Chelsea Bar Crawl: Five Stops From West 19th to West 16th
For a Chelsea bar crawl that stays on happy hour, go Monday to Thursday and walk five stops: Boqueria Spanish Tapas on West 19th Street, The Cooper Still on West 22nd Street, El Coco on Eighth Avenue, Chelsea Ristorante Italiano lower on Eighth Avenue, and La Devozione on West 16th Street. No leg is longer than about five minutes, and the happy hour windows run from mid-afternoon into the early evening in that order.
Chelsea is wide, from Sixth Avenue to the river, and its happy hours come in pockets rather than one strip. The southern pocket, between 14th and 23rd Streets around Seventh and Eighth Avenues, is the one where five reliable deals sit close enough to walk between, and where the windows line up neatly from afternoon to early evening.
We started from the 18 Chelsea bars on our list and dropped those with stale, empty or muddled deal listings. Five made the cut: a tapas bar, a pub, a margarita bar, an Italian restaurant and a cocktail bar. Twenty-six bars on our list, these five included, have a happy hour within a 10-minute walk of El Coco, the middle stop, so there are fallbacks all along the route.
One note on the line: Boqueria Spanish Tapas is filed under Chelsea on our list, but at 53 West 19th Street it sits just east of Sixth Avenue, where Chelsea meets Flatiron. The other four are inside Chelsea proper. Live prices and exact hours are on each pick card below.
The route, stop by stop
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The street outside Boqueria Spanish Tapas. Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 1. Boqueria Spanish Tapas Chelsea
Mini classic or dirty martini $8 · Mini espresso martini $9
Mon–Fri 3pm–6pm · Sat, Sun 4pm–6pm · 53 W 19th St · 23rd Street (F, M)Start at Boqueria Spanish Tapas on West 19th Street, just across Sixth Avenue on the Flatiron side. Its weekday happy hour starts mid-afternoon, the earliest of the five, with pan con tomate, croquetas, patatas bravas, a serrano ham grilled cheese, beef sliders and churros, plus mini martinis, a mini espresso martini and Spanish beer. It also runs a weekend window. The 23rd Street F and M stop is four minutes away.
Deal checked Oct 16, 2026 on the bar's own site.
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5 min walk from Boqueria Spanish Tapas
Chelsea, around The Cooper Still. Photo: GK tramrunner229, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 2. The Cooper Still Chelsea
Cocktails $12 · Draft beer $6
Mon–Fri open to 6pm · 206 West 22nd Street · 23rd Street (1)Walk about five minutes northwest to The Cooper Still, a pub on West 22nd Street a minute from the 23rd Street 1 stop. Its happy hour runs from opening until the early evening, Monday to Friday, with seasonal spritzes, mules and margaritas, drafts such as Stella, Goose Island, Kona and Sam Adams Seasonal, sauvignon blanc, malbec or rose, well drinks, a big bowl of fries and spinach artichoke dip.
Deal checked Oct 20, 2026 on the bar's own site.
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3 min walk from The Cooper Still
Photo: Francisco Goya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 3. El Coco Chelsea
$8 blue hawaiian margarita, frozen classic margarita, watermelon margarita
Mon–Thu, Sun 12pm–7pm · 202 8th Ave · 23rd Street (C, E)El Coco on Eighth Avenue is three to four minutes west. Its happy hour runs Sunday through Thursday from midday into the early evening, which is why this route stops at Thursday. Expect a long margarita list, classic, frozen, watermelon and Blue Hawaiian, plus a passionfruit martini, a lemon drop, a blueberry coconut mojito, a cucumber smash, small bites and tacos. The 23rd Street C and E stop is three minutes away.
Deal checked Nov 8, 2026 on the bar's own site.
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4 min walk from El Coco
The street outside Chelsea Ristorante Italiano. Photo: Donatingpictures, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 4. Chelsea Ristorante Italiano Chelsea
Limoncello Spritz $11 · Well drinks $10
Mon–Fri 5pm–6:30pm · 108 8th Avenue · 14th Street (A, C, E, L)Head about five minutes south down Eighth Avenue to Chelsea Ristorante Italiano at number 108. Its weekday happy hour is short and starts in the early evening, so time this stop for when it opens. Drinks include a limoncello spritz, wine, well drinks, birra, a Chelsea Pimm's, a margarita and a Candy Crush, with zucchine fritte, calamari, bruschetta, polpettine, focaccia and a cheese plate. The 14th Street station is a minute away.
Deal checked Nov 6, 2026 on the bar's own site.
