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Raise a Glass: Discover these top 12 happy hour spots in NJ

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June 28, 2024

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Raise a Glass: Discover these top 12 happy hour spots in NJ

🍸 Half-priced drinks and apps make for a good happy hour

🍸 Here is a list of 12 of the best happy hour spots in New Jersey

🍸 What’s your favorite watering hole in the state?

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere, right?

Work is done for the day. It’s still light outside. It’s warm, breezy, and it’s summer. It’s the perfect season to grab a few friends or co-workers and hit up a good happy hour. But where can you go to sip on a few cocktails and munch on some apps at reasonable prices?

Here are 12 of the best happy hour spots in New Jersey broken down by region — North, Central, South, and the Jersey Shore.

North Jersey

Barrow House (Google Street View)

The Barrow House

1296 Van Houten Avenue, Clifton

Happy Hour is only available in the bar area from Monday through Friday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Specials:

$6 – giant pretzel, crispy cauliflower
$8 – wings, mac n’ cheese
$10 – crispy brussels sprouts, margherita pizza, short rib tacos, spinach and artichoke dip
$5 – select drafts
$6 – house spirits
$8 – select wines
$10 – specialty cocktails
$25 – select bottled wine

The Craftsman (Facebook)

The Craftsman

1609 Maple Avenue, Fair Lawn

Happy Hour is available Tuesday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Specials:

$6 – Craftsman draft beers
$6 – red or white wine
$9 – select cocktail specials
$65 – Craftsman punch bowl
$9 – pretzel, stuffed meatballs, chicken crackling and shishito peppers

Wicked Wolf Hoboken

120 Sinatra Dr, Hoboken

Happy Hour is Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Specials:

$4 – well-mixed drinks, all draft beers and select glasses of wine
$5 – select appetizers

Central Jersey

Salt Creek Grille, Princeton (Google Street View)

Salt Creek Grille

1 Rockingham Row, Princeton

Happy Hour is only available in the bar and lounge Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Specials:

Half-priced all wine by the glass
Half-priced all draft beer
$5 – edamame and seaweed salad
$7 – sake salmon
$8 – California roll
$9 – salt and vinegar chips
$10 – roasted garlic hummus, tomato bruschetta, eggplant parmesan rolls, spicy salmon roll and shrimp tempura roll
$11 – Bavarian pretzel bites, sliders and fire cracker
$13 – short rib mac n’ cheese

Killarney’s Publick House (Facebook)

Killarney’s Publick House

1644 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Hamilton

If Irish fare with a flair is your thing, then check out this Happy Hour on Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Specials:

$3 – Miller Lite
$4 – Nutrl Orange
$5 – Guinness combos
$6 – Surfsides, Tito’s drinks and Hornitos drinks
$12 – espresso martini
$7 – edamame
$8 – chicken sweet chili potstickers, hummus duo, mac and jacks
$9 – bang bang shrimp
$10 – wings
$11 – mussels
$15 – pound pick and peel shrimp

Elixir Bar and Grill (Facebook)

Elixir Bar and Grill

2222 Woodbridge Ave, Edison

There are so many snacks and drinks to enjoy during the Elixir Bar and Grill’s Happy Hour. Drink specials are available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily and during all NFL games. Appetizer specials are also available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily.

The Drink Specials:

$1 off pints, beer bottles, and malternatives
$5 – Fireball, Screwball, Red Stag or Caza Cafe shot
$6 – Jack, Crown, Jameson or DonJ shot. Tito’s, Jack, Jameson, Don Julio, or Bacardi mixed drink.
$6 – sangria or wine by the glass
$7 – bomb shot
$9 – on the rock’s elixirita’s, rumrita’s, mojito’s or mules
$10 – house martini, Long Island Ice Teas and specialty cocktails

The Food Specials

$4 – chips and salsa
$6 – two soft tacos
$7 – half-order of nachos
$8 – buffalo cauliflower, tostadas, and small bites
$9 – queso and chips
$10 – Mexican street corn dip, half-dozen boneless wings and fries, traditional quesadilla and Mexican pizza
$11 – half-dozen wings and fries, two sliders and fries, and grande burrito with chips and salsa
$12 – guacamole and chips
$13 – five soft tacos

The Jersey Shore

Mister C’s (Facebook)

Mister C’s Beach Bistro

Allen Avenue & Ocean Place, Allenhurst

Happy Hour at Mister C’s takes place daily from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and all day on Sundays

The Specials:

$4 – Budweiser, Bud Lite, Coors Lite, Miller Lite and Yuengling
$6 – Corona Extra, Corona Light, Heineken, Heineken Light, Stella Artois, Blue Moon, Yuengling Black & Tan and O’Douls
$6 – house drinks, martinis and wine
$8 – Tito’s drink special
$10 – Tito’s martini
$6 – South West chicken egg roll, short rib empanada and zucchini sticks
$8 – vegetable spring rolls
$9 – blackened tuna bites, wings, blistered shishito peppers and hummus
$9.50 – sweet sausage, peppers, and onions
$10 – everything Pretzel
$11 – tempura shrimp
$14 – PEI mussels
$18 – Mister C’s margherita pizza
$24 – charcuterie and ahi tuna nachos

Tuckers (Google Street View)

Tuckers Tavern

101 Southwest Ave, Beach Haven, NJ

If you’re hanging out on Long Beach Island this summer, then check out the Happy Hour at Tucker’s which is Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Specials:

$6 – Manafirkin, Coors Light, Blue Moon, Yuengling, and Stella
$7 – house wine
$8 – well drinks and specialty cocktails
$1 – Buck a Shuck oysters
$7 – soup of the day
$8 – onion rings
$11 – super frico caesar
$12 – French onion flatbread
$13 – lacquered chicken wings
$14 – crispy fish sandwich

