What bars in the Triangle have good happy hour specials?

10/19/2011 1:54:10 PM

None. Happy hours are illegal in NC.

10/19/2011 1:55:17 PM

^

10/19/2011 2:04:00 PM

lol, /thread

drink specials are still legal, of course, but they have to be all day

10/19/2011 2:07:29 PM

I think Tobacco Road has half priced apps or something.

But, yeah, the drink specials are illegal. And for good reason.

10/19/2011 2:07:42 PM

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"And for good reason."

what reason is that?

10/19/2011 2:10:13 PM

So we don't forget God, I think.

10/19/2011 2:11:38 PM

a lot of places have half priced apps for happy hour.

10/19/2011 2:13:42 PM

WELL I COULD ONLY NAME ONE

GET OFF MY NUTS BRO

10/19/2011 2:14:11 PM

lol shit really? Well that explains why I've never heard of a happy hour around here

In that case, what bars have worthwhile specials on what days?

10/19/2011 2:14:15 PM

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"what reason is that?"

The idea is specials during certain hours lends to binge drinking thus more intoxicated drivers.

[Edited on October 19, 2011 at 2:17 PM. Reason : ]

10/19/2011 2:16:37 PM

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" what reason is that? "

People binge drink in a very short period of time when there are happy hour specials.

But with an all-day special, people slow their binging over that period of time.

People still binge drink (by the definition of binge drinking) ... they just take their sweet time.

[Edited on October 19, 2011 at 2:17 PM. Reason : ,.]

10/19/2011 2:17:11 PM

Obviously the binge drinking would stop when the drinks go back to full price.

10/19/2011 2:17:29 PM

nah, ill just get in my car and drink at home once tey stop the $0.99 coors lights

10/19/2011 2:22:14 PM

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"a lot of places have half priced apps for happy hour."

this. they have a half price food menu at tobacco road from 4-6 on weekdays. So pair that with drink specials and you have even better than happy hour.

10/19/2011 2:22:40 PM

Just go to a shittier bar between 4 and 6.

10/19/2011 2:23:45 PM

One time I went to a happy hour (50c beers) during spring break with like 5 minutes left. I gave the bartender a 20 and asked him to just not take them out of the fridge all at once. He hesitated until I told him otherwise the 3 of us would have to chug them all before they got warm. We ended up staying for a few hours and getting food, plus we gave him a $20 tip so win-win.

10/19/2011 2:25:42 PM

We have a shit ton happy hour specials over here.

I didn't know they were illegal in nc...why?

also closest to a happy hour that i like back there is http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/afreshapproach/approach-bar.aspx

10/19/2011 2:34:57 PM

we have no happy hour in NC due to prohibitionist religious nuts.

10/19/2011 2:37:15 PM

Why has already been answered. 6 & 7 posts up.

10/19/2011 2:37:17 PM

I used to like Connolly's in Cary for after work drinking

http://www.connollysirish.com/home.html

10/19/2011 2:39:10 PM

http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/menus/0109-McCormick-Schmicks-Seafood-Raleigh-NC/Happy.pdf

McCormick & Schmick's Happy Hour Menu (food only)

10/19/2011 2:47:10 PM

^ Damn that looks tasty.

10/19/2011 2:50:01 PM

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"Why has already been answered. 6 & 7 posts up."

nah, people just provided the excuse from the right wing nutjobs who spout bullshit in order to fear people into thinking like them.

10/19/2011 2:52:08 PM

I think Happy Hours are illegal in NC, might want to check that. Some restaurant at CrabTree has happy hour food specials though...Cheesecake maybe?

10/19/2011 3:18:22 PM

Bada is $2.50 pints on Thursdays

10/19/2011 3:23:53 PM

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"The idea is specials during certain hours lends to binge drinking thus more intoxicated drivers."

And yet almost every other state's citizens can handle this just fine

Just another one of those stupid laws leftover from the "old south" perhaps. How long has the OP lived in NC and not realized this?

10/19/2011 4:50:58 PM

lol to be honest I've never really thought about it before. I had a coworker asking me today about happy hours in the area which made me start thinking about it.

Half-off appetizers count as a happy hour in my book

10/19/2011 5:33:59 PM

Are free drinks offered at some high end hotels in the evenings for the hotel residents illegal too in NC?

10/19/2011 5:52:39 PM

Next thing you know they'll be telling you it's illegal to pay a woman for companionship.

10/19/2011 5:59:23 PM

^^ They weren't the last time I stayed in Charlotte.

10/19/2011 6:03:46 PM

I think the ban on happy hours is actually a good law....whenever I am traveling I get pissed off that bars only have specials from 4-6.

10/19/2011 6:14:36 PM

I think the ban on happy hours is actually a good law....whenever I am traveling I get pissed off that bars only have specials from 4-6.

10/19/2011 6:15:52 PM

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"what bars have worthwhile specials on what days?"

http://thestagger.com/RaleighDrinkSpecials.htm

10/19/2011 6:48:49 PM

Tobacco Road has a Tues. half price appetizer, half price drink special during traditional 'happy hour' hours.
Sushi Love, by Duke, has half price sushi and margaritas on Thurs. nights. Fed has $1 off NC beers on Sunday nights.

Pinhook for a time had $3 NC draft beers, but I'm not sure if that still goes on Mon./Tues. still.

10/19/2011 7:10:46 PM

http://barflyraleigh.com

10/19/2011 10:11:40 PM

ruckus has $3 entire bar on Thursdays and Sundays

but man on man every time I go up to visit my family in New York, I take full advantage of happy hour time. BOGO has never been so awesome as when you are double fisting white russians

10/19/2011 10:27:09 PM

Happy Hours are amazing. Sucks for North Carolinians.

10/20/2011 7:26:22 AM

Mez used to have a killer happy hour taco bar / beer special from 4-6. I think it was like $1 tacos and something something beer or margaritas.

Don't know if they still do anymore.

10/20/2011 7:43:44 AM

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"I think the ban on happy hours is actually a good law....whenever I am traveling I get pissed off that bars only have specials from 4-6. "

You are aware, of course, that happy hour can be whatever time the bar/restaurant wants it to be. 3-5, 4-6, 6-8, 6-9 or my personal favorite 12-8.

10/20/2011 8:32:27 AM

4-6 Happy hours are the worst. Why even bother? The average 9-5er might get 30 minutes to enjoy it.

10/20/2011 10:19:08 AM

Amedeo's on Western Blvd has good beer specials on Thursdays and Live Music from 8-10pm. I think all pints are $2.50 and PBR is $2. Pitchers are discounted too. For students, a large one topping pizza is 9 bucks on Thursdays before the band starts around 7:30. Yes, I work there. Amedeo is my G-Pop.

[Edited on October 20, 2011 at 11:37 AM. Reason : clarify]

10/20/2011 11:31:54 AM

nm

[Edited on October 20, 2011 at 11:38 AM. Reason : ..]

10/20/2011 11:37:41 AM

OMFG A STUDENT

10/20/2011 12:07:39 PM

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"Tobacco Road has a Tues. half price appetizer, half price drink special during traditional 'happy hour' hours."

have you not read the thread? drink specials are ILLEGAL in north carolina (unless the drink special is all day long.)

[Edited on October 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM. Reason : ]

10/20/2011 12:35:04 PM

^^^^^ The entire point of a 4-6 happy hour is to enjoy a beer before you drive home from work. 30 minutes is plenty for that. If happy hour lasted longer, there wouldn't be an incentive to stop working and leave the office at a reasonable hour.

10/20/2011 12:47:11 PM

we don't have happy hour...we have happy fuckin day so STFU!!

10/20/2011 1:51:34 PM

NCSUDiver has seemingly never frequented a bar for happy hour in a major city.

10/20/2011 1:57:53 PM

And apparently loves his profession enough that it takes the promise of cheap alcohol to lure him out of his office

10/20/2011 2:15:39 PM