The Best Happy Hour in Your Philly Neighborhood

While offices around the city haven’t quite returned to their pre-pandemic buzziness, there’s still a need for happy hour. Perhaps now more than ever. Restaurants and bars in just about every neighborhood have good deals going on, from classic Irish pubs to colorful Mexican cantinas to posh rooftop bars. So no matter where your WFH office is located or whether you’re in the mood for cheap craft beer or a boozy cocktail to take the edge off, there’s an option for you in the vicinity.

Attico
When: Monday through Friday from 5 to 7 pm
The deal: Come for the rooftop views, stay for the sweet discounts. This rooftop bar atop the Cambria Hotel sits smack dab in the middle of Center City and offers discounted beer, wine, and bartender’s choice of cocktail, as well as nibbles as low as $4 a pop, including jerk chicken bao bun ($6) and a $10 cheese and charcuterie board.

Devil’s Den
When: Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: There’s something for everyone at Devil’s Den: $4 drafts, $5 cider and wine, and. $6 old fashioned cocktail. In the summer they also offer $8 alcoholic slushies, which are proven to wash away the cares of the work day really quickly.

Love City Brewing
When: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: Love City Brewing’s happy hour includes a couple of their drafts at $4 a pour. They don’t serve food, but most nights they host food trucks that offer a couple of snacks to go with your beer.

El Poquito
When: Monday through Friday from 5 to 6:30 pm
The deal: El Poquito has daily happy hour specials that can be made gluten-free or suited for vegetarians. You can expect perfectly made $6 house and frozen margaritas, the $6 La Casa beer-and-a-shot special, $3 beer selections, plus a daily pick of discounted food items including street tacos and guac.

Bar-Ly
When: Monday through Sunday from 3:30 to 6:30 pm
The deal: Bar-Ly has a longer-than-usual three-hour happy hour every single day, which includes no less than 15 different cocktails and martinis that are only $4.50 each. If you’re there for the beer, drafts from the bar’s 60 taps and domestics are $3.50, with craft beer for $4.50.

Bing Bing Dim Sum
When: Monday through Friday from 5 to 7 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5 pm
The deal: Bing Bing gets bonus points for a seven-days-a-week happy hour, offering a daily $7 cocktail and $7 wines, as well as $1 off select drafts. The spot’s notorious “Happy Family” pitchers, which come in two sizes for big groups, are also $8 cheaper. Remember, though, happy hour isn’t complete without a couple orders of $5 dumplings.

Urban Saloon
When: Monday through Friday from 5 to 7 pm
The deal: All drafts (and there’s a lot of them) are a buck cheaper during happy hour, plus wines are just $5.50 each. Every day you can get a half-priced trifecta of bar snacks (buffalo cauliflower, chicken tenders, and hummus), but depending on what day you stop by, Urban Saloon will also have a weekly special going on, including the $15 burger-beer-and-bourbon deal every Tuesday or $5 champagne every Thursday.

Cheu Noodle Bar and Nunu 
When: Monday through Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, Saturday from 3 to 5 pm, and Sunday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: Cheu and Nunu have always been owned by the same people, but they finally converged into a single menu, so every table can take advantage of both concepts. The result is one of the best happy hour deals in Philly. Get a dollar off whiskey highballs, or opt for a $7 cheu nu citywide (Kirin lage and a shochu shot) and pair it all with furikake cheese fries, milkbread toast with cheese dip, and a handful of $6 maki rolls.

Pub & Kitchen
When: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: This tastefully cozy neighborhood haunt opens for happy hour, ready to serve peach Jim Beam highball ($6) and a refreshing Moscow Mule ($6), along with $4 pilsners and other beer. For food, you can’t go wrong with the $10 cheese plate to the half-shell oysters (six for $12).

Jet Wine Bar
When: Monday through Thursday from 4 to 6 pm, and Saturday and Sunday noon to 3 pm
The deal: Explore Jet Wine Bar’s selection of beyond-normal wines at happy hour with $6 pours, or take advantage of discounted sangria and spritzes, served by the glass or by the pitcher. Pair with $3 popcorn, $5 soft pretzels, or an $8 farmer’s basket of cheese, meats, jam, and pickles.

Cedar Point Bar & Kitchen
When: Tuesday through Friday from 5 to 7 pm
The deal: Choose your own adventure with a dollar off all wine and beer at Cedar Point, or go for $9 guava margaritas or $10 old fashioneds when you really need something to take the edge off. Fries and empanadas are $2 off for when the hunger hits.

City Tap House 
When: Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: City Tap House—both the Logan Square and the U-City outpost—makes a great happy hour spot thanks to an expansive menu of tasty draft beers. Logan Square’s proximity to all the big corporate offices is also quite useful, so enjoy $5 drafts and $6 wine or sangria when it’s quitting time. Best of all, bar snacks are $6 or less during happy hour, including sliders, dips, hummus, and other bites.

