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Happy Hour Reviews

Bad JuJu Lounge

1425 10 Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

2067099951

3pm to 8pm daily

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Bad JuJu Lounge moved back in the fall of 2005, but not far, couple blocks east, behind Neumos. They got rid of the kitchen and encourage food orders from the neighbor, Belguim Fries. Although the drinks are cheap, $2 wells, bottle beer and draft beers (That includes imports!), this is a quiet happy hour. You'll need to bring your own party, but hurry before it catches on.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $2.00
  • Bottle Beer
    • $2.00
  • Drafts
    • $2.00
Reviewed May 15th, 2006

Barca

1510 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

2063258263

5PM - 7PM
Monday - Friday

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Barca is dark and cavernous with a beautiful sky light if you get there soon enough to see daylight. Plenty of seating was available early this Friday afternoon. Barca has high bar tables, and beautiful luxurious booths. Barca's claim to Capital Hill happy hour fame is their specialty yummy cocktails for a reduced price during happy hour.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $3.50
  • Well Martinis
    • $5.00
  • Well Manhattans
    • $5.00
  • Well Cosmos
    • $5.00
  • GoldfInger
    • $7.00
  • Luksusowa Martini
    • $6.00
Reviewed Apr 2nd, 2004

Bill's Off Broadway

725 E. Pine
Seattle, WA 98122

206-323-7000

4pm to 7pm daily

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Bill's bas been around since 1980 serving the SCC crowd and Eygptian movie-goers. On this sunny Wednesday afternon the bar was full, but there was plenty of seating on the sidewalk patio. Bill's doesn't offer happy hour food specials, but there regular appetizer menu is very reasonible.

    Drinks
  • Micro drafts
    • $2.75
  • Wells
    • $3.25
Reviewed Aug 24th, 2005

Broadway Grill

314 Broadway Avenue E
Seattle, WA 98122

(206) 328-7000

2 to 6pm and 11pm to last call

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Broadway Grill has a big happy hour area, plenty of room for everyone you know. Nikki, the bartender, was busy, but we never waited even a second for our drinks. And she was really great about making sure we got happy hour last call. This cloudy Thursday, the bar was full, but plenty of space was available at tables. Happy hour is available throughout the restaurant, bar area and sidewalk seating. What makes the Broadway Grill so fun is the large skylights and actually trees growing. Now, who doesn’t like to drink next to a tree?

    Appetizers
  • Chilled garlic spiced shrimp
    • $7.95
  • Skewers
    • $6.50
  • Golden Fried Coconut Prawns
    • $6.95
  • Chicken Quesadilla
    • $6.95
  • Jalapeno Polenta fries
    • $3.95
  • Dungeness Crab & Artichoke dip
    • $7.25
  • Cajun Calamari
    • $6.25
    Drinks
  • Red & White wines
    • $3.25
  • Micro draft
    • $2.75
  • Bud Lite draft
    • $1.75
  • Premium drinks
    • $3.25
  • Dag Daddy
    • $2.00
  • Double Wells
    • $3.50
  • Wells
    • $2.50
Reviewed May 19th, 2005

Bus Stop

508 E. Pine
Seattle, WA 98122

206-322-9123

4pm to 8pm daily

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Bus Stop is a new bar, only open three months. Previously a dry cleaner, then a vintage clothing store, much remodeling was done to make it in to the funnest bus stop in town. No food is served on happy hour special, but this place is more about the drinking. The bar only seats five and there are only eleven tables, but most of the spots were taken. the drinks at the Bus Stop are strong and cheap, which explains why everyone there was really happy and really friendly.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $2.50
  • Micro Drafts
    • $2.50
  • Miller High Life Drafts
    • $1.50
Reviewed Nov 30th, 1999

Cafe Metropolitain

1701 E. Olive Way
Seattle, WA

2063240771

5pm to 7pm Monday thru Friday

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While the happy hour doesn't sound that great as far as price reduction (a bit) and food specials (none), but sacre bleu! Did I go to Capital Hill or Paris, France? This is the place to go when you miss Paris. Set up like an avenue in Paris, it has a cafe, bar, coffee stand and wine shoppe. And! A living room where board games are available. In between those areas a spacious cobblestone walkway to separate them all. Can't make it to Happy Hour? Hit the Wednesday night wine tasting-great new wilnes for a mere $7.50.

    Drinks
  • Draft beers
    • $1.00
Reviewed Feb 22nd, 2006

Capitol Club

414 E. Pine Streeet
Seattle, WA 98122

(206) 325-2149

5PM - 7PM
Daily

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The Capitol Club is a place most people don't think of for a Seattle happy hour, but they have unique food specials and killer outdoor seating, a balcony that overlooks Pine St. So you can do a drive by and see if there is room for you and yours. If not, there is plenty of room in the bar. While your soaking up the sun and realizing that nothing matters, and what if it did, have a Harlot, a Capitol Club specialty martini that is a mix of Vox Raspberry Chamboard with fresh raspberries.

