87 Happy Hours and Counting!
Today 9/8/09 I have 87 Happy Hours listed!
Ivy Restaurant: Friday - Fridays 4 PM - 7 PM $5 bar menu, $7 pitchers of sangria, and $9 carafes of wine. * Available at the bar
Did someone say $7 pitchers of Sangria on Friday nights!!??
Rustic Kitchen, 210 Stuart Street, Boston: $5.95 appetizers at the bar, 4 pm - 6 pm Mon- Fri.
Rustic Kitchen is located in front of the Renaissance Boston Hotel and adjacent to the Stuart Street playhouse Rustic Kitchen is a staple dinner option for theater goers.
Visted recently, this is my tweet: Rustic Kitchen= B+ The food was excellent and the ambiance nice, but we found the bar small and the bartenders slightly service impaired
Townsend's Restaurant, 81 Fairmont Ave, Hyde Park : M-F Under $10 Bar Menu
Some items include: Grilled Romaine Hearts, dressed with Caesar, white anchovies & fresh Croutons ($5); Rhode Island fried Calamari with sides of spicy mayo & marinara ($10); Margherita pizza with Fiore Di Nonno Scamortza & basil marinated tomatoes ($9)
What is this place like?? I've never been.
Cuffs, 350 Stuart Street, Boston
:5 Appetizers, 5 Dollars each, 5 pm - 6 pm, Monday - Friday. Buttermilk Fried Chicken Bites, Buffalo Chicken Wings, Bacon Cheese Fries, Mezze Platter, Curry Chips.
Cuffs is in the Back Bay Hotel, which used to be Jurys. It's got a nice patio and is a pretty fun bar (however thelast time I was there they didn't play music). Check it out!
Channel Cafe, 300 Summer St: 5-7pm where $10 for a burger and a beer
My friend Becca says the food is wonderful here!
Legal Seafood, various location, Boston: Mon-Thurs 6 oysters for $6 until 6 pm.
Since Leagal's is everywhere in Boston it would be easy to get to one of them by 6 pm for some oysters!
Check out what they are saying on Chowhound about this deal: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/627436
No. 9 Park, 9 Park St., Boston: Free yummy bar snacks including homemade potato chips topped with crème fraîche and caviar and
gougères (Wikipedia says a
gougère is French cuisine, "a savory choux pastry with cheese.")
I hate to admit this, but I have never been to No. 9 Park. People argue that it's the best restaurant in Boston, but on my small salary I have yet to splurge and go. However now that I am aware of the free bar bites you may see me on a stool with a dirty martini VERY soon!
Ole, 11 Springfield St, Cambridge: $1 Taquitos at the bar Tues-Friday 5-6 pm
This Frugal Feaster cannot keep up with all the happy hour specials in Boston! I don't have the budget or the time! (of course if someone wanted to pay me to do this that would be different) So this is yet again another happy hour I have not yet attended. However the reviews of Ole on Yelp were, for the most part, very good. So if you work in Inman Sq., or near it, I would check out their taquito special!!
BanQ, 1375 Washington St.: Mojito Madness, Thursdays from 8 p.m.-1 a.m., BanQ serves $5 mojitos and complimentary bites. There's also a new $5 bar bites menu,
served every day from 5-10:30 p.m. Options include; a seared spicy scallop on a Malay salad, Indian spiced fried onion rings, sweet potato fries with sweet chickpea dip, cauliflower fritters, and lamb spring rolls.
BanQ's decor alone should get you in the door, this is one of the coolest new restaurants in the South End!
Stix Restaurant & Lounge, 35 Stanhope St.: Throughout the summer, Tuesday -Saturday, from 5-7 p.m. Stix has a $1 raw bar and $5 frozen Myers's mojitos at the bar and on the patio. The raw bar includes oysters on the half shell, king crab legs, scallops, shrimp, and jumbo crab claws, all for only $1 each. They are also offering 50% off all bottles of wine!
This is a really great deal for people who like seafood, too bad I'm not one of them...but the bottles of wine...that I can get in to!
Persephone and, 283 Summer St., Boston: Persephone has a $5 Bar Menu every night! It includes offerings such as a baked to order bacon & sea salt pretzel, housemade pickles, french fries gremolata bruschetta!
I went here for the most recent restaurant week and thought the food was excellent. The atmosphere takes a little getting used to since it's a clothing boutique as well as a restaurant "concept."