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5 min walk from Chelsea Ristorante Italiano
Chelsea, a few blocks from La Devozione. Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 5. La Devozione Chelsea
Marinated olives $6.00
Mon–Fri 5pm–7pm · 428 W 16th St · 14th Street (A, C, E, L)Finish about five minutes west at La Devozione, a bar at 428 West 16th Street. Its weekday happy hour runs into the early evening, the last window on the route, and is served only at the cocktail bar and communal tables. The food list includes spaghetti aglio e olio pasta chips, marinated olives and mac and cheese lollipops, and our list tags it for cocktails and wine. The 14th Street A, C, E and L station is five minutes away.
Deal checked Nov 3, 2026 on the bar's own site.
Which days the route works
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Four of the five stops run happy hour Monday to Friday, but El Coco's deal runs Sunday through Thursday, so Thursday is the last night all five line up. On a Friday, skip El Coco and walk straight from The Cooper Still down to Chelsea Ristorante Italiano, about seven minutes. On weekends the route does not hold: only Boqueria and El Coco, on Sunday, keep a window.
The order follows the clock. Boqueria opens its window first, mid-afternoon, and The Cooper Still's deal ends in the early evening, so those two come first. El Coco has been running since midday and gives you slack in the middle. Chelsea Ristorante Italiano's window is the shortest and starts latest among the first four, and La Devozione's runs latest of all, so the crawl ends on West 16th Street. Plan on about 40 minutes at each stop; exact times are on the cards.
The route, stop by stop
From Boqueria on West 19th Street to The Cooper Still on West 22nd Street is about 410 meters, around five minutes. El Coco on Eighth Avenue is about 280 meters on, three to four minutes. Chelsea Ristorante Italiano is about 360 meters south on Eighth Avenue, four to five minutes, and La Devozione on West 16th Street is about 420 meters west, roughly five minutes. That is about 1.5 kilometers in all, under 20 minutes of walking spread across five legs.
The mix moves from tapas and mini martinis to pub drafts and dips, then margaritas, then Italian plates and spritzes, and finally cocktails with bar snacks. If you want one proper meal, make it Boqueria at the start or Chelsea Ristorante Italiano near the end. Distances are straight lines between each bar's coordinates at about 80 meters a minute, so allow a little extra for avenue crossings.
Getting there and home
Start from the 23rd Street station on the F and M, which our listing puts four minutes from Boqueria. The Cooper Still sits a minute from the 23rd Street stop on the 1, and El Coco three minutes from 23rd Street on the C and E, so you can join the crawl midway if you are running late.
The route ends near 14th Street, where the A, C, E and L station is a minute from Chelsea Ristorante Italiano and five minutes from La Devozione. That makes the last two stops easy to leave from in any direction.
If your day does not fit
For a Friday or Saturday, look west. OfCorsica on Eleventh Avenue runs happy hour Tuesday through Saturday in the afternoon, with drinks from Vesper martinis to daiquiris, about five minutes from La Devozione. Porchlight, further up Eleventh Avenue in West Chelsea, runs a house cocktail happy hour every day. Boqueria keeps a shorter weekend window too.
For more, see the Chelsea happy hours page, or use the live table below, which lists every happy hour within a 10-minute walk of El Coco, closest first.
Happy hours within a 10-minute walk of the route
| Bar | Walk | Happy hour | Deal | Checked |
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| El Coco | 1 min | Mon–Thu, Sun 12pm–7pm | $8 blue hawaiian margarita, frozen classic margarita, watermelon margarita | Nov 8, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Crown Alley | 1 min | Daily 4pm–7pm | Select Draft Beer $6 · Select Wine $8 | Nov 2, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Shy Shy | 2 min | Tue–Thu 4pm–7pm; Fri 2pm–7pm; Sat 2pm–5pm; Sun 2pm–12am; Mon 4pm–12am | times only | Nov 3, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Rangoon - Chelsea | 2 min | Daily 12pm–6pm | times only | Nov 2, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| The Cooper Still | 3 min | Mon–Fri open to 6pm | Cocktails $12 · Draft beer $6 | Oct 20, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Jake's Saloon | 4 min | Mon–Fri 4pm–6pm | times only | Sep 2, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Salinas | 4 min | Tue–Fri 5:30pm–6:30pm | times only | Sep 2, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Chelsea Ristorante Italiano | 4 min | Mon–Fri 5pm–6:30pm | Limoncello Spritz $11 · Well drinks $10 | Nov 6, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Philippe Chow Downtown | 5 min | Tue–Sun 5:30pm–7pm | $10 lychee martini, espresso martini, lemon drop martini | Oct 25, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Gadfly Bar | 5 min | Mon–Fri 3pm–6pm | times only | Nov 3, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| The Chelsea Bell | 5 min | Mon–Fri 12pm–7pm | times only | Nov 3, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| District Local | 6 min | Mon–Fri 12pm–7pm | Cucumber Infused Vodka $12.00 · Jalapeno Infused Tequila $12.00 | Nov 5, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Shiraz Kitchen & Wine Bar | 7 min | Daily 11:30am–6pm | Classic cocktails (Martini, Be Dirty!, Cosmo at Bazaar) $10 · Rosé and prosecco $10 | Oct 25, 2026from the bar’s site |
