Hamilton Heights
Happy Hour

The bar that repaints its front a new color every year runs the cheapest full happy hour in Hamilton Heights: $6 well drinks, $7 large drafts, a daily $5 shot and $7 drink special, and bar food to match, with $1.50 wings, $6 waffle fries and an $8 burger. The Verdict: the best happy hour in Hamilton Heights. The Local Move: eight wings ($12) and a large draft for under $20. The Honest Caveat: dine-in only, and the deal stops at 7pm sharp.

Sunset Hour lasts until the bar closes at 1am, Monday to Wednesday: two margaritas or two Kanu punches for $15, $6 drafts, $7 wine and $9 house cocktails, against $17–$21 for the signatures. The Verdict: the best early-week deal in the neighborhood. The Honest Caveat: Thursday and Friday stop at 7pm, and weekends are brunch instead.

A food deal dressed as a beer bar: $1.25 wings and $1.50 raw oysters, against $11 for six wings and $17 for six oysters on the regular menu. The Verdict: the best food happy hour in Hamilton Heights. The Honest Caveat: the menu prints no beer prices, doesn’t say whether the wing and oyster prices are per piece, and orders have to be in by 7pm.

Eight hours of $7 wells and wine and $8 margaritas from the moment it opens, with $1.50 wings and a $13 smash burger until 4pm. The Verdict: the day-drinking deal, built for a late lunch near City College. The Honest Caveat: draft beer is only $1 off, and the food deals end three hours before the drinks.

Six days a week, including Saturday and Sunday: $10 classic cocktails, $5 beers, $8 wine and $12 for six oysters, with tacos and empanadas down from $12–$13 to $8. Sunday adds $12 oysters, $14 martinis and $10 sparkling wine all day. The Verdict: the weekend happy hour in Hamilton Heights. The Local Move: Wednesday, when wine bottles are 30% off. The Honest Caveat: closed Monday.

A $5 beer of the day, $8 wine of the day and a $9 spritz ($15 off the clock), with meatballs, rice balls and fried mozzarella at $7 against $16 on the dinner menu. The Verdict: the best snack-and-a-drink deal by City College. The Honest Caveat: the beer and wine are whatever’s “of the day”, not your pick.

House wine at $5 against $11 on the regular list is the cheapest glass in the neighborhood, and draft beer drops from $8–$10 to $6. The Verdict: an early dinner with a cheap glass, not a bar stop. The Honest Caveat: Monday to Thursday only, dine-in only.

All night Tuesday to Thursday at the bar: a $10 lychee martini that’s $19 off the clock, $10 snacks and $7 beer and wine. The Verdict: the biggest single-drink saving on this page. The Honest Caveat: bar seats only, and it’s a walk west to 12th Ave.

Twice a night, every night: $12 classics (the signatures are $17–$18), $8 wine and $1 off beer from 4–6pm and again from 10pm. The Verdict: the late happy hour uptown. The Local Move: $1.50 deviled eggs at 4pm, then come back at 10. The Honest Caveat: the bar’s FAQ still says $11 cocktails; the menu says $12.

Eight hours from opening, with $1 off all sixteen drafts and a $7 cocktail that changes daily. The Verdict: a long window with a small discount; the $7 cocktail is the part worth having. The Local Move: a house-ground burger here, then next door to At The Wallace. The Honest Caveat: no reservations, and weekend evenings get slammed.

Six weekday hours of $2 off the whole cocktail list ($17–$20), the $9 house lager and IPA and the New York State wines, if you sit at the bar. The Verdict: fine, but $2 off a $19 cocktail is still a $17 cocktail. The Honest Caveat: no food on the deal, and table seats don’t count.

A weekday 5–7pm window with mojito, beer and wine specials at unpublished prices. The clearer deals are the nightly ones: happy hour margaritas all night on Tuesday and half-price wine bottles on Wednesday. The Verdict: go Tuesday or Wednesday. The Honest Caveat: no prices posted for the weekday window.

Its happy hour menu lists $8 margaritas and a $9 mezcalito from 12–8pm but never says which days, so we can’t count it. A margarita is $10 at full price, $40 a pitcher. The Verdict: a fair margarita either way, with karaoke on Monday and Taco Tuesday.

Fifteen-hour birria, chiles rellenos and live Son Jarocho music at a family-run spot on Hamilton Pl. The Verdict: the best meal on this page, at full price.

No happy hour, but Taco Tuesday is a real deal: $2–$3 tacos and a $7 margarita from 4 to 10pm. The rest of the week, drafts are $8–$9. The Verdict: a Tuesday stop only.