15 Denver happy hours for cheap eats and crave-worthy cocktails
Denver's dining scene isn't getting any cheaper, but there are plenty of places to score a deal — if you know when to show up.
Zoom in: Here are 15 happy hours offering some of the city's best discounts on drinks and eats:
🌮 La Diabla — Thursday, 11am-6pm; Friday, all day; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm
The move: Wednesday specials are unbeatable: Two al pastor tacos and one margarita for $5; two fish tacos and one margarita for $7; or buy any cocktail and get two free tacos
🍺 Vine Street Pub & Brewery — Wednesday-Friday, 3pm-5pm; Every day, 8pm-close
The move: $6 pitchers of house beer; $6 wine or margarita; $10 burger and fries; $10 cheese or Margherita pizza
🍸 Point Easy — Tuesday-Saturday, 5-6pm
The move: $14 for fries and a martini
🍝 Dio Mio — Monday-Thursday, 4-6pm
The move: $11 for two glasses of wine; $6 apps like the stracciatella-prosciutto toast and gorgonzola arancini; $12 for a bowl of cacio e pepe or spaghetti
🍗 FlyteCo Tower — Tuesday-Thursday, 7pm-kitchen close/last call; Friday-Saturday, 8pm-kitchen close/last call; Sunday, 6pm-kitchen close/last call
The move: $5 Jameson; $2.50 Hamm's; $7 cheese pizza; $8 wings
🍕 Redeemer Pizza — Weekdays, 4-6pm
The move: $6 for a slice and beer; $9 for a slice and wine; $12 cheese pizza
🍷 America Elm — Monday-Thursday, 5-6pm; Friday 4-6pm; Sunday 5-9pm
The move: $7 wine; $9 classic cocktails; $7 deviled eggs with pork belly; $9 whipped ricotta with fermented garlic honey; $12 mussels and fries
🥟 ChoLon — Daily, 3-5pm
The move: $6 dim sum, including dumplings, wontons and bao buns; $5 lager; $7 well drinks; $7 house wine
🥃 The Greenwich — Monday-Friday, 5-6 p.m.; Tuesday, all night
The move: $8 mini negroni; $8 wine; $8 beer and shot; $4 select beer; $5 meatballs; $6 Sicilian sesame rolls; $8 fries
🍹 The Block Distilling Co. — Monday-Thursday, 3-6pm; Friday, noon-6pm
The move: $8 old fashioned, martini, negroni, or gin and tonic
🦪 Blue Island Oyster Bar — Monday-Saturday, 2-6pm; Sunday, open-6pm
The move: $1.31 premium oysters all day Monday; $7.55 tacos and sliders; 30% off wine by the glass
🍔 Steuben's — Daily, 2-6pm and 9pm-close
The move: $13 burger, fries and PBR; $3 PBR; $8 house wine, gin and tonic, Moscow mule or old fashioned
🥢 MAKfam — Daily, 2-5pm
The move: $6.50 beer and well shot; $6 house wine; $4.5 bao buns; $2 off small bites
🦪 Angelo's Taverna — Daily, 3-6pm and 9pm to close
The move: $1.25 oysters; $8 for a personal pizza; $6 well drinks
🍕 Cart-Driver RiNo — Daily, 3-5pm and 10pm-midnight
The move: $8 pizza; $3 Genesse beer; $8 negroni or Prosecco
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