Taqueria Amor
When: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: Taqueria Amor offers $2 off all tacos and $3 off nachos, which we all know make the perfect drinking snack. For beverages, opt for $2.50 off all margaritas (including frozen!) and $2 off all draft beer. Basically—it’s all discounted, so go to town.

Strangelove’s 
When: Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 pm
The deal: It’s a good thing Strangelove’s happy hour is a full three hours, because the snack menu alone has so much to offer, it’s hard to know where to start. Maybe pair a $5 basket of truffle fries with a couple $3 glasses of wine, or get an order of wine and some macaroni and cheese balls to pair with a pitcher (priced at 15% off.) If you want something stronger, go for a $5 double well drink or a $6 shot.

La Llorona
When: Tuesday through Friday from 2 to 5 pm
The deal: $7 margaritas, hibiscus sangrias, and $4 beers are the backbone of the deal at La Llorona, the coziest Mexican restaurant and bar in South Philly. Keep the fun going with chicken tinga tostadas, $2.50 tacos al pastor, and $7 nachos.

Prohibition Taproom
When: Every day from 4 to 7 pm
The deal: Regular happy hour goers will appreciate that Prohibition Taproom regularly rotates its offerings to keep things interesting. You can always expect to find drafts priced from $3 to $5, a citywide PBR and whiskey for $5, a $7 seasonal cocktail, and a handful of $5 snacks.

Positano Coast 
When: Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: Positano Coast knows the name of the game at happy hour isn’t just drinks. The restaurant offers a broad selection of snacks as well, priced from $4 to $8, with options like artichoke fries, lamb sliders, lobster mac and cheese, and even oysters. Pair those with $4 beers, $5 glasses of wine, and $6 cocktails for an evening that’s sure to please a crowd.

Oyster House 
When: Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm, and Saturday from 3 to 5 pm
The deal: Oyster House’s Saturday afternoon happy hour is a favorite spot for day-drinking, paired perfectly with $2 oysters, $3 oyster shooters, and an ever-changing selection of $6 cocktails and house wines.

a.bar
When: Monday through Friday 5 to 7 pm
The deal: Every weekday at a.bar, take advantage of $1 off all cocktails and wine, plus a $5 draft beer. They’re not the cheapest drinks in the city but the cocktails are some of the best, and the ambience is quiet and intimate—great for a business meeting or first date.

Bloomsday
When: Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: In addition to individual snacks and drinks ($4 patatas bravas, vermouth on the rocks, $6 draft wines, eight cocktails priced at $8, plus an 18% on all wine by the bottle) Bloomsday also offers two different happy hour packages. Order the werks, a snack tray built for two with two small burgers, baba ganoush, a tin of fish, some olives, and two glasses of wine or vermouth for a curated happy hour experience to share. Or, opt for their version of a citywide special that gets you a burger and a glass of Lambrusco for $12.

Clementine’s Stable Cafe
When: Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: Clemetine’s Stable Cafe makes it difficult to leave happy hour: $6 glasses of wine, $4 beers, and a rotating $7 cocktail pair nicely with a selection of appetizers from the spot’s globally inspired menu. Whipped ricotta for $7 is perfect for sharing, as are the crispy wings with salsa macha, cilantro, and lime. Beer battered cheese curds ($8) and falafel ($6) are other favorites, but there’s really no wrong way to approach this happy hour deal.

Clarkville
When: Monday through Friday from 5 to 7 pm
The deal: Clarkville advertises a family-friendly happy hour, so keep that in mind depending where you fall on the okay-with-children scale. The West Philly pizzeria has a $6 kids meal (including a milk carton) and pizzas for just $7 for all us adults (plus some $4-5 beer and wine).

Hilltown Tavern
When: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 pm
The Deal: Hilltown is the quintessential Philly bar, a traditional Irish pub located in close proximity to a water ice shop and sprawled in the midst of Roxborough’s never-ending rowhomes. The bar has a killer outdoor patio and surprisingly amazing pub fare. Why not start with the wings? They’re a mere 75 cents each during happy hour, and they go very nicely with drinks that are all $1.25 less than usual.

Walnut Street Cafe
When: Every day from 4 to 7 pm
The deal: Set up at one of Walnut Street Cafe’s sidewalk tables and enjoy the people watching while you sip a whiskey smash or glass of sparkling wine. All of the “golden hour” drinks are priced at $5, perfect for pairing with truffle parmesan potato chips, fried zucchini with crab dip, or sourdough toast topped with ricotta and prosciutto chips.

Tattooed Mom 
When: Every day from 4 to 6 pm
The deal: One of South Street’s most iconic bars doesn’t disappoint at happy hour. This quintessential hipster dive bar offers a rotating selection of local and regional draft beers, and during happy hour, they’re all just $4.

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