Great places to get happy
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Medina Café 780 Richards St., medinacafe.com The “Golden Hour” features $7 “enlightened” cocktails, $5 local draft beer and $4 coffee spikes. 2 to 3 p.m. daily
Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar 900 Seymour St., uvavancouver.com Possibly the city’s longest happy hour. Four cheerful hours of dollar oysters, discounted food items, $8 wine and $12 handcrafted World Class cocktails featuring ultra-premium spirits. 2 to 6 p.m. daily
Tableau Bar Bistro 1181 Melville St., tableaubarbistro.com Here, “Casse Croûte” is happy hour en Français, with 50 per cent off food, half-price oysters, $5 highballs, $4 lager and $6 glasses of house wine. 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. daily
Provence Marinaside 1177 Marinaside Crescent, provencemarinaside.ca “Tappy hour” features a generous menu of $5 bites including risotto balls, merguez sausage, grilled squid and meatballs, plus $5 glasses of wine. 3 to 5 p.m. daily Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Sutton Place Hotel, 845 Burrard St., boulevardvancouver.ca Can’t go wrong with buck-a-shuck oysters and small plates for $5 to $10, including the famous crispy chicken wings. Drinks include $6 wines by the glass, $5 beer by the bottle, $6 Stanley Park beer flights, and $5 Moscow Mules and Rosemary & Cranberry Collins. 3 to 6 p.m. daily
Hy’s Encore 637 Hornby St, hyssteakhouse.com The new cocktail bar upstairs is the place to go for half-price classic cocktails, half-price wine and discounted menu items, including sliders and $5 cheese toast, with retro tunes spun by local DJs. 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays
Joe Fortes 777 Thurlow St., joefortes.ca There’s a good reason why people are lining up every afternoon for the dollar oysters, discounts of 20 to 50 per cent off bar food items and $5 beer, wine and highballs. 4 to 6 p.m. daily
The Flying Pig Various locations, theflyingpigvan.com Popular for its $4.75 wine and a large selection of generously sized $6 appies including salmon cakes, cured meats and short rib croquettes. 4 to 6 p.m. daily
Royal Dinette 905 Dunsmuir St., royaldinette.ca “L’Apéro” hour features classic aperitifs (Americano, Pastis et l’Eau, “Apero” Spritz and Kir Royal) for only $6. 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday
Pidgin 350 Carrall St., pidginvancouver.com “Before dark” happy hour features classic cocktails for $7.50 (Negronis, Moscow Mules, Margaritas, Old Fashioneds), wine for $6, Tiger tall cans $5 and daily food specials. Note: The chicken wings are a must-try. 5 to 6:30 p.m. daily And here are three places to swing by for a late-ish night snack and a nightcap:
Siena 1485 West 12th Ave., eatsiena.com Who says they roll up the sidewalks early in South Granville? Siena offers $6 appies and a rotating selection of $6 drinks and wines nightly for the post-theatre crowd. 8 to 10 p.m. daily
Joe Fortes Same drink bargains as earlier in the day; slightly different menu choices. Still a great deal. 9:30 to 11 p.m. daily
Pidgin The “after dark” menu features the same great deals as the “before dark” one, plus industry types get to enjoy them, too. 10:30 p.m. until late daily