| La Devozione | 7 min | Mon–Fri 5pm–7pm | Marinated olives $6.00 | Nov 3, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Sid Gold's Request Room | 7 min | Wed–Fri 5pm–7pm | $2 off wine | Sep 2, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Jack & Charlie’s No. 118 | 7 min | Daily 4pm–7pm | Menu Happy Hour Oysters $2 | Nov 4, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Boqueria Spanish Tapas | 8 min | Mon–Fri 3pm–6pm; Sat, Sun 4pm–6pm | Mini classic or dirty martini $8 · Mini espresso martini $9 | Oct 16, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Le Bistroquet | 8 min | Mon–Fri 4pm–6pm | times only | Sep 2, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Bill's Bar & Burger | 8 min | Mon–Fri 4pm–7pm | $6 draft, beers | Nov 8, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| NºBetween | 8 min | Mon–Fri 4pm–7pm | CLASSIC HIGHBALL $14 · BEER $15 | Nov 6, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| El Lugar Cantina | 8 min | Tue–Fri 4pm–6pm | Margs, Palomas & Sangria $10 · House wines $9 | Oct 20, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Art Bar | 8 min | Daily 4pm–7pm | $5 draft beer, well drinks, house wine | Nov 5, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Coffee + Cocktails | 8 min | Mon–Thu, Sun 4pm–7pm | $15 cocktails | Sep 2, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Mēdüzā Mediterrania | 8 min | Mon–Thu 5pm–6:30pm | $9 cocktails | Nov 5, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Mollusca Nyc | 8 min | Mon–Fri 5pm–6pm | times only | Sep 2, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Rory's Rooftop | 9 min | Mon–Fri 4pm–6pm | 50% off drinks | Nov 4, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Osteria Nonnino | 9 min | Daily 4pm–6pm | DRINK RED WINE $8 · Carafe WHITE WINE $8 | Sep 3, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Kyma | 9 min | Tue–Fri 3:30pm–6:30pm | House Wines $10 · Noir Prosecco Beers $7 | Nov 4, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Cafe Luna | 9 min | Daily 3pm–5pm | Beer $6 · Wine $8 | Nov 5, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Hill Country Barbecue Market | 10 min | Mon–Fri 4pm–6pm | Specialty Cocktails $7 · Beers $10 | Sep 2, 2026from the bar’s site |
| Common Ground Bar | 10 min | Mon–Fri 4pm–7pm | times only | Nov 4, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| The Fleur Room | 10 min | Tue–Fri 5pm–8pm | $9 mini martinis, beers | Nov 4, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
| Sagaponack | 10 min | Daily 4pm–6:30pm | times only | Nov 7, 2026price seen on the bar's site |
Walking time estimated from straight-line distance (about 80 m a minute). Up to 40 bars, closest first.
Questions
Which day works for a Chelsea bar crawl?
Monday through Thursday. Those are the only days all five stops run happy hour, because El Coco's deal runs Sunday to Thursday and the other four are weekday deals. On Friday, skip El Coco and do the other four.
How long does the crawl take?
About four hours with one round at each stop. The walking adds up to roughly 1.5 kilometers, under 20 minutes, starting mid-afternoon and finishing in the early evening.
Is Boqueria really in Chelsea?
It is on the edge. Our list files it under Chelsea, but 53 West 19th Street sits just east of Sixth Avenue, where many people would say Flatiron. The other four stops are in Chelsea proper.
Where should I eat on the route?
Boqueria at the start or Chelsea Ristorante Italiano near the end. Boqueria's happy hour includes croquetas, sliders and a serrano ham grilled cheese; Chelsea Ristorante Italiano adds calamari, polpettine and a cheese plate.
Which subway stations are closest to the start and end?
Start at 23rd Street on the F and M, four minutes from Boqueria. Finish at 14th Street on the A, C, E and L, five minutes from La Devozione.
Can I do a Chelsea bar crawl on a weekend?
Not this route. On Saturday, try OfCorsica on Eleventh Avenue, which runs happy hour Tuesday through Saturday, with Porchlight's daily happy hour nearby and Boqueria's weekend window.
How we put this together
We built this route from the 18 Chelsea bars in our database, which records each bar's happy hour schedule and offers from its own website. The five stops were last checked between October 16 and October 23, 2026. We dropped bars with stale, empty or garbled listings, kept those whose windows share Monday to Thursday, and ordered the stops by when each window opens and closes. Walking times are straight-line distances between bar coordinates at about 80 meters a minute. Subway stations and walking times come from each bar's listing.
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