Inwood
Happy Hour

Four hours, every weekday, and it covers everything: $7 margaritas, mojitos and martinis against $15–$18 on the regular list, $5 beers and shots, and $7 calamari, wings, chimi sliders, tacos and empanadas. The Verdict: the best happy hour in Inwood, and the only one with a rooftop. The Local Move: a $35 pitcher of margaritas for the table, then upstairs. The Honest Caveat: nothing on weekends, and the separate $30 Tres x 3 dinner deal ends at 7pm.

The cheapest pour in the neighborhood: $3 drafts, $5 margaritas (frozen or on the rocks), $6 sangria and mojitos, and a bucket of five Heinekens for $15. The Verdict: the beer deal to beat uptown. The Local Move: the $1 house shot alongside the $3 draft, by 207th St. The Honest Caveat: no Monday happy hour; Monday is a 2-for-1 on selected food instead.

A proper pub list: $5 house lager, $4 PBR tall boys, $6 Lagunitas, $7 house sangria and $8 well drinks, plus $10 garlic-parmesan fries, Tajín popcorn chicken or mac and cheese. The Verdict: the best beer-and-snack combination in Inwood, a block from the Dyckman St stops. The Honest Caveat: craft cocktails aren’t on the list, and there’s no weekend happy hour.

Two hours, three nights, $7 drinks, with a $44.99 appetizer platter on Wednesday and Thursday for a table. The Verdict: a solid start to a long night, since IKON stays open until 4am Thursday to Saturday. The Honest Caveat: the menu doesn’t say which drinks the $7 covers, and the place is closed Monday and Tuesday.

The only weekend happy hour in Inwood, and it comes with brunch: $8 mimosas, bellinis and kir royales and $10 margaritas while the kitchen does yapingacho and choripán. The Verdict: the Saturday move. The Local Move: the dinner menu also lists a 5–8pm happy hour with $7 beers and $10 pizzettes ($16–$17 normally). The Honest Caveat: Fito doesn’t say which days that dinner happy hour runs.

A happy hour on bottles, not glasses: $100 for a regular bottle, $130 premium, $300 for Clase Azul or 1942, all day Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The Verdict: worth it for a group of five watching the game; skip it if you’re one person after work. The Honest Caveat: no single-drink prices are posted.

Four hours every weekday, ending just before Tuesday trivia (8pm) and Thursday karaoke (9pm). Regular drafts are $7–$9 and specialty cocktails $12, so the floor is already reasonable. The Verdict: go for the room and the hours, not a known discount. The Honest Caveat: the bar doesn’t post what the happy hour covers.

All day Tuesday with DJs, and Thursday evening with live jazz, at a sidewalk café on Dyckman. At regular prices beers are $7–$8, wine $12 and sangria $13. The Verdict: the most fun room on this list on a Thursday. The Honest Caveat: no happy hour prices posted.

Brick-oven pies, including a penne vodka pizza, with wine and beer and a 3–7pm happy hour. The Verdict: a pizza stop, not a bar. The Honest Caveat: neither the days nor the prices are posted.

The place to end a walk in Inwood Hill Park: coffee from 7am, dinner from 4pm, weekend brunch with bottomless mimosas and live music on the patio. The Verdict: worth it for the setting, at full price.

A few minutes from the Met Cloisters, with small-producer wines, a covered and heated patio and chef Nicole O’Brien’s French-meets-Sonoma cooking. The Verdict: the prettiest glass of wine in upper Manhattan, at full price.

Mofongo, churrasco and pescado frito on Dyckman for twenty years. The Verdict: come hungry, not thirsty; there’s no drinks deal.

Open 5pm–3am every day with the kitchen going until 2:30am: $13 wings and sliders, mofongo from $17, a $22 hangover platter for two. The Verdict: the late-night food stop on 207th St. The Honest Caveat: it advertises happy hour specials but posts no days, times or prices.