Find Your Happy (Hour) Downtown

Are you ready to find your happy? Happy hour ends the workday and starts the evening fun on the perfect note. We’ve got a list of the hottest spots to find your happy (hour) downtown this summer.

Buckeye Bourbon House  36 E. Gay St.

Stop in for Happy Hour, Monday through Friday from 4-7 p.m. If you’re there for the bourbon, you’ve made a great call. Nab the weekly bourbon pour for $7, or a domestic bottled beer for $3, or house wine for $6. Seven bucks will also get you an old-fashioned, a bartender cocktail, or the weekly food item.

Condado  132 S. High St.

Whether it’s taco Tuesday or another weekday, you can’t go wrong with happy hour at Condado. Held Monday through Friday from 3-6 p.m., choose from $5 signature margs, $7 Gran Clasico margs, $20 house, and sparkling pitchers, or $1 off cervezas or Bud Light. We highly recommend accompanying all this happy with some queso, guac, or tacos.

Dempsey’s Food & Spirits   346 S. High St.

Stop by Dempsey’s for happy hour, Monday through Friday from 4-7 p.m. Enjoy $2 domestic beers, $3 well drinks, $4 house wine, or $4 draft beers. And, be sure to peruse the menu for all types of delicious options. 

Due Amici  67 E. Gay St.

Due Amici offers happy hour Monday through Friday from 3-6:30 p.m. Choose from half off all beers, glass pour wines, house mules, plus appetizers and pizzas (available in the bar and cocktail area). 

Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus  161 N. High St.

Stop in Tuesday through Friday, 3-6 p.m. for $2 off well drinks, draft beers, and appetizers. Get happy in one of the most historic buildings downtown.

Goodale Station  77 E. Nationwide Blvd.

Stop by Tuesday through Friday, 4-6 p.m. for happy hour specials at this beautiful rooftop spot. Enjoy special pricing on cocktails, wine, and draft beer, plus select menu items.

Pat & Gracie’s  340 E. Gay St.

Enjoy $4 off wines and $2 off beers daily from 4-6 p.m. And when you order apps to share, don’t miss the Buckeye Pretzel Bites or the Fried B&B Pickles!

Pecan Penny’s  113 E. Main St.

Stop in from 3-6 p.m. Monday through Friday for great happy hour specials. Enjoy half-price chips and salsa or chips and guacamole, then quench your thirst with half-price drafts and well liquors or $1 off wine pours. Plus, each day they offer a unique special, in addition to the daily goodies. 

Sidebar  122. E Main St.

Sidebar offers happy hour specials Monday through Friday, 4-6 p.m. in the bar area only (and dine-in only). Check out the food menu, which includes $6, $7 and $12 happy hour special options; and they are delicious. Wash it down with specially priced sangria, beer ($3), wine ($7) or cocktails ($7.50). 

Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails  73 E. Gay St.

You won’t just find a happy hour at Tip Top. They proclaim it the Happiest Hours, each Monday through Friday from 3-6 p.m. Enjoy half off all Ohio drafts, $3 well liquor and $5 house cocktails, plus $4 Jameson or Fireball, $5 glasses of wine, and select specially priced appetizers. 

The Citizens Trust  11 W. Gay St.

This cocktail lounge offers special happy hour pricing starting at $6, Wednesday through Friday from 4-6 p.m.

The Goat  219 S. High St.

Stop in Monday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. for happy hour specials including $4 house wine and craft cans; and $5 craft cocktails including the blueberry mule, the black old-fashioned, and the elderberry. Food specials rotate daily: Monday brings you $10 traditional wings and a draft beer; grab $5 tots on Tuesday; Wednesday is for $5 flatbreads; on Thursday get $5 margarita French bread, and Friday features $5 tacos (includes 2).

The Keep  50 W. Broad St.

Stop in the beautiful Keep Lounge for happy hour, Tuesday through Friday from 4-6 p.m. They offer a wide-ranging food and drink menu for happy hour. Cocktails are just $8 and include everything from a classic Margarita to a Negroni, Old Fashioned and more. The food options will keep you munching too, from oysters to bacon fat popcorn (yum!).

Vine + Forge  33 E. Nationwide Blvd.

Enjoy hand-crafted cocktails, wine, beer, or spirits alongside small plates and shareable items in a contemporary backdrop.  

Woodbury  215 E. Town St.

While you might think you’d be judged for enjoying a morning happy hour, at the Woodbury, you won’t be. Stop in Monday through Friday from 7:30-9 a.m. and enjoy $5 off all-day breakfast favorites washed down with $2 drip coffee. Then, visit again in the evening from 3-6 p.m. for a more traditional happy hour. You’ll find half off all drafts; $1 off wine pours; $1 off house spirits; and a $5 cocktail special. Tasty $5 bites include Woodbury nachos, grilled chimichurri wings, shrimp cocktail, and more.