Here now are the results: a map presenting 12 Favorite Restaurant Happy Hours in the Twin Cities, in roughly geographic order. Some were touted for expansive HH food menus or extensive hours; others garnered fans thanks to fun post-work crowds and mind-numbingly cheap booze.
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Weekday happy hour at this Kingfield restaurant is early, early: Mon - Sat, 2 - 5 p.m. But the late-night makes up for it by starting at 9 pm (Mon - Thurs, 9 pm - midnight). Both offer $3 off tap beers (a great selection) and wine, plus a $5 grassfed hamburger or cheeseburger.
A commenter writes: "Late night happy hour at Bryant Lake Bowl is fun because hello, cheap drinks & bowling." The restaurant/bar/bowling alley/performance space features $2 late-night bowling from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. Monday - Thursday, plus drink and food specials.
A commenter writes: "Rye Bar has an awesome happy hour twice a day, from 2-7 pm and 10 pm - 12 am. $3 select taps, $4 house wine and well drinks, and $5 cocktails, not to mention some tasty (cheap) snacks! They have poutine, people!! Also, for the cocktail drinkers out there, they squeeze the juice fresh for their drinks. =)" Happy hour poutine, people. Can you ask for more than that?
The Barrio happy hour features $5 Barrio margaritas and...lots of other stuff. Do you really care, when there are $5 margaritas? It runs from 3 - 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. - midnight, Monday - Friday.
The newish Smack Shack brick n' mortar just added a happy hour menu that got multiple votes, including this very well-informed description: "The new Smack Shack at 603 N. Washington in the North Loop by far has the best happy hour! Smack wings, mahi tacos, bacon mac 'n cheese, oysters....what more could you want? Oh - discounted hurricanes - they have that too! Check it out!" Was it written by a Smack Shack employee or just a very devoted fan? We'll never know, but discounted hurricanes do sound pretty good.
A commenter writes: "Rarely too crowded, good drinks, good food, low light to allow for whatever chicanery you may have in mind. & Good people watching." $3 taps, rails, and wine, $2 Grain Belt, and eats including a daily quarter pounder, blue cheese and bacon nachos, and pickled walleye. 3 - 6 p.m. Monday - Friday, and 10 p.m. - midnight Sunday - Thursday.
The Red Stag runs its happy hour from 3 p.m. - close every Sunday, which alone is pretty awesome. Other happy hour times: 3 - 6 p.m Monday - Friday, and 10 p.m. - close Monday - Thursday. $3 domestics and house wine, $4 select taps and cocktails.
A commenter writes: "The Bulldog NE has a great and bustling happy hour, with both food and drink specials." The hours themselves are a little less happy than some other places, with $1 off taps, rail drinks, and wines by the glass from 3-6 p.m. Mon - Thurs and 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. Sun - Thurs. There's also a limited food hh, with $2 off select appetizers from 3 - 6 p.m. Mon - Thurs and 10 p.m. - midnight Sun - Thurs.
Happy hour at Kafe 421 runs from 3-6 p.m., Monday - Friday and offers $3 house red or white wine and a featured beer for $3. There's also a long list of $5 happy hour appetizers, including calamari, baked feta cheese and artichoke dip, eggplant Milanese, and Greek meatballs.
A commenter writes: "$2.50 Summits and they have a huuuge craft beer selection." Happy hour runs every day, from 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.. It also features $3-4 select taps and half off select appetizers.
Salut has a daily happy hour from 3 - 6 p.m., and also a late-night happy hour from 10 p.m. - midnight on Friday and Saturday. $4 tap beers, a variety of well-priced small plates, and a $5 "business time martini" are on the menu, plus oysters. Plus patio.
Weekday happy hour at this Kingfield restaurant is early, early: Mon - Sat, 2 - 5 p.m. But the late-night makes up for it by starting at 9 pm (Mon - Thurs, 9 pm - midnight). Both offer $3 off tap beers (a great selection) and wine, plus a $5 grassfed hamburger or cheeseburger.
A commenter writes: "Late night happy hour at Bryant Lake Bowl is fun because hello, cheap drinks & bowling." The restaurant/bar/bowling alley/performance space features $2 late-night bowling from 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. Monday - Thursday, plus drink and food specials.
A commenter writes: "Rye Bar has an awesome happy hour twice a day, from 2-7 pm and 10 pm - 12 am. $3 select taps, $4 house wine and well drinks, and $5 cocktails, not to mention some tasty (cheap) snacks! They have poutine, people!! Also, for the cocktail drinkers out there, they squeeze the juice fresh for their drinks. =)" Happy hour poutine, people. Can you ask for more than that?
The Barrio happy hour features $5 Barrio margaritas and...lots of other stuff. Do you really care, when there are $5 margaritas? It runs from 3 - 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. - midnight, Monday - Friday.
The newish Smack Shack brick n' mortar just added a happy hour menu that got multiple votes, including this very well-informed description: "The new Smack Shack at 603 N. Washington in the North Loop by far has the best happy hour! Smack wings, mahi tacos, bacon mac 'n cheese, oysters....what more could you want? Oh - discounted hurricanes - they have that too! Check it out!" Was it written by a Smack Shack employee or just a very devoted fan? We'll never know, but discounted hurricanes do sound pretty good.
A commenter writes: "Rarely too crowded, good drinks, good food, low light to allow for whatever chicanery you may have in mind. & Good people watching." $3 taps, rails, and wine, $2 Grain Belt, and eats including a daily quarter pounder, blue cheese and bacon nachos, and pickled walleye. 3 - 6 p.m. Monday - Friday, and 10 p.m. - midnight Sunday - Thursday.
The Red Stag runs its happy hour from 3 p.m. - close every Sunday, which alone is pretty awesome. Other happy hour times: 3 - 6 p.m Monday - Friday, and 10 p.m. - close Monday - Thursday. $3 domestics and house wine, $4 select taps and cocktails.
A commenter writes: "The Bulldog NE has a great and bustling happy hour, with both food and drink specials." The hours themselves are a little less happy than some other places, with $1 off taps, rail drinks, and wines by the glass from 3-6 p.m. Mon - Thurs and 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. Sun - Thurs. There's also a limited food hh, with $2 off select appetizers from 3 - 6 p.m. Mon - Thurs and 10 p.m. - midnight Sun - Thurs.
Happy hour at Kafe 421 runs from 3-6 p.m., Monday - Friday and offers $3 house red or white wine and a featured beer for $3. There's also a long list of $5 happy hour appetizers, including calamari, baked feta cheese and artichoke dip, eggplant Milanese, and Greek meatballs.
A commenter writes: "$2.50 Summits and they have a huuuge craft beer selection." Happy hour runs every day, from 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.. It also features $3-4 select taps and half off select appetizers.
Salut has a daily happy hour from 3 - 6 p.m., and also a late-night happy hour from 10 p.m. - midnight on Friday and Saturday. $4 tap beers, a variety of well-priced small plates, and a $5 "business time martini" are on the menu, plus oysters. Plus patio.
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