The Happiest Hour
The Happiest Hour is a whimsical cocktail bar and full-service restaurant. Its “You pick ‘em, we pour ‘em” motto drives a non-judgmental drinks menu in a breezy space, adorned with cartoon palm trees, that evokes bygone California and Florida resorts. Anchored by an award-winning burger, the elevated diner-style food offering also features sandwiches, chopped salads, and an array of sides- simple, yet highly satisfying, and classically American. A rock and soul soundtrack completes the mood.
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"They should call this place the Happiest 3 Minutes and 47 Seconds, because that's how long this burger lasts when it's in front of me,"
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The West Village is almost disturbingly full of cool bars in which to eat burgers, so you know we didn’t just slip this one on at the end for some geographic diversity. This double-stacked meat sandwich covered in melty cheese and special sauce is truly deserving of the honor.
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This burger is absolutely delicious. The double patties Voltron themselves together via the American cheese and meld in with the confit onions, pickles, and sauce to basically create a stronger, more handsome burger.
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I now fully understand why everyone sprints to this bar at 5pm on the dot.
The Happiest Hour - West Village - New York
The Happiest Hour is where you go when you need an A+ burger and an A+ cocktail. This place has a fun, party-time vibe – don’t bring anyone who might inhibit you from partaking in tiki drinks and getting down with a meat sandwich.
The Happiest Hour
It’s rare that the food at a cocktail bar is as good as the drinks, but the menu items at The Happiest Hour truly deliver.
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“At the Happiest Hour, amid palm-tree wallpaper and a flamboyance of flamingo tchotchkes, you can still guzzle Mai Tais and hear jokes about Don Draper on vacation. The bar is a sort of baby Bungalow 8, or, as one patron described it, a place for 'young people skewing old and old people skewing young'”
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“At the vintage-resort-inspired Happiest Hour, there’s so much freedom, guests decide which spirit they’d like their drinks to showcase”
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"While the Happiest Hour tends to be “high-volume and boisterous,” Mr. Neidich plans to open a quieter, more sophisticated counterpart called Slowly Shirley just downstairs."
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This burger is absolutely delicious. The double patties Voltron themselves together via the American cheese and meld in with the confit onions, pickles, and sauce to basically create a stronger, more handsome burger.
“The Happiest Hour...looks back to the midcentury resorts of California and Florida....(and) lends a distinctive flair to New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood"
"We’ve found our new favorite cocktail, the Link Ray, at barkeep Jim Kearns’ latest boite, The Happiest Hour in Manhattan’s West Village.”
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In honor of National Burger Day 2017 (May 28), we’d like to call attention to the impossibly mouthwatering awesomeness of its Happiest Single Burger
Get the Happiest Burger while you are there. I’ve had this burger a few times and it seems to get better every time I have it. This double patty with special sauce always hits the spot and at $12 is a bargain for NYC. Spend the extra $4 for fries, some of my favorite in the city
Events at Happiest Hour
The Happiest Hour offers Semi-Private and Private events for groups of 20 - 300 guests.
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