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- Possibly outdated: $12 house cocktails, domestic bottles $4, premium bottles $5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
- 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
- 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
- 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