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Where you can find happy hour specials in Philly and the burbs

Where to find discounted drinks and food after work.

Bavarian cheesesteak on Frankford Hall's happy hour menu includes chopped bauernwurst with cheese sauce and onions on a pretzel roll. ⠀
Bavarian cheesesteak on Frankford Hall's happy hour menu includes chopped bauernwurst with cheese sauce and onions on a pretzel roll. ⠀Read moreCOURTESY FRANKFORD HALL

Though office buildings have been empty during the pandemic, there is still an “after-work” crowd out there craving bar and food specials.

Some restaurants have resumed happy hours in recent months to cater to them.

Among them:

Al Pastor (560 Wellington Square, Exton): 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday. Highlight: $5 traditional margaritas, $5 nachos.

Aqimero (Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Broad and Chestnut Streets): 4-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, indoor. Highlight: half-price tacos and anticuchos. $7 wines by the glass, $7 cocktails.

a.kitchen+bar (135 S. 18th St.): 4-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, outdoor; the adjacent a.bar discounts drinks to-go from 5-7 p.m.

Barbuzzo (110 S. 13th St.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outdoor. Highlight: $5 food.

BRU Craft & Wurst (1316 Chestnut St.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: $6 bratwursts.

Bud & Marilyn’s (13th and Locust Streets): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outdoor. Highlight: $5 food.

Caffe Aldo Lamberti (2011 Marlton Pike West, Cherry Hill): to-go special offered 2-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-3 p.m. Saturday includes a quart of sangria and two appetizers

Chris' Jazz Cafe (1421 Sansom St.): 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, indoor/outdoor. Highlights: $5 glasses of wine, $3 Coors or Miller High Life, $5 cheesesteak egg rolls and chicken spring rolls.

Distrito (3945 Chestnut St.): 4-6 p.m. daily, outdoor.

Evil Genius (1727 N. Front St.): 4-6:30 p.m. Fridays, indoor/outdoor.

Fork (306 Market St.): 4-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, outdoor. Highlights: $5 soft-shell crab sandwiches and oysters starting at $2

Frankford Hall (1210 Frankford Ave.); 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: $10 Bavarian cheesesteaks.

Germantown Garden (1029 Germantown Ave.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: $1 oysters.

Gabi (339 N. Broad St.: 3-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday), indoor/outdoor. Highlights: $3 house cocktails, house wines, house beers.

Good Dog Bar (224 S. 15th St.): 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: $4-$6 snacks.

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Harp & Crown (1525 Sansom St.): 4-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, indoor/outdoor. Highlight: $5 snacks.

Independence Beer Garden (100 S. Independence Mall West): 3-7 p.m. daily, outdoor. Highlight: $6 cocktails.

Jamison Pour House (2160 York Rd., Jamison): 4-6 p.m. daily, indoor/outdoor. Highlights: $6 appetizers, $2 off craft beers and wines.

Jerry’s Bar (129 W. Laurel St.): discounts offered during all Eagles games, indoor/outdoor.

Kensington Quarters (1310 Frankford Ave.): 5-7 p. m. Wednesday-Friday, and Sunday, indoor/outdoor. Highlight: $1 oysters.

La Peg (140 N. Columbus Blvd.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, indoor/outdoor. Highlights: $3 drafts, house wines, $5 snacks.

The Land on Callowhill (1823 Callowhill St.): 5-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Highlight: $5 beers and seltzers. Due to close for the season Nov. 1.

Little Nonna’s (1234 Locust St.): 4-6 p.m. daily outdoor. Highlight: $5 food.

Lolita (110 S. 13th St.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outdoor. Highlight: $5 food.

Louie Louie (3611 Walnut St.): 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, indoor/outdoor. Highlight: $1 oysters, $6 cocktails.

Osteria (640 N. Broad St.): 4-6 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, indoor/outdoor. Highlight: $6 antipasti.

Oyster House (1516 Sansom St.): 3-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, indoor/outdoor. Highlight: $2 oysters, $5 chowder fries.

P.J. Clarke’s (601 Walnut St.): 3-5 p.m. daily, indoor/outdoor. Highlight: half-price oysters.

Pinefish (1138 Pine St.): 4:30-6:30 p.m. daily, outdoor. Highlight: buck-a-shuck oysters and clams, $6 martinis, house French white, red and rosé wines.

Positano Coast (212 Walnut St.): 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: crab taco.

Salty’s (105 S. 13th St.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outdoor. Highlight: $5 food.

Sampan/Double Knot (124 S. 13th St.): 3-5 p.m. daily, outdoor. Highlight: $5 snacks.

Sancho Pistola’s (19 W. Girard Ave.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: $15 margarita pitchers.

SET NoLibs (1030 N. Second St.): 4-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: $20 beer buckets.

Southgate (1801 Lombard St.): 5-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 4-7 p.m. Friday, and 2-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, outside. Highlight: bulgogi burger and beer ($16).

Stove & Tap (245 Lancaster Ave., Malvern and 329 W. Main St., Lansdale): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday (plus all Eagles games), indoor/outdoor. Highlight: $5 bao buns.

Sunset Social (129 S. 30th St., 11th floor roof): 5-7 p.m. Friday, outdoor. Highlight: half-off drinks.

Tradesman’s (1322 Chestnut St.): 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, outdoor. Highlight: $5 burger.

The Twisted Tail (507 S. Second St.): 4-6 p.m. daily, outdoor. Highlights $4-6 snacks.

Via Locusta (1723 Locust St.): 4-6 p.m. daily, indoor/outdoor. Highlights: $5-$9 dishes.

Walnut Street Cafe (2929 Walnut St.): 5-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, outdoor. Highlights: $5 drinks and snacks.

White Dog Cafe University City (3420 Sansom St.): 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, indoor/outdoor. Highlight: 6 oysters for $6.

Know of others? Let us know.