One Willow (Facebook)

One Willow

1 Willow Street, Highlands

This seafood and raw bar restaurant located on the waterfront in Highlands is perfect for a happy hour get-together. Happy Hour at One Willow runs Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Specials:

$3 – Miller Lite bottle and Narragansett Can
$6 – draft beer, well spirits, and select wine
$7 – cocktails
$6 – potato chips and dip
$9 – mussels, crispy eggplant, kani salad, wings, tuna taco and vegetable spring roll

South Jersey

Cinder Bar (Facebook)

Cinder Bar

410 Berlin Cross Keys Road, Williamstown (Gloucester County)

119 Berkley Road, Clarksboro (Gloucester County)

The Cinder Bar has two locations in Gloucester County. Happy Hour at both spots is Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Specials:

$3 – Coors Light drafts, Miller Lite drafts, and Modelo drafts
$4 – Blue Moon drafts
$5 – house wines and canned cocktails
$6 – select margaritas and martinis

Half-Off Select Appetizers:

Cheesesteak egg rolls
Ukrainian perogies
Short rib poutine
Pane and ricotta
Jalapeno bombs
Half-priced margherita pizzas

814 South Pub (Facebook)

814 South Pub

814 S White Horse Pike, Somerdale

Happy Hour is Tuesday through Saturday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The Specials:

$4 – well drinks and wine
$5 – Tito drinks and Orange Crush drinks
$15 – Mic Ultra bucket and Miller Lite bucket
$17.50 – Corona bucket
$5 – burger and fries, meatball appetizer, almost pizza bread, mac n’ cheese wedges, fried pickles and onion rings

Keg & Kitchen (Facebook)

Keg & Kitchen

90 Haddon Ave, Haddon Township

Named “Best Bar Scene 2019” by NJ Monthly, the Keg & Kitchen offers Happy Hour specials on Tuesday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The Specials:

$5 Everything

Old fashioned
Espolon margarita
Guinness stout 16 oz
IPA of the week
Red blend
Colombard-Sauvignon
Everything spice pretzel bites
Empanada
Hummus
Loaded chips
Chef’s flatbread
Chicken quesadilla
Kimchi hot dog
Arancini
Tacos
Cheeseburger

Of course, there are so many other happy hour places across the Garden State, so where ever you choose to go, “Cheers.”

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Blizzard causes heavy damage to New Jersey animal refuge

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Blizzard causes heavy damage to New Jersey animal refuge

A New Jersey animal shelter is asking for the public’s help after last month’s blizzard did heavy damage to its property in Ocean County.

On social media, Popcorn Park Animal Refuge posted a video and described the fury of the storm. saying that the blizzard “caused unexpected damage… impacting habitats, fencing, structures, and critical infrastructure.”

The nonprofit animal haven says its team “worked tirelessly to keep every animal safe during the storm,” however, “the aftermath has left us facing urgent repairs and significant financial strain.”

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The refuge says this winter has been “especially challenging.” It says “repeated severe weather has forced extended closures to the public, further limiting vital support and creating an added burden during an already difficult recovery period,” adding “we need our community now more than ever.”

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Natural Daylight Time: What is it, and why New Jersey should adapt this practice instead

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Natural Daylight Time: What is it, and why New Jersey should adapt this practice instead

We’re now officially less than a week before we spring forward in New Jersey, and everyone has an opinion on it. The clock change, by the way, will happen on Sunday, Mar. 8, 2026. We’ll essentially skip the 2 a.m. hour and gain the extra hour of daylight in the evening.

But the reality is, we don’t gain a thing when we do this. We’re so conditioned to believe we gain sunlight, but all we’re doing is shifting the clocks. Animals don’t do this, and are unaffected by what a clock says.

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Our pets, on the other hand, are forced to change with our practice of doing this. It really is an outdated practice, but we can’t stop it just like that simply because we’ll either complain about it being too dark during winter mornings under daylight saving, or getting dark too soon during summer nights under standard time.

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Leave the clock, adjust our day

When I worked on a golf course, all we did was adjust when we came in based on when the sun came up. During the longer days, we started at 6 a.m. And when the sunrise was later than 6 a.m., we adjusted our start time to 7 a.m.

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Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware lawmakers react to U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran

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Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware lawmakers react to U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran

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President Trump says “heavy and pinpoint bombing” of Iran will continue for as long as necessary.

The strikes sparked demonstrations in Philadelphia and across the country. Reaction from Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey lawmakers to Operation Epic Fury was swift.

Pennsylvania lawmakers react

CBS News Philadelphia was at an event Saturday night at Villanova University with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.

While the governor didn’t have time to take our questions, he said in a statement:

“In going to war with Iran, the President has not adequately explained why this war is urgent now, what this military campaign may look like, or what the strategic objective is.”

Both Pennsylvania senators expressed views of support for the strike.

Republican Dave McCormick released a statement, writing: “They (Iran) are the world’s number one sponsor of terror. The president has given the ayatollahs a chance for a deal, and they have rejected a path to peace and prosperity.”

Democrat John Fetterman posted on social media: “President Trump has been willing to do what’s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region.”

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Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware is concerned the move by the Trump administration further destabilizes the region.

“I’m hopeful that this phase of war will come to a quick conclusion,” Coons said over a Zoom interview with CBS News Philadelphia. “I’m alarmed President Trump launched a full spectrum war against Iran with our ally Israel without meaningfully consulting the American people.”

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New Jersey Senator Andy Kim, a democrat, called the attack an appalling action by the president.

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South Jersey Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew arguing the attack removed a critical threat to national security:

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