What to get happy about

Downtown

327 Braun Court (Updated 3/2024)

  • Wed: $8 Old Fashioned
  • Thu: $7 Champagne Cocktail

Alley Bar (Updated 3/2024)

  • Daily 7-9pm: $3 draft beers
  • Sun: 50% off all liquor

Allen Rumsey Supper Club (Updated 3/2024)

  • Daily 4-6pm
  • $7 wines by the glass, $3 draft beers
  • Possibly outdated: $12 house cocktails, domestic bottles $4, premium bottles $5

Ann Arbor Distilling Company (Updated 11/2023)

  • Tue: $7 Gin & Tonic
  • Wed: $7 Wheatberry Splash
  • Thu: $7 Moscow Mule
  • Fri/Sat/Sun 2-5pm: 20% of all cocktails

Ashley's (Updated 4/2023)

  • 3-6 M-F, All day Sunday
  • $4 Michigan pints, $1 off mixed drinks, plus cheaper appetizers. Plus weekly deals

Aventura (Updated 11/2022)

  • Mon-Fri 3-6pm: $3 off wines by the glass, 1/2 off bottled beer, $10 Martini/Manhattan/Old Fashioned/Sangria/G&Ts
  • Wed 3-close: 20% all bottles of wine (verified 12/2023)
  • Mon 3-close: Paella half off (verified 4/2024)

Bill's Beer Garden (Updated 5/2023)

  • 5:30-6:30pm, unknown days
  • $4 pints of Oberon and Two Hearted

Black Pearl (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Thu 5-6pm.
  • Fries, fish tacos, chips & guac, coconut shrimp, drink specials.

Blue Tractor (Updated 3/2022)

  • Daily 3-6pm. Half off drafts and appetizers, $5 mixed drinks and whiskeys.

Circ Bar (Updated 11/2023)

  • Tue-Sat 6-9. 20% off food. $5 Green Tea Shots, Lemon Drop Shots. $6 Drink Specials: Palomas, Mojitos, Long Island Iced Tea, "Seasonal" Margaritas.
  • Tue 6-2am: $3 Tacos, $5 Margaritas, $5 Tequila shots, $5 Corona & Modelo, $5 Michelada
  • Wed 6-2am: $5 Irish whiskey, 100 proof bourbon/Rye, or PBR, $15 smash burger & PBR
  • Thu 7-9: Trivia. $75, $50, $25 gift cards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners.
  • Sun Brunch 11-3pm. $10 all-you-can-eat buffet, $3 shots, $6 drinks, $12 mimosa pitchers.
  • Tue, Wed, Sun 6-2am: Free pool, ping pong, foosball, "water" pong

Condado Tacos (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 3-6pm.
  • $9 nachos, $20 big chip and dip. $6-8 cocktails, $1 off beers.

Detroit Street Filling Station (Updated 4/2024)

  • Mon-Fri 3-5pm.
  • $2 off beer, wine, cocktails, and mocktails

Frita Batidos (Updated 4/2023)

  • Sun-Thu 4-6 PM, and the last hour of service nightly
  • Any beer $1 off, bucket of beer $18
  • Frita shaken daiquiri $4
  • Mini Best Snack Ever $3.50
  • Chicken salsa verde $6
  • Fries $2.50

Grizzly Peak (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 4-6pm
  • $10 Pizzas, $5 pints

Haymaker (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 3-6pm.
  • Half-off all non-cocktail/seasonal drinks, 25% off all starters.

HopCat (Updated 9/2023)

  • Mon-Thu 3-5:30 and 9-close
  • Select $3.50 drafts, $6 wells/wine, cheap burger and fries.

Isalita (Updated 4/2023)

  • 4-6pm Wed & Thu / 12-4pm Fri-Sun
  • $5 nachos, $5 house margarita

Jolly Pumpkin (Updated 9/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 4-6pm
  • $5 North Peak drafts, $6 Jolly Pumpkin drafts, $10 pizzas

The Last Word (Updated 2/2024)

  • Wednesday: 1oz pours of most whisk(e)y half off, and $9 house Manhattans

Lo-Fi (Updated 11/2023)

  • Thu 8-11: 50% off Long Islands
  • Thu all night? Industry Night, 40% off drinks.

Miki (Updated 1/2024)

  • Tue-Fri 4:30-6:30: $3 first draft beer, $2 off wines, $6 select martinis
  • Tue: $5 Sake Bomb, Wed: discounted wine, Thu: lady's night cocktails, Fri/Sat: rotating drink specials, Sun: $4 small house sake

Nightcap (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Thu until 8.
  • A list of $9-12 cocktail deals, a few $3 beers.

North Star Lounge (Updated 12/2023)

  • Nightly 5-6:30.
  • Half-off draft beer, free popcorn, and $2 off all other drinks.

Of Rice and Men (ORAM) (Updated 12/2023)

  • Unconfirmed at new incarnation: nightly(?) until 7: 50% off all sushi, sashimi, nigiri, and sake bottles.

Peridot (Updated 11/2023)

  • Wed, all evening
  • Half off all bottles of wine

Pretzel Bell (Updated 11/2023)

  • Thu 6pm-close, UM Students and Faculty only: $4 mystery shots, 2/$5 mystery beers, $6 wells, $7 margaritas and sangrias, $12 domestic pitchers, $15 North Peak pitchers

Rabbit Hole @ Root (Updated 11/2023)

  • Thu 8pm-2am
  • Premium Old Fashioned $15, whiskey of the week, drink specials

Ravens Club (Updated 9/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 4-6pm
  • $2 off all appetizers, $3 off TRC Old Fashioned and TRC Gin & Tonic, $2 off ginger beer drinks, $1 off beer

Red Hawk (Updated 5/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 3-6pm
  • $1 off bottles and cans, $2 off draft and wine, $3 off all liquor (includes cocktails)

Regent's Field (Updated 7/2023)

  • Tue-Sun 5-8pm: $5 draft beer, food specials
  • Tue-Thu 11pm-2am: $3 Miller Lite drafts, $4 Guinness/Wheezin the Juice drafts, $4 well drinks, $4 select wines

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse (Updated 4/2023)

  • Daily until 6pm. Food and drink specials at the bar.

Spiedo (Updated 10/2023)

  • Daily (?) 4-6pm
  • $10 draft cocktails, $8 Modelo pitchers, food specials

Taste Kitchen (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Thu 4:30-6pm.
  • $6 cocktails, half off rotating beer/wine, selection of ~$10 small plates.

Venue (Updated 9/2023)

  • Tue-Fri 3-6pm
  • Food specials, selection of $6-8 cocktails and wines and $3 beers

Vinology (Updated 9/2022)

  • Either daily or Mon-Fri (conflicting information), 4-6pm
  • Various food specials, 1/2 off wine glasses and select cocktails

 

Other Areas

Bigalora (Updated 3/2024)

  • Mon-Thu 2-5pm.
  • 50% off Arbor Brewing beer, $3 off Baia and other select wine pours.

Gandy Dancer (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 3:30-6:30pm
  • $7-9 food specials, drink specials.

Garage Bar (Updated 4/2023)

  • Daily 3-6pm.
  • Half-off all drinks and $5 select appetizers.

Good Time Charlie's (Updated 3/2024)

  • Tue-Fri, 3-5pm
  • 50% off appetizers and drinks

Carlyle Grill

  • All day Sunday & Wednesday and every other day it's 3pm - 7pm (Friday & Saturday until 6pm)
  • $3 Wine by the glass
  • $4 Premium well drinks
  • $2 Domestic drafts $4 Craft drafts
  • Small plates are the best around starting at $3

Carson's (Updated 4/2023)

  • Mon-Fri 3-6, Sat 4-6, in bar area.
  • Half off draft beer, $5 select wine, $6 cocktails, $5-9 appetizers.

Habitat Ultralounge (Updated 4/2023): 

  • $2 off liquor/beer/wine ($3 for 8oz wine)
  • $8 select cocktails
  • Food deals from $5-12

Mediterrano

  • Monday - Friday 4pm - 7pm
  • $3 Michigan and European craft beers
  • $5 Wine by the glass
  • $5 Premium well drinks
  • Small plate menu starting at $3

Monty's (Updated 9/2022)

  • Mon-Fri, 3 pm to 6 pm, Every Night: 9 pm to 12 am
  • 25% off drafts, cocktail $7 smash burger

Rappourt (Updated 4/2023)

  • Daily 3-6pm.
  • Select $4.50 beers and $6 wine.

Sam Hill (Updated 2/2024)

  • Mon-Thu 3-5pm
  • 20% all beer/wine/menu cocktails, $6 well shot+mixer, $4 espresso martini shot
  • $4-9 assorted snacks

York (Updated 5/2023)

  • Tue-Fri, 4-6pm
  • 15% off cocktails, draft beer, & bar snacks

 

Ypsilanti

Bobcat Bonnie's (Updated 2/2024)

  • Mon-Fri 3-6pm, Thu 3-close
  • $4 off cocktails, $5 off draft beers, $6 happy hour apps, $7 wines by the glass

Sidetrack

  • Daily (?) until 6pm, and after 10pm.
  • 1/2 off drinks

Thompson & Co. (Updated 7/2023)

  • Mon-Fri, 4-6pm
  • $2 off beer and wine by the glass, $4 off appetizers

 

Dexter

Aubree's (Updated 7/2023)

  • Daily (?) 3-6pm
  • $3.75 Bud Lite, Miller Lite, Shorts Locals Light, $6.50 premium drafts, $6 birdbath cocktails
  • $5 feta bread, $6 calzones
  • Mon-Fri: 1/2 off all apps in bar only

The Fillmore (Updated 9/2023)

  • Daily, 3-5pm
  • $5 wine and frozen pina colada, $6 well drinks, $4-5 beers
  • $4-9 food specials, including $6 smash burger

 

Saline

Salt Springs Brewery (Updated 9/2023)

  • Tue-Fri 3-5pm
  • Half off draft pours >= 13 oz (beer, seltzer, cider), $2 off appetizers