Trinity Place in Manhattan’s Financial District has a catchy slogan: Market tanked? Get tanked! The bar cuts the prices of beer, Champagne and most hard liquor to $3 from $6 when the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes in the red.
If the stock market ends the day in the black, the bar still has a 4-6 pm daily happy hour with its 11 imported and domestic beers on tap for $4 a pint, and special prices on bubbly, Cosmos and shots continue throughout the week.
The room at 115 Broadway dates from 1904 when it was part of the US Realty Bank. Now the 40-foot mahogany bar sits between the two original 35-ton vault doors. The old bank elevator holds the wine selection.
Many bars in the world’s financial capital are helping customers save a little money during the financial turmoil. Here’s a selection:
As happy hours go, Pound and Pence offers a lot of joy. On Mondays, the two-for-one special, which includes almost every drink on the menu, runs 5-10 pm and you can play pool free.
Two-for-one deals for ladies run on Wednesday 5-10 pm and for all on Friday afternoons 2-5 pm. The room is warm and inviting and offers several options for private parties. Not easy to find, the bar is up a flight of stairs beyond a building entrance where the number is currently obscured by scaffolding. The persistent will be rewarded.
Pound and Pence is in the Liberty Tower building at 55 Liberty St where it runs into Nassau Street.
Free bar food seems to have gone the way of cuspidors. One exception is John Street, a bar that reminds me of my college days for both its unpolished ambience and younger clientele. A free half-order of wings comes with every “bucket” (four bottles) of beer on Mondays 5-8 pm.
Fans of domestic draft can fill their hollow leg with specials like $2 pint night on Tuesdays, $10 for all you can drink on Thursday and $8 pitchers on the weekend. Note the curious curfew on a big sign that reads: “No pitchers at the bar after 4 pm.”
Sometime between 4 pm and 6 pm on weekdays, the chef at Cornerstone Tavern in Midtown treats his patrons to a round of free munchies. While you watch the kitchen door, drool into a glass of house liquor or domestic draft, including some good microbrews like Magic Hat #9, for just $4.
The happy hour goes much longer than free-eats time, running weekdays 11 am-7 pm My drinking companion was impressed to find Dogfish Head 120 Minute beer from Delaware on the menu. -Bloomberg
The imported beer selection, while not on special, is extensive.
