily deal downtown. $5 wells, $4 Miller Lite and Yuengling, $6 wine, every day until 7pm. Mondays are $5 martinis all night.
Verdict: the cheapest dinner downtown. A pint and a house kielbasa for $10, Mon–Fri 4–7, with $6 poutine and $6 Ironbound cider alongside.
Verdict: the food deal on the plaza. A $$$ kitchen putting out $5 tapas, arancini to prosciutto, 4 to 6pm. The move: three plates and a $10 spritz at the downstairs bar.
Verdict: the Friday play on the plaza. 4 to 7pm, everything’s $5, espresso martinis included. Mon–Thu it’s $5 drafts and wine, $6 wells and $2 Miller Lite in the first hour.
Verdict: the reliable after-work three hours, Mon–Fri 4–7: $10 classics, $8 wine, $5 cans, $2 off drafts. The move: the garden while it’s warm, the attic bar when it isn’t.
Verdict: the Sunday move. Half-price wine by the glass and $9 classics at the bar from 4pm to close, plus Wed–Fri 5–7. The honest caveat: bar seats only.
Verdict: the cocktail hour worth timing. $11 Manhattans and old fashioneds, Mon–Fri 5–7, in a candlelit hunting-lodge room. Honest caveat: it opens at 5, not 4, whatever the old lists say.
Verdict: $10 classic cocktails from opening to 6pm, Tue–Fri, and Thu–Fri that means 11:30am. The move: an early Friday in the heated Pala Bar courtyard.
Verdict: the cheap pint at the far end of Newark Ave. $4 Yuengling and Coors all day, $1 wings Mon and Tue, and a happy hour from late morning to 6pm.
These bars post a window but not what’s discounted. Worth knowing; ask at the bar.
Verdict: the early start, 2pm Thu–Fri, with Thursday drinks to 9pm. Honest caveat: prices aren’t posted, so ask before you order the second round.
Verdict: come for the LaFrieda burger, stay for the 4–6 happy hour. Honest caveat: no prices posted, so it’s a window, not a known deal.
Verdict: a kitchen worth the trip, a happy hour that isn’t. One hour, Tue–Fri 5–6, bar only.
Verdict: the dive. $5 PBR and a shot, a real jukebox, open till 2 or 3am. The happy hour times aren’t posted; the specials are cheap anyway.
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The pub for the match, the PATH meeting point, the Hamilton Park local, and dinner. More in our Irish bars guide.
Verdict: the match pub. Fourteen screens, NFL Sunday Ticket, Premier League, bands at night. No happy hour, so come for the game, not a deal.
Verdict: the meeting point. Across from the PATH, karaoke nightly, $2.25 tacos Tuesday, $6 martinis Wednesday. No posted happy hour.
Verdict: the Hamilton Park local. Dog-friendly sidewalk, a penny bar in the back, open till 3am weekends. No happy hour.
Verdict: the history pick. An 1850s former speakeasy in Paulus Hook. No happy hour, just a late-afternoon tavern menu.
Verdict: the group play. 155+ beers and a big garden in Liberty Harbor. It lists a happy hour but posts no times or prices, so ask.
Verdict: the dinner after happy hour. No deal here, just the pizza people cross the river for. Book ahead.
Most run 4–7pm on weekdays. Hudson Hall starts at 11:30am, Healy’s at 11am, and Boots & Bones at 2pm on Thursday and Friday. Pint runs every day until 7pm, and Madame does Sunday from 4pm to close.
Hudson Hall ($3 Miller High Life, weekdays until 6pm), Pint ($5 wells and $4 Miller Lite and Yuengling, daily until 7pm), Healy’s Tavern ($4 Yuengling and Coors drafts all day) and Lucky 7 ($5 beer and a shot).
A few. Pint’s runs every day until 7pm, Skinner’s Loft does 4–6pm on Saturday and Sunday, and Madame runs Sunday from 4pm to close.
Grace O’Malley’s on the plaza (14 screens, NFL Sunday Ticket, the Premier League and Champions League) and The Ashford’s sports bar. Hudson Hall runs game-day wing and pitcher specials.
The PATH. Grove Street is one stop from the World Trade Center and a few stops from 33rd Street, and the plaza bars are a block from the station. Exchange Place PATH is closest for Paulus Hook.
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