Best Nights for Best Deals

In South Florida there is no lack of places to go to expunge the ills of your workaday life. Highlighted here are the details of locales that offer eat & drink specials on specific days of the week. These spots are all light on the wallet and will help to put the happy in happy hour.

Monday :
Get rid of your Monday back-to-work blues at the Biltmore Hotel’s weekly happy hour. From 5pm-7pm all drinks on the menu, including the signature martinis are half off. Primarily filled with suits and ties looking to wind down after the start of the workweek, the famous Coral Gables hotel also offers live music and scrumptious bites at its four distinctive restaurants and two separate bars. Appreciate the legacy and embrace the atmosphere of this historic landmark.
Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, 305.445.8066

Tuesday :
Opened for over 60 years, Fox’s Sherron Inn is reminiscent of the 1950s with its vintage vinyl booths. The laid-back spot is known for its Shuffle Tuesdays, where anyone from the college crowd to local hipsters drop in to take advantage of the all-night two for one specials on domestic beers, vodkas, gins, rums and wines. Fox’s Sherron Inn, 6030 South Dixie Highway, South Miami, 305.666.2230

Wednesday :
Here is a way to raise your spirits in high style. Bourbon Steak is all too happy to help you chase the blues away with its Wednesday night Bourbon and Blues. Located in the Fairmont/ Turnberry Isle Resort. From 5pm – 8pm this classy joint will raise your spirits with specials including half-off signature cocktails as well as select beers and wines. Bourbon Steak, 19999 West Country Club Drive, Aventura, 786.279.6600

Amongst the glistening high rises of Miami’s downtown is Waxy O’Connor’s Irish Pub. It’s warm atmosphere makes it easy for you to enjoy its Happy Hump Day celebration from 7pm – 12am. With the sound of live reggae getting you to relax, the pub’s riverfront patio transforms into a backyard barbecue with hot dogs, burgers and steaks with all the trimmings. Ladies take note, from 7pm-10pm the champagne is complementary.
Waxy O’Connor’s on the River, Brickell, 690 SW 1st Court, Miami, 786.871.7660

Thursday :
For those with sophisticated tastes Caviar Kaspia is sure to satisfy on a multiple of levels. This modern and elegant locale is in the uber-chic store Webster. Here, from 7pm-9pm, the usually pricey drinks are cut down to size with its offering of $8 mojitos, martinis, signature cocktails, beers, house wines and champagnes. Satisfy your stomach with its plates of delectable nibbles all under $10. If you desire to keep the specials of the evening coming head up to the rooftop where the live DJ spins and the specials continue to flow until 11pm. Caviar Kaspia, 1220 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, 305.674.7899

Friday :
Tobacco Road is the keeper of the oldest liquor license in Miami. Knowing how its done, every night offers specials during happy hour, but Fridays are definitely the night to indulge. From
6pm - 7:38pm drinks are a penny for every year the bar has been open. This year it is 98 cents -- you really can give someone your two cents. Tobacco Road, 626 South Miami Avenue, Brickell, 305.374.1198

From Las Olas to downtown Fort Lauderdale, there are a wide selection of drinking haunts but for those who need to lick a few wounds from the workweek head to Tarpon Bend. With its two for one drinks from 4pm – 9pm, you are sure to get a friend or two to listen to your tales of woe. Tarpon Bend, 200 SW 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, 954.523.3233

Saturday :
For a little dim sum (and then some!), pair authentic hand-rolled sushi with your cocktails at Doraku. Happy hour runs from 5pm - 7pm and offers a nice selection of $3 to $7 appetizers including salmon carpaccio, rock shrimp, edamame and classic rolls. Additionally several drink offerings, margaritas and lychee martinis included, are within this price range. Doraku, 1104 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, 305.695.8383

Sunday :
For those trying to make the weekend last as long as possible, head to the Yardhouse. Here happy hour gets started at 10pm and goes until the wee hours of the morning; this is sure to give you plenty of time to try a variety of its 130 distinct brews at half price. Yardhouse, Village of Merrick Park, 320 San Lorenzo Ave., Coral Gables, 305.447.9273