Vlora, 545 Boylston St, Boston:
$5 appetizers everyday from 4pm-6pm
EVERYDAY!!! I love it when restaurants continue the specials throughout the weekend! How is Vlora? I have not had the pleasure of going there yet!
Fire and Ice, 205 Berkeley St, Boston (there's a location in Cambridge as well): $1.25 appetizers at the bar between 4-6pm Monday-Friday.
I walked by Fire and Ice around 5:30 pm on Wednesday night this week (7/1/09) and the place was packed! They were advertising STUMP Trivia starting at 8 pm, cheap PBR drafts and $1.25 appetizers! What's not to love!!?? How are the appetizers? The food here is decent, if you like stirfrys, but I don't think I've ever had an appetizer at Fire and Ice.
Gaslight, 560 Harrison Ave, Boston: Monday through Friday from 5-6:30 p.m. $5.95 cocktails and $2 Pabst beers, plus feast on free chef's whim bar bites. The special is only available at the bar.
The gaslight has AMAZING food and its very reasonable. Plus the ambiance is fantastic with floor to ceiling subway tile. Entrees are in the $20 range. My boyfriend and I dined there for Valentines day this year and got a bottle of wine, and appetizer, 2 entrees and a dessert for under $130! I can't say wnough about the food, service and value. This place ranks in my top ten!
Vox Populi, 755 Boylston St., Boston: Seven days a week, 4-6 p.m. $2 bar bites menu
Menu includes:
oyster shooters, Asian wings, an artisanal cheese plate, portobello caprese, and kobe meatballs. They are also offering "Best for Less" wines, two signature wines at discounted prices.
I love that Vox is running this special on Saturdays and Sundays as well!
Aquitaine, 569 Tremont St., Boston: Sunday-Thursday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Aquitaine offers complimentary hors d'oeuvres and $5 vintage cocktails.
Boston Magazine says cocktails called the Americano (sweet vermouth, campari, and soda water), and the Blackberry Bramble (gin, black currant liqueur, and fresh lime juice) are excellent. Aquitane also offers a carafe of Beaujolais and two appetizers for just $26
my review of Twitter:
Aquitane HH= D. Similar to the bar itself, the bar bites were minuscule. the bartender was too intrusive and the drinks were few and bitter
Coda, 329 Columbus Ave: $5 cocktail and appetizer menu special for the month of June!
This is the place that went in next to Clery's last year and it's AWESOME. I had a burger there that was DELICIOUS. The atmosphere is laid back, not too dressy. Would be a great place for a first date!
Coda Bar and Kitchen is offering "Birthday Bites & Cocktails" on their menu this June. Throughout the month, choose a cocktail and an appetizer and pay just $5 from this special menu:
Cocktails
The Grapefruit Summer Press
The Raspberry Lime Rickey
Appetizers
Tomato, basil and brie crostini/served on toasted French bread with dressed greens
Fried calamari/crispy calamari tossed with grape tomatoes and banana peppers, served over mesclun greens with citrus dressing
Roasted chicken wings/tossed in curry lime butter and served with cilantro sour cream
The Savant Project, 1625 Tremont St., Brookline: Afternoon Delight: 7 Days a week 2:30-6PM, half priced tapas with drink purchase.
I love that The Savant project offers this special 7-days a week! I'm going to try and go some lazy Sunday afternoon soon! Has anyone had the Tapas there? How are they?
Brasserie Jo, 120 Huntington Ave, Boston: FREE! at the bar from 5-11 pm; small Alsatian tarte (imagine a super-mini pizza with olives, tomato, and cheese), warm mini-baguette with a carrots marinated with a horseradish sauce. Also there is a $ 2.95 French Style Hot Dog.
Their website says: "Our French style hot dog maker warms up the French Baguette from the inside! Drizzle on some Dijon mustard and you have a tasty treat for a great price." I am sooo there
J.A. Stats, 99 Broad Street, Boston:
Monday-Friday, 4-8 PM for Half Price Appetizers!
YES! Another Happy Hour to helping us out and extending to (wait for it...) 8 pm! It's especially nice that it's in the Financial District where many people are still at work at 7 pm. This means you can leave work at 7 pm and still get to a bar to enjoy half priced apps!! I have no idea if the food's any good though...comments anyone???
