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Your Own). Call ahead to reserve charcoal space.
97 S. 6th St., btw. Bedford Ave. and Berry St.
718/302-0511.
www.eastriverbar.com
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Sun-Thurs 5pm-2am; Fri-Sat 5pm-4am. Subway: J/M/Z to Marcy Ave.
Fish
WEST VILLAGE This restaurant is a decent facsimile of a seafood shack, with a lively crowd and walls
cluttered with old waterfront photos and buoys. Though the sit-down prices aren't cheap, you can net a great
deal at the bar. Just $8 covers a half-dozen clams or oysters along with a PBR or a glass of house wine. Available
at all hours, 7 days a week, and perfect for date nights.
280 Bleecker St., at Jones St.
212/727-2879.
www.ishrestaurantnyc.com
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Sun-Thurs noon-11pm; Fri-Sat noon-midnight. Subway: 1 to Christopher St.; A/B/C/D/E/F/M to W. 4th St./Washington Sq.
Full Circle Bar
WILLIAMSBURG Billyburg takes its lumps for being a land of prolonged adolescence, but there
are times that call for unabashed youthful fun. This Grand Street bar fits the bill, with Skee-Ball in back, and
cheap drinks at the rail. Tuesdays and Thursdays bring free Skee plus free hot dogs and jumbo pretzels. (Happy
hours with $4 Genny Cream Ale plus a dog or pretzel run weeknights 5-9pm and weekends 2-9pm.) For even
cheaper access to Genesees, come the last Thursday of the month for a free Genny bar from 11am to 1pm.
318 Grand
St., btw. Havemeyer St. and Marcy Ave.
718/388-7577.
www.fullcirclebar.com
. Mon-Fri 5pm-4am; Sat-Sun 2pm-4am. Subway: J/M/Z to Marcy Ave.; L to
Lorimer St.; G to Metropolitan Ave.
Lulu's
GREENPOINT Like its siblings Alligator Lounge and Crocodile Lounge, this bar has made its reputation
on the dispensing of free pizza. Every drink you buy entitles you to a crisp thin-crust pie that's way tastier than
it needs to be. Over a dozen toppings are available, for just a buck each. The bar itself sprawls comfortably over
three floors, with free rock shows thrown in for your entertainment. The only misstep? They should have named
it Cayman Lounge.
113 Franklin St., at Greenpoint Ave.
718/383-6000.
Mon-Fri 1pm-4am; Sat-Sun 2pm-4am. Subway: G to Greenpoint Ave.
Metropolitan
WILLIAMSBURG When the weather turns forgiving, the grill at this gay Williamsburg haunt turns
to wings, dogs, and veggie burgers. The patio setting is spectacular, with lots of space beneath the creeping vines.
A cheerful crowd gets even friendlier the more they're plied with cheap drinks ($7 pitchers of Bud) and free meat
(or fake meat, as the case may be). Start time is around 4pm on Sunday afternoons. Also look for two-for-one
happy hours, $3 well drinks, and $1 PBR nights scattered through the schedule.
559 Lorimer St., btw. Metropolitan Ave. and
Devoe St.
718/599-4444.
www.metropolitanbarny.com
. Daily 3pm-4am. Subway: L to Lorimer St.; G to Metropolitan Ave.
Papacitos
GREENPOINT This ramshackle Brooklyn spot offers not one, not two, but
three
happy hours. The first
runs on weekdays between 11am and 4pm, with discount tacos and $2 Tecates and Modelo Especials. At 4pm,
happy hour number two kicks in: the same cheap cans, plus $5 margaritas, discount nachos, and other drink
specials. The third happy hour fills the last hour of the night and includes $5 drink specials and all-you-can-eat
popcorn.
999 Manhattan Ave., btw. Huron and Green sts.
718/349-7292.
www.papacitosbrooklyn.com
. Mon-Thurs 11am-1am; Fri-Sat 11am-2am; Sun
11am-midnight. Subway: G to Greenpoint Ave.
Phebe's
EAST VILLAGE When this corner was occupied by a Bowery saloon you could get a worker's lunch
for 40¢. On Monday and Wednesday nights that same outlay will get you four chicken wings—they're just a
dime apiece with the purchase of a pitcher. Tuesday from 8pm until midnight it's two-for-one burgers, and
there are happy hour discounts from 4 to 8pm every weeknight. A recent spruce-up has made for a comfortable
scene, popular with NYU students and postcollegiate partyers.
361 Bowery, at E. 4th St.
212/358-1902.
www.phebesnyc.com
.
Daily 11am-4am. Subway: 6 to Astor Place; N/R to 8th St.
Rudy's
MIDTOWN WEST The pig that stands sentry outside this Hell's Kitchen dive is there to prime your ap-
petite for hot dogs.
Free
hot dogs. After a quarter-century of tube-steak dispensing, they've recently upgraded
to Hebrew National, too. Rudy's Blonde Ale is just $7 a pitcher ($2.50 a pint), should you feel like luxuriating
with a cold one in a duct-taped booth.
627 Ninth Ave., btw. 44th and 45th sts.
646/707-0890.
www.rudysbarnyc.com
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Mon-Sat 8am-4am;
Sun noon-4am. Subway: A/C/E/7 to 42nd St./Port Authority.
Spring Lounge
SOHO A profusion of stuffed sharks provides the alternative name (“the Shark Bar”) for this
long-running corner spot. The place dates back to the 1920s and an illegal beer bucket-to-go operation. Its current
iteration features a trim and mostly tourist crowd. Wednesday nights at 5pm, take advantage of free hot dogs,
cooked in a beer of the week. On Sundays at noon grab a free bagel and fixin's with your eye-opener.
48 Spring St., at
Mulberry St.
212/965-1774.
www.thespringlounge.com
. Mon-Sat 8am-4am; Sun noon-4am. Subway: 6 to Spring St.; N/R to Prince St.