    Appetizers
  • Crostini
    • $4.00
  • Marinated pork satay
    • $5.00
  • Homemade spanakopta
    • $5.00
  • Cured meat and cheese plate
    • $6.00
    Drinks
  • Specialty Drinks
    • $6.00
  • Wells
    • $3.00
  • All draft beers (really good ones)
    • $2.50
  • Specialty drinks
    • $6.00
Reviewed Apr 2nd, 2004

Cayenne

1100 Broadway Street
Seattle, WA 98122

2062041188

3:30 to 6:30pm daily

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Cayenne has been opened for two years and the happy hour is still evolving, but it always offers good deals. There is plenty o room or big after work crowds, and the decor is colorful and eclectic.

    Appetizers
  • Black Bean dip
    • $1.95
  • Garlic Fries
    • $1.85
  • Baja Chicken skewers tortilla soup
    • $1.85
    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $2.65
  • Domestic drafts
    • $2.65
  • Domestic Bottles
    • $2.65
  • Domestic Pitchers
    • $6.00
Reviewed May 19th, 2005

Cha Cha Lounge

504 E. Pine
Seattle, WA 98122

206-329-1101

4pm to 8pm daily; All day Sunday and Monday

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Cha Cha is a Mexican lounge and it is dark and air-conditioned. A perfect place to beat the heat. Great Mexican artwork hangs on the wall and big cozy booths are in the corners. Don't be fooled by the smallness when you first enter, there is a whole other room in the back, for your large work crowd or all those friends you haven't seen in awhile. Being the happy hour goes until 8pm, the place gets pretty busy around 6pm. Early this Wednesday evening the crowd was sparse. Currently the Cha Cha doesn't offier food specials on happy hour, but the bartender said it is in the works.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $2.50
  • Rainier Draft
    • $1.50
Reviewed Aug 24th, 2005

Chapel

1600 Melrose Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

2064974180

5PM - 8PM Daily

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Previously a chapel in a funeral home, The Chapel Bar is one of Capital Hill's newest haunts, opening Halloween of 2003. The bar is really high, which not only makes it hard to pass, but a challenge to get off and on the bar stools. Only martinis are offered for happy hour, but there is 16 to choose. The crowd was sparse this early, sunny Friday evening, with plenty of room in the main room and the upstairs loft. The chapel is great place to get drunk if you feeling guilty about missing church.

    Drinks
  • Martinis
    • $4.00
Reviewed May 14th, 2004

Charlie's on Broadway

217 Broadway Ave. E.
Seattle, WA 98102

2063232535

3:00 thru 7:00 pm daily
10:30 to 1:00 daily

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Good ole Charlies, seems like it is been on Broadway since Broadway was Broadway. Once it was trendy with it's high wooden booths and stained glass, now it is just a fun place to hang and get drunk. With over six hours of happy hour daily, Charlie's draws mostly a young crowd and some regulars at the bar. This Friday night there was plenty of space available both at the bar and at tables.

    Appetizers
  • Cheeseburger and fries
    • $3.50
  • Fried Mozzarella
    • $3.95
  • Nachos
    • $4.50
  • Chicken Strips
    • $4.50
    Drinks
  • Domestic Drafts
    • $2.50
  • Micro draft of the day
    • $3.00
Reviewed Sep 30th, 2005

DeLuxe

625 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122

206-324-9697

4pm to 6pm daily

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Ah, the DeLuxe -- been serving for over 40 years. My merchant marine great uncle Burdick drank here in the 60s and it was one of my favorite haunts in the 90s. The DeLuxe has expanded since them, but the charm has not been lost. On this Friday night the place was busy, but not packed. The service was good, but not near as fun was when my friend Patti Southard worked there. The clientele was a even mix of drinkers and eaters and drinkers. The appetizers are half off during happy hour and offers fairly standard fare with some wild cards thrown in, like Crab Rangoon egg rolls $3.50 and De Luxe sliders $3.15. And my personal favorite --potato skins with real bacon!

    Appetizers
  • All items
    • Half
    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $3.00
  • Domestic Drafts
    • $.75
  • Import Drafts
    • $1.00
Reviewed Feb 13th, 2004

Elysian Brewery

1221 E. Pine
Seattle, WA 98122

206-860-1920

4:30 thru 6:30 Sunday thru Thursday

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The Elysian Is a huge space with plenty of room for you and your peeps. The room is surrounded with windows, and there is an outdoor deck hidden from the street, away from the dust and dirt of the road. The beer comes right from the brew room to the taps in piping on the ceiling. No food is offered on happy hour.

