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15 Seattle Happy Hours to Try Now

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Close your eyes and point to the nearest restaurant on Google Maps. Chances are it has a happy hour menu. But wasting good money on a watered down well drink is no way to ease into the evening.

Here, in alphabetical order, is Eater's updated map of 15 happy hour best bets. These Seattle restaurants and watering holes serve stiff drinks and cold beer. Plus, menus with trendy (artisanal toast,) whimsical (shaved ice,) and cheap-o bites. Time to get happy.

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Ba Bar

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Hours: Daily, 3-6p
Menu: http://bit.ly/1h6v6AV
Deal: So much good stuff to choose from: grilled skewers ($5), a bowl of exceptional frites w/caramelized shallot and spicy soy vinaigrette ($4) and spicy sài gòn chicken wings ($8) to name just a few. Plus, a wide array of cocktails ($6 Sun-Mon).

Bar Cotto

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Hours: Daily, 4-6p and 10-11p
Deal: $5 salads (roasted fennel, escarole, corona bean & cauliflower) and $8 pizzas. Beer and wine specials galore, and Lambrusco.

Hours: Daily 3-6p, 10p-12a Mon-Thur, 11p-1a Fri-Sat, 10-11 Sun
Menu: http://ow.ly/xxnpQ
Deal: The Stylish Capitol Hill Mexican spot offers a full food and drink happy hour menu twice daily, with “Triple T” specials—a can of Tecate, tequila, and a taco for $10.

[Photo Credit: Barrio/Facebook]

Golden Beetle

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Hours: Daily 4:30-6:30p
Menu: http://bit.ly/VLifLj
Deal: Maria Hines’ organic Mediterranean restaurant serves small plates like the mini Skagit River Ranch burger and spiced French fries, plus cocktail and drink specials. Everything is $8 and under.

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Lecosho

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Hours: Daily, 3-6p; Sun-Thurs, 10p-1a; Fri-Sat, 11p-1a
Menu: http://bit.ly/9QvX4K
Deal: Wine, bubbles, tap beer, and cocktail deals. Plus, fantastic food, like spaetzle with brown butter and pecorino romano for $5, beef short ribs for $9 and blistered shishito peppers for $7.

Marination Ma Kai

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Hours: Tues-Fri, 3-6p
Menu: http://marinationmobile.com/ma-kai
Deal: Arguably the best water view in Seattle; Knocks a dollar off wine and beer during happy hour, plus $2 off daily drink specials, including cheap margaritas on Thursdays. A cocktail in one hand, a shaved ice cone in the other, and you're set.

[Photo Credit: Marination/Facebook]

Metropolitan Grill

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Hours: Mon-Fri, 3-6pm
Menu: http://bit.ly/19N92Ud
Deal: The downtown steakhouse refers to this happy hour as "Seattle's Best," for killer deals, like $3 French dip sandwiches for $4 and The Works burger for $7. Cocktails, beer and wine specials abound.

Mistral Kitchen

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Hours: Daily, 4-630p
Menu: http://bit.ly/XHcK9W
Deal: The menu isn't dumbed down. The bites tend to be small, but they're good and an accurate sample of the full menu. The wine and cocktails are also a swell deal.

Hours: Mon-Fri, 5-6:30p; Sat-Sun, 3-6p.
Menu: http://bit.ly/1dZtwyT
Deal: Food specials ranging from Pigs in a Blanket to a Trio of Spreads ($5.50), and tons o' drink deals between $4.50-$6.75 including a buck off ciders.

The Saint

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Hours: Daily, 5-7p
Menu: http://bit.ly/4FadfK
Deal: New chef's Álvaro Candela food, 5 cocktails for $5.50, and lots of other stuff (tequila!) that will make this your new favorite happy hour spot if it isn't already.

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Sazerac

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Hours: Mon-Sat, 4-8p
Menu: http://bit.ly/1t01Dhz
Deal: The downtown restaurant’s generous happy hour menu includes tapas and charcuterie, raw oysters, brick-oven pizzas, and a handful of sandwiches and burgers, all for $10 and under. Wash it down with a cocktail, glass of wine, or pint of beer.

[Photo Credit: Sazerac/Facebook]

Hours: Mon-Fri, 4-6p
Menu: http://bit.ly/1AEteWG
Deal: Shanik’s happy hour is a delightfully well-kept secret. Enjoy $5 cocktails and snacks like mini crepes and the restaurant’s signature lamb popsicle in the cozy lounge or out on the new patio.

Stoneburner

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Hours: Daily, 3-5p, and 11p to midnight on Fri and Sat.
Menu: http://ow.ly/xxrn5
Deal: Salads are $8 and pizzas are $10. There's also four draught beers ($5), six cocktails ($7 and $8), and 500ml flasks of house white or red ($10.)

Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge

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Hours: Daily, 4-6p and 10p-1a
Menu: http://bit.ly/TPfjvE
Deal: Happy hour cocktails are $8.50 and you simply can't beat the enormo food menu: it's huge! Only drawback is that the crowds can form quickly so get there early for a seat.

