I think The Brooklyn is my favorite happy hour spot downtown. For one it's a bit classier than some of the other joints around and two the crowd isn't full of the young 20 something’s just looking to get their drink on it's full of professionals who need a drink or two or four to relax before heading home.
The best part is they have food and drink specials daily! And get this their food specials are from 4:00 pm to close everyday, so you can get cheap good food all night long at The Brooklyn. Their drink specials go from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm so still plenty of time to have a few cocktails before heading home.
Currently for their food they offer the following all for $4.99 each:
Beechers Market Herb Poutine
Mini Steak Sliders
Steamed Clams
Flat Bread Pizza
Mini American Kobe Cheeseburger
Dungeness Crab Wonton
Steamed Mussels
Satay
Calamari
Buffalo popcorn Shrimp
Caesar Salad
The best are their drink specials:
Drafts and wine $2.99
Select calls $3.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Cuervo, Cutty, E&J, Jim Beam and Bacardi)
Martinis and manhattans $4.99 (Skyy, Bombay, Jim Beam)
$4.99 daily drink specials
Monday - Ruby Red Cosmo
Tuesday - Prickly Pear Margarita
Wednesday - Tangerine Kamikaze
Thursday - Ten Cane Mojito
Friday - Raspberry Lemon Drop
Saturday - Sidecar Named Desire
Sunday - Berrytini
They make their own infused vodkas and use them for the Berrytini, Raspberry Lemon Drop and they have one with bell peppers they use for their Bloody Marys. I really like the Berrytini and Raspberry Lemon Drop both are fabulous and when I'm feeling cheap a Skyy tonic always hits the spot. I've tried their clams, mussels, calamari, shrimp and crab wontons and have loved every bite of them.
Overall I'd have to rate The Brooklyn's happy hour a solid 5.0 seeing at it is currently my favorite.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Bal Mar in Ballard
If you're in Ballard and looking for a place to stop in for Happy Hour Bal Mar isn't a bad choice.
Their happy hour is daily from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm with both food and drink specials. I love it when a place has both food and drink specials and happy hour everyday of the week.
Their happy hour food specials are:
Steamed Manila Clams for $5.00
Chicken Potstickers for $4.00
Chicken Satay for $5.00
Steamed Edamame for $3.50
Their happy hour drinks specials are:
Featured Cocktail of the Month $6.00
House Red or White Wine $5.00
Premium Well Spirits $4.00
Draught Beer Pints $3.50
One thing to also mention on Monday's its all night happy hour for food but not drinks.
My last visit I only had a glass of their red it was a Merlot and for $5.00 it wasn't bad not great but not bad either. Their dim lighting and faux brick/concrete wall warms the place up a bit and kind of makes you feel like maybe you are in Belltown not Ballard, though word on the street is Ballard is becoming the new Belltown. The service was a bit snotty but good in a weird way and on a plus they were always refilling our water glasses the whole time we were there.
Overall I’d give them a 4.0 out of 5 cheers.
The Matador in Ballard
The Matador in Ballard it's an OK place for happy hour but not a place for me in the evening that's for sure. One super sucky thing about The Matador's happy hour is they have no drink specials, come on people have both food and drink specials to make this fat chick happy.
Their happy hour runs daily from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm and again from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am, my last visit was during the early happy hour not late. They offer $4.00 to $5.00 snacks for happy hour food; you have your choice of the following:
Chicken or Shrimp Quesadilla
Nachos
Spicy Fried Calamari
Matador Chili
Matador Romaine Salad
Roasted Tomato & Chicken Soup
Fire Jumbo Prawns
Tex-Mex Spring Rolls
Ancho-Chipotle Wings
Chicken or Steak Tacos
Baja Shrimp Tacos
Blackened Fish Tacos
There was a group of us and we shared the shrimp quesadilla, nachos, spicy fried calamari, fire jumbo prawns, chicken tacos and Tex-Mex spring rolls. I tried the quesadilla which was good, the nachos which I liked the best and the fire jumbo prawns which were very tasty but not so much firey. To go with my food I tried to enjoy a glass of their red sangria, it didn't do much for me but I still drank it. A couple people had the mojito and others had beer they all seem happy with their choices so I guess I was just in a un-sangria mood that day.