    Drinks
  • House Brewed Beers
    • $1.00
Reviewed Aug 24th, 2005

Galerias

611 Broadway E
Seattle, WA 98102

(206) 322-5757

5PM - 7PM
Daily

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The Galerias does not offer happy hour food, but if you whine about it the bartender will bring you free chips and salsa. The atmosphere is elegant with tall candlesticks and comfy barstools and chairs. Lorenzo, the bartender, will practically do back flips on the bar to make sure you are having fun. And although it wasn't on the happy hour special, my companion said the Hypnotic Martini was the best he ever had, and the dude knows martinis! Happy hour is available in the bar only.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $3.50
  • Margaritas
    • $3.50
Reviewed Feb 13th, 2004

Garage Billards

1130 Broadway Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

(206) 322-2296

3PM - 7PM
Daily

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While the Garage does not offer food specials it does offer specials for pool ($5 per hour) and bowling ( $10 per hour). Outdoor seating is ample, with a view of upper Broadway traffic. The Garage is split into bowling and pool sides, and on this early Friday evening, the bowling side was more happening, The coolest thing about the Garage? Bud and Bud light 16 oz. bottles shaped like bowling pins.

    Drinks
  • All Drafts
    • $2.50
  • Wells
    • $3.00
Reviewed Apr 2nd, 2004

HoneyHole

703 E. Pine
Seattle, WA 98122

206-709-1399

5pm thru 7pm Monday thru Friday

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Honey Hole is a hole in the wall just west of Broadway.  Although small, eight seat bar was partically full this nice Friday afternoon, most people in the restaurant were eating at the tables.  Honey Hole is still better known for it’s good food rather than happy hour.  Bottle beer was not on happy hour special, but was still just a mere $2.50.  The atmosphere is cozy, only eleven tables, with hanging plants and photos of rock icons and tiki art on the walls.  The Honey Hole is a nice place for quiet dinner and a cheap drink.

    Drinks
  • Wells and Drafts
    • $1.00
Reviewed Apr 1st, 2005

Hopvine Pub

507 15th East
Seattle, WA 98112

2063283120

5pm thru 7pm daily

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Hopvine is a neighborhood pub with nine or more micros on happy hour special. At 5:00 this cool, spring evening the place started filling up. The bartender knew most of the customers by name, which increased the very cozy atmosphere.

    Drinks
  • Micro Brews
    • $2.75
Reviewed Jun 8th, 2005

Kincora Pub

518 E Pine Street
Seattle, WA 98122

2063250436

4PM - 7PM
Daily

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Free pool! Only during Happy Hour and only when the one table is available. Up until last year, the Kincora was an Irish pub, but have decided to give up that flair. The area around the pool table was full, but there was plenty of spots available in the booths and tables, where you can observe the street traffic of Capital Hill. Rumor has it that Kincora Pub will have a liquor license within a month. What happy hour specials will food and a hard liquor license bring? This reviewer can only guess.

    Drinks
  • PBR pints
    • $1.00
  • PBR Pitchers
    • $5.00
  • All other pints
    • $2.00
  • All other Pitchers
    • $8.00
  • 20oz Pints
    • $3.00
Reviewed Apr 2nd, 2004

Linda's

707 E Pine Street
Seattle, WA 98122

(206) 325-1220

7PM - 9PM
Daily

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According to the bartender people come from other Capital Hill happy hours and then enjoy the later happy hour that Linda's offers. Linda's has a mix of local hipsters, straight and not. Linda wanted her establishment to have the feel of a Montana tavern, with a Seattle happy hour and it works, from the stuffed buffalo head above the bar to the stuffed moose head on the back wall. Outdoor seating.

    Drinks
  • PBR pints
    • $2.00
  • PBR Pitchers
    • $5.50
  • Micro Pints
    • $2.50
  • Other Pitchers
    • $7.50
  • Wells
    • -$1
Reviewed Dec 9th, 2003

Manray

514 E Pine Street
Seattle, WA 98122

(206) 568-0750

4PM - 8PM
Monday - Saturday
All day Sunday

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The Seattle Weekly said, "If the Jetsons were two men who had sex instead of a family, they'd be the owners of Manray." And it is true, the atmosphere is futuristic and full of guys getting a start on their weekend. The lighting in Manray is very cool, and much like the Seattle weather. Just wait a while and it will change. The bar was full, but plenty of seats were available at the tables. The signage out front isn't obvious so look for blocks of white panels. Outdoor seating.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $2.50
  • Bud Lite
    • $1.50
  • Bud Lite Pitchers
    • $3.50
Reviewed Mar 5th, 2004

Rosebud Restaurant and Bar

719 E. Pike
Seattle, WA 98122

206-323-6636

4pm to midnight

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The Rosebud doesn’t offer food during happy hour, but plenty of people were there eating. Happy hour specials are only offered in the bar, but rumor has it if you lean on the waiter he may give you the special in the dining room. Smoking only outside. Come to the Rosebud to meet Robert, who claims to be the only Jewish, gay, New Yorker bartender in Seattle. Can anyone prove him wrong?