The Whale Wins

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The hours: 3-5p daily
The menu: http://ow.ly/xxtRO
Deal: Renee Erickson offers a special “Whale Call” happy hour menu daily from 3p-5p, featuring fancy toasts, pickles, and other bites that go very well with cocktails.

[The Whale Wins/Facebook]

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Ba Bar

Hours: Daily, 3-6p
Menu: http://bit.ly/1h6v6AV
Deal: So much good stuff to choose from: grilled skewers ($5), a bowl of exceptional frites w/caramelized shallot and spicy soy vinaigrette ($4) and spicy sài gòn chicken wings ($8) to name just a few. Plus, a wide array of cocktails ($6 Sun-Mon).

Bar Cotto

Hours: Daily, 4-6p and 10-11p
Deal: $5 salads (roasted fennel, escarole, corona bean & cauliflower) and $8 pizzas. Beer and wine specials galore, and Lambrusco.

Barrio

Hours: Daily 3-6p, 10p-12a Mon-Thur, 11p-1a Fri-Sat, 10-11 Sun
Menu: http://ow.ly/xxnpQ
Deal: The Stylish Capitol Hill Mexican spot offers a full food and drink happy hour menu twice daily, with “Triple T” specials—a can of Tecate, tequila, and a taco for $10.

[Photo Credit: Barrio/Facebook]

Golden Beetle

Hours: Daily 4:30-6:30p
Menu: http://bit.ly/VLifLj
Deal: Maria Hines’ organic Mediterranean restaurant serves small plates like the mini Skagit River Ranch burger and spiced French fries, plus cocktail and drink specials. Everything is $8 and under.

[Photo Credit]

Lecosho

Hours: Daily, 3-6p; Sun-Thurs, 10p-1a; Fri-Sat, 11p-1a
Menu: http://bit.ly/9QvX4K
Deal: Wine, bubbles, tap beer, and cocktail deals. Plus, fantastic food, like spaetzle with brown butter and pecorino romano for $5, beef short ribs for $9 and blistered shishito peppers for $7.

Marination Ma Kai

Hours: Tues-Fri, 3-6p
Menu: http://marinationmobile.com/ma-kai
Deal: Arguably the best water view in Seattle; Knocks a dollar off wine and beer during happy hour, plus $2 off daily drink specials, including cheap margaritas on Thursdays. A cocktail in one hand, a shaved ice cone in the other, and you're set.

[Photo Credit: Marination/Facebook]

Metropolitan Grill

Hours: Mon-Fri, 3-6pm
Menu: http://bit.ly/19N92Ud
Deal: The downtown steakhouse refers to this happy hour as "Seattle's Best," for killer deals, like $3 French dip sandwiches for $4 and The Works burger for $7. Cocktails, beer and wine specials abound.

Mistral Kitchen

Hours: Daily, 4-630p
Menu: http://bit.ly/XHcK9W
Deal: The menu isn't dumbed down. The bites tend to be small, but they're good and an accurate sample of the full menu. The wine and cocktails are also a swell deal.

Ravish

Hours: Mon-Fri, 5-6:30p; Sat-Sun, 3-6p.
Menu: http://bit.ly/1dZtwyT
Deal: Food specials ranging from Pigs in a Blanket to a Trio of Spreads ($5.50), and tons o' drink deals between $4.50-$6.75 including a buck off ciders.

The Saint

Hours: Daily, 5-7p
Menu: http://bit.ly/4FadfK
Deal: New chef's Álvaro Candela food, 5 cocktails for $5.50, and lots of other stuff (tequila!) that will make this your new favorite happy hour spot if it isn't already.

[The Saint/Facebook]

Sazerac

Hours: Mon-Sat, 4-8p
Menu: http://bit.ly/1t01Dhz
Deal: The downtown restaurant’s generous happy hour menu includes tapas and charcuterie, raw oysters, brick-oven pizzas, and a handful of sandwiches and burgers, all for $10 and under. Wash it down with a cocktail, glass of wine, or pint of beer.

[Photo Credit: Sazerac/Facebook]

Shanik

Hours: Mon-Fri, 4-6p
Menu: http://bit.ly/1AEteWG
Deal: Shanik’s happy hour is a delightfully well-kept secret. Enjoy $5 cocktails and snacks like mini crepes and the restaurant’s signature lamb popsicle in the cozy lounge or out on the new patio.

Stoneburner

Hours: Daily, 3-5p, and 11p to midnight on Fri and Sat.
Menu: http://ow.ly/xxrn5
Deal: Salads are $8 and pizzas are $10. There's also four draught beers ($5), six cocktails ($7 and $8), and 500ml flasks of house white or red ($10.)

Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge

Hours: Daily, 4-6p and 10p-1a
Menu: http://bit.ly/TPfjvE
Deal: Happy hour cocktails are $8.50 and you simply can't beat the enormo food menu: it's huge! Only drawback is that the crowds can form quickly so get there early for a seat.

The Whale Wins

The hours: 3-5p daily
The menu: http://ow.ly/xxtRO
Deal: Renee Erickson offers a special “Whale Call” happy hour menu daily from 3p-5p, featuring fancy toasts, pickles, and other bites that go very well with cocktails.

[The Whale Wins/Facebook]

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