# Best Happy Hour in Albuquerque

## The Artichoke Cafe — EDO · Mon–Fri

**2:30–5:30 PM · $5 plates · 424 Central SE.** Pat and Terry Keene's New American restaurant. 30+ years in EDO. Happy hour is small versions of the dinner menu at $5 a plate. Loyal regulars and an actual cocktail program. The closest thing to fine dining at a happy hour price.

## DWTNR Cocktail Bar & Lounge — Downtown · Daily

**3–6 PM · 717 Central NW · Inside the Arrive Hotel.** Cocktail bar inside the Arrive Hotel. 1970s-meets-Bond-villain interior, gold trim, low lighting. Order the green chile smash burger. Local consensus is it's the best burger in town. Cocktails lean Japanese-Mexican.

## Sidetrack Brewing — Downtown · Daily

**12–4 PM · Earliest start in town.** Happy hour at noon. Brewery on 2nd Street SW. If you've gone to dinner and want a drink first, this is the one that's already open.

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Artichoke for the $5 plates from a fine dining kitchen. DWTNR for the smash burger and the cocktails. Sidetrack if it's still lunch.

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