Service was pretty crappy, we asked for chips and salsa and never received them, and before we were done we had our check on the table and were basically being asked to leave so we did.
Over all I'd give them 3.0 out of 5 cheers, the food was good but no drink specials and crappy service brings them down in my book.
Their happy hour runs daily from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm and again from 10:00 pm to 1:00 am, my last visit was during the early happy hour not late. They offer $4.00 to $5.00 snacks for happy hour food; you have your choice of the following:
Chicken or Shrimp Quesadilla
Nachos
Spicy Fried Calamari
Matador Chili
Matador Romaine Salad
Roasted Tomato & Chicken Soup
Fire Jumbo Prawns
Tex-Mex Spring Rolls
Ancho-Chipotle Wings
Chicken or Steak Tacos
Baja Shrimp Tacos
Blackened Fish Tacos
There was a group of us and we shared the shrimp quesadilla, nachos, spicy fried calamari, fire jumbo prawns, chicken tacos and Tex-Mex spring rolls. I tried the quesadilla which was good, the nachos which I liked the best and the fire jumbo prawns which were very tasty but not so much firey. To go with my food I tried to enjoy a glass of their red sangria, it didn't do much for me but I still drank it. A couple people had the mojito and others had beer they all seem happy with their choices so I guess I was just in a un-sangria mood that day.
Service was pretty crappy, we asked for chips and salsa and never received them, and before we were done we had our check on the table and were basically being asked to leave so we did.
Over all I'd give them 3.0 out of 5 cheers, the food was good but no drink specials and crappy service brings them down in my book.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Showbow SoDo Happy Hour
The happy hour at the Showbox SoDo runs Tuesday through Sunday from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm and only beer specials:
$4.00 Pabst Tall Boys
$4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans
$2.50 Coors
$2.50 Coors Light
No food and that makes this fat chick sad but I got over it. I had the $4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans and let me tell you a can of Pilsner Urquell tastes nothing like it from the bottle or draft it some bad stuff. While there I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, it came with fries and both were meh I wasn't a fan of either. A couple people had some of their pizza and enjoyed it but I'm not sure I would.
The bar was a bit overwhelmed but the bartender did do a good job of trying his bets to make sure everyone was taken care of. The ladies room was pretty bad over 50% of the stales were lacking locks to lock the door, I hate holding the door shut while I tinkle so this upset the fat chick.
Overall it I'd say it's an OK place to stop in before a game but I wouldn't never make a point of hitting this place on a regular bases.
Over all I'd give it a 2.5 cheers out of 5.
$4.00 Pabst Tall Boys
$4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans
$2.50 Coors
$2.50 Coors Light
No food and that makes this fat chick sad but I got over it. I had the $4.00 16oz Pilsner Urquell Cans and let me tell you a can of Pilsner Urquell tastes nothing like it from the bottle or draft it some bad stuff. While there I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, it came with fries and both were meh I wasn't a fan of either. A couple people had some of their pizza and enjoyed it but I'm not sure I would.
The bar was a bit overwhelmed but the bartender did do a good job of trying his bets to make sure everyone was taken care of. The ladies room was pretty bad over 50% of the stales were lacking locks to lock the door, I hate holding the door shut while I tinkle so this upset the fat chick.
Overall it I'd say it's an OK place to stop in before a game but I wouldn't never make a point of hitting this place on a regular bases.
Over all I'd give it a 2.5 cheers out of 5.
Fat Chick at Happy Hour
I'm a fat chick who likes happy hour and plans on blogging all her happy hour adventures. It should be interesting I just hope it's not bumpy.
I'll be rating the happy hours on a scale from 1 to 5 cheers and anything else I feel like reviewing.
I'll be rating the happy hours on a scale from 1 to 5 cheers and anything else I feel like reviewing.
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