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $2.00
  • Double Wells
    • $4.00
Reviewed Mar 5th, 2004

Satelite Lounge

1118 E. Pine
Seattle, WA 98122

206-324-4019

4pm Thru 7pm Monday thru Friday

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Satellite has been going on for four years. At the 4:00 start time the place was not happening, but the bartender said business really picks up at 5:00. There seemed to be room for all. Cool Thing: Free jukebox until 6:00. The mini burger was very yummy. Who does not love little meat on a bun, with caramelized onions to boot! Try the Nachos, the chips are made in house.

    Appetizers
  • Nachos
    • $3.25
  • Buffalo Wings
    • $3.25
    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $2.00
  • Micro drafts
    • $2.00
  • PBR
    • $1.00
Reviewed Mar 5th, 2004

Six Arms

300 E. Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122

206-223-1698

4pm thru 6pm daily

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Six Arms is a member of the McMenamins family, who moved up here from Oregon and believe in making their own beer their own way.  The offer six different brews, wheat, ruby (with just a hint of raspberry) IPA, Hamerhead, porter and Terminator stout, which is their best seller.  Six Arms has big comfortable booths and upstairs seating when the downstairs gets full (which it wasn’t).  . Hey, shouldn’t that bean dip always be $3.95?

    Appetizers
  • Quesadilla
    • $3.95
  • Chicken Tenders and Tots
    • $3.95
  • Black Bean Dip
    • $3.95
    Drinks
  • Ales
    • 2.90
  • Wines
    • $.50
Reviewed Dec 3rd, 2003

Tango

1100 Pike St.
Seattle, WA 98101

2065830382

5 to 7 pm Sunday thru Friday

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Open almost six years, Tango is one of the hottest happy hours in seattle. It is a good thing this revewer has no friends, as there was no room for them at the bar. This blistery Friday the place was packed to the tapas! Tango's lounge gets very busy for happy hour. Why you ask? Because the food is so fricking great! Offering over nine different tapas (some listed below) for $4.50 to $6.50. Get a mojito, and then it is right to Between The Sheets.

    Appetizers
  • Morrocan Pizza
    • $5.00
  • Madrid Platter
    • $6.00
    Drinks
  • PBR pints
    • $2.00
  • Sangria
    • $3.50
  • Speciality Cocktails
    • $5.00
Reviewed Oct 14th, 2005

The War Room

722 E. Pike
Seattle, WA 98122

206-329-7666

4pm thru 9pm Monday thru Friday
2pm thru 9pm Saturday and Sunday

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The War Room has a surprize-the happy hour lounge is an upstairs, outdoor deck! Surrounded by bamboo and supplied with heating lamps, it is the perfect place on a summer evening. The bambo hides the bar from the street and cuts down on the traffic noise. The area is small so not cohesive for large groups, but perfect spot for a date or some serious girl talk.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $3.00
  • Miller High Life bottles
    • $2.00
Reviewed Aug 25th, 2005

Wild Rose

1021 E Pine Street
Seattle, WA 98122

(206) 324-9210

3-7pm daily

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The Wild Rose is the only lesbian bar in Seattle, and has been owned and operated by women for over 20 years. Women! Hear her roar? The service was great even for us straight chicks, and my companions had so much fun they stayed long after happy hour. On this stormy Thursday there were seats available, but then the Sonics were down the street in the playoffs and the town was at a standstill. Ladies, (and gents) if you go to the Wild Rose, remember only one at a time in the restroom.

    Drinks
  • Wells
    • $3.00
  • Most items
    • -$0.5
  • Daily Drink Specials
    • $?
Reviewed May 19th, 2005

XO Bistro

2359 10th Ave E.
Seattle, WA 98102

2063286444

5-6:30 pm Monday thru Saturday.
9-10 pm Friday and Saturday

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XO is a little hide-a-way that has been open about year. It is a great place to go if your in need for a cheesy experience. Either because you don't want to be seen or want to experience some great cheeses. XO offers some unigue French cheeses and lists them as either being goat, sheep or cow. Which may not mean much to you, but those who are lactose intolerant it makes all the difference. XO is owned by the same folks who own Maximilien's in the Market, and fine folks they are indeed. XO's happy hour is more suited to couples and small groups of friends as the happy hour specials are only available in the bar, which is a small, intimate area.

    Appetizers
  • French Onion Soup
    • $3.75
  • Mussels
    • $3.75
  • Bruschetta
    • $3.75
    Drinks
  • Kronenbourg
    • $2.50
  • House Wines
    • $2.50
  • Martinis
    • $4.00
Reviewed Nov 30th, 2005