Ela, 627 S. 3rd Street
5—7 p.m., Sunday—Thursday
Rotating $4 to $6 cocktails top off Ela’s light dinner menu, which is replete with favorites like camembert and white peach mostrado grilled cheese, black truffle tater tots, and vanilla creme brulee beignets. Definitely splurge for their Corpse Reviver Number Two Elixer (gin, cointreau, lillet, lemon, absinthe).
Pizzeria Vetri, 1615 Chancellor Street
4—6 p.m., Monday—Friday
Take two dollars off draft beer and wine and half off margarita pizzas at Bar Amis’ sister restaurant. Be sure to try the Crudo pizza (prosciutto crudo, bufala mozzarella, parmigiano).
Oyster House, 1516 Sansom Street
9—11 p.m., Saturdays
Oyster House’s infamous Buck–a–Shuck special includes $3 shooters, $1 oysters, $3 drafts, and $5 punch. Try the grilled octopus (grilled potato, salsa verde, smoked oil) and Kelly’s Punch (gin, dry vermouth, lime, cucumber water).
Tattooed Mom, 530 South Street
10—11 p.m., every day
Tattooed Mom offers half off all draft beers as well as a special beer and billiards game during its Happy Hour. The must–have cocktails include the Pickletini (quite literally a martini with pickle juice) and Mom’s Hawaiian Shave Ice.
Triangle Tavern, 1338 South 10th Street
4—6 p.m., Monday—Friday
Be sure to hit up the best $10 Wing and Yuengling Pitcher deal in Philly. For a real treat, try one of the five different varieties of Negroni on the menu—all $12—or the Frankie Sodano Punch (brandy, limoncello, lemon, earl grey tea simple, tea).
