For Cocktails
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- Allen & Delancey
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115 Allen St., at Delancey St.; 212-253-5400
The restaurant’s cocktail list—created by Death & Co. guru Alex Day—is half-off at the bar, Tuesdays.
For Bingeing
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- The Anchor
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310 Spring St., nr. Greenwich St.; 212-463-7406
On Recession Thursdays, $20 gets you all you can guzzle, from 7 to 9 p.m., on anything in the place.
For Pizza Plus Pitchers
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- Gruppo
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186 Ave. B, nr. 12th St.; 212-995-2100
The thin-crust haven offers a large plain pie and a pitcher of beer for $18, daily from 5 to 7 p.m.
For Mobile Drinkers
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- Village Pourhouse
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982 Amsterdam Ave., nr. W. 109th St.; 212-979-2337
Hail a cab up to Morningside Heights, and the bar will match the amount of your fare in comped drinks. Keep that receipt!
For Beer in a Can
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- Bar Great Harry
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280 Smith St., at Sackett St., Carroll Gardens; 718-222-1103
Five bucks buys you two cans of not-too-shabby Porkslap Pale Ale, Moo Thunder Stout, or Snapperhead IPA, weekdays until 7 p.m.
For Late-Nighters
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- Magician
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118 Rivington St., nr. Essex St.; 212-673-7851
Starting at midnight on Sundays, the LES standby sells $2.50–$3.50 beers and cocktails all the way until closing time. Perfect for long weekends and the unemployed.
For Gluttons
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- Brother Jimmy’s
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416 Eighth Ave., at 31st St.; 212-967-7603
On Mondays the midtown BBQ joint offers all-you-can-eat rib tips and hot wings and all-you-can-drink drafts for $15.95.
For Rock and Roll
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- Hi Fi
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169 Ave. A, nr. 11th St. 212-420-8392
Daily two-for-ones until eight means free rein on the bar’s legendary jukebox.
For Budweisers
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- Bourbon St. NYC
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407 Amsterdam Ave., nr. 79th St.; 212-721-1332
Uptown collegiates get together on Thursdays for truly out-of-state prices: fourteen ounces of Bud and Bud Light are 50 cents from 9 to 10 p.m., $1 until midnight, and $2 the rest of the way.
For Bankers
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- Stone Street Tavern
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52 Stone St., nr. Mill Ln.; 212-785-5658
A rotating daily food-and-booze special gives the Goldman guys something to be happy about. Deals include a burger and beer for $10 and a Guinness and half-dozen oysters for $13.95.
For Dive Devotees
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- The Alibi
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242 DeKalb Ave., nr. Vanderbilt Ave., Fort Greene; no phone
The endearingly shabby confines feel just right with these dirt-cheap offerings: $1 for mugs of Bud, $3 for everything else, daily from 5 to 8 p.m.
Am I Drunk, Or Are These Beers Really Cheap?
Superior drink specials for all tastes, at all hours.
From the 2009 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine