Hells Kitchen bar crawl: five happy hours from 42nd Street to 50th

The route, stop by stop

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   1. West Bank Cafe Hell's Kitchen

   12 oz beer on tap $8 · Prosecco, Merlot, Pinot Grigio $9
   Daily all day · 407 W 42nd St · 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal (1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W)

   Start at West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd Street, where the happy hour runs all day, every day, at the bar only. That makes it the flexible first stop: come early or late. The bar list covers tap beer, prosecco, merlot, pinot grigio, white wine sangria and a Peach Pony Club, and the bites run from risotto balls and deviled eggs to meatball sliders, calamari and a cheeseburger with fries. The 42nd Street-Port Authority station is four minutes away.

   Deal checked Oct 16, 2026 on the bar's own site.

2. 2 min walk from West Bank Cafe

   

   2. The Brazen Tavern Hell's Kitchen

   Pita GLAZED WINGS $16 · Mango Habanero BONELESS WINGS $14
   Mon–Fri 3pm–7pm · 356 W 44th St · 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal (1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S, W)

   Two minutes north, The Brazen Tavern at 356 West 44th Street is an Irish and American pub whose weekday happy hour is all about food. The Monday to Friday menu lists housemade chicken fingers with honey mustard, classic hummus with pita and vegetables, glazed wings in five sauces, boneless wings and mango habanero cauliflower bites. Eat here so the rest of the route goes easier. The window opens in mid-afternoon and runs into the early evening.

   Deal checked Nov 6, 2026 on the bar's own site.

3. 2 min walk from The Brazen Tavern

   

   3. Lady Blue Hell's Kitchen

   Select cocktails (limoncello lemondrop tini, house margarita, classic old fashioned) $10 · Select draft beers $6
   Mon–Fri 4pm–7pm · Mon–Thu, Sun 10pm to close · Fri, Sat 11pm to close · 363 W 46th St · 50th Street (C, E)

   Lady Blue, a cocktail bar at 363 West 46th Street, is about two minutes further. Its weekday happy hour pairs a dozen oysters with a bottle of bubbly, takes a little off select small plates, and sets prices on a limoncello lemon drop martini, a house margarita, a classic old fashioned, draft beer and wine. It ends at the same time as The Brazen Tavern's window, so keep the first two stops short. It also runs a second happy hour late every night.

   Deal checked Nov 6, 2026 on the bar's own site.

4. 1 min walk from Lady Blue

   

   4. The Molly Pitcher Club Hell's Kitchen

   Wine $8 · Well Drinks $8
   Tue–Fri 5pm–8pm · 675 9th Ave · 50th Street (C, E)

   The Molly Pitcher Club sits at 675 Ninth Avenue, about a minute from Lady Blue. Its happy hour runs Tuesday through Friday and starts later than the first three, in the early evening, which is why it comes fourth. The list is short and easy: wine, well drinks, canned beer and Harpoon American Flyer Lager. This is the stop that sets the route's days, because it has no Monday happy hour.

   Deal checked Nov 5, 2026 on the bar's own site.

5. 3 min walk from The Molly Pitcher Club

   

   5. Boxers HK Hell's Kitchen

   $5 beer
   Mon–Fri 4pm–9pm · 742 9th Ave · 50th Street (C, E)

   Finish three minutes north at Boxers HK, 742 Ninth Avenue, which calls itself Hell's Kitchen's go-to gay sports bar. Its weekday happy hour lasts the longest of the five, well into the evening, with beer, wine, well drinks and call drinks on the list. LED screens show the games and RuPaul's Drag Race, there is beer on tap and pizza, and the 50th Street station on the C and E is four minutes away.

   Deal checked Nov 8, 2026 on the bar's own site.

Which days the route works

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Those are the only days when all five stops run a happy hour. West Bank Cafe runs every day, and The Brazen Tavern, Lady Blue and Boxers HK all run Monday to Friday, but The Molly Pitcher Club starts its week on Tuesday.

On a Monday, swap The Molly Pitcher Club for VERS at 714 Ninth Avenue, which sits between it and Boxers HK and runs a happy hour every day into the early evening. Its list has a martini and a margarita at a set price, two-for-one well drinks and discounted appetizers. The route stays the same length.

On a weekend the route does not work as written, since The Brazen Tavern, Boxers HK and The Molly Pitcher Club have no Saturday or Sunday window, and Lady Blue's afternoon deal is weekdays only. For a Saturday, build it from West Bank Cafe, Friki Tiki on West 44th Street (Tuesday to Sunday, with a Zombie, a frozen paloma, a Hugo spritz, wine, beer and buckets), VERS, and then Lady Blue's late-night window.

Before a show, and after it

If you have theater tickets, do a short version. West Bank Cafe's bar happy hour runs all day, and The Brazen Tavern and Lady Blue run theirs from mid-afternoon into the early evening, so the first three stops fit before an evening show. Check the curtain time on your ticket and leave yourself time to walk. Our guide to pre-theater drinks near Times Square covers more bars closer to the theaters.

After the show, Lady Blue is the stop to come back to. Its late-night happy hour runs every night of the week, starting late in the evening from Sunday to Thursday and an hour later on Friday and Saturday, with a Negroni, a Moscow Mule, a Manhattan and a margarita on the list. West Bank Cafe's all-day bar deal is the other option once the curtain comes down.

The walk, stop by stop

West Bank Cafe to The Brazen Tavern is about 165 meters, a two-minute walk north. From there Lady Blue is about 185 meters away, roughly two and a half minutes. The Molly Pitcher Club is the shortest leg, about 80 meters, or one minute. The last leg to Boxers HK is about 260 meters, a little over three minutes.

In total that is about 690 meters, or about nine minutes on your feet. We measure straight lines between each bar's coordinates at about 80 meters a minute, so add a minute here and there for avenue crossings.

Plan on one round and about half an hour at each stop. The order follows the clock: West Bank Cafe never closes its window, The Brazen Tavern and Lady Blue end together, and The Molly Pitcher Club and Boxers HK run later. If you start late, skip straight to Lady Blue. For more options nearby, the table below lists every happy hour within 500 meters of Lady Blue, closest first. There are 22 of them.

Getting there and home

The route starts near the 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal station, which our listing puts four minutes from West Bank Cafe and which serves the 1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, S and W lines. The Brazen Tavern is three minutes from the same station.

It ends near the 50th Street station on the C and E, four minutes from Boxers HK and five from Lady Blue and The Molly Pitcher Club. You never need to double back.

More happy hours within 500 meters of Lady Blue

Walking time estimated from straight-line distance (about 80 m a minute). Up to 40 bars, closest first.

How we put this together

We built this route from our database of New York happy hours, which records each bar's days, windows and offers from the bar's own website. The five stops were last checked between October 16 and October 23, 2026. The counts (32 Hell's Kitchen bars, 29 with a happy hour on every day from Tuesday to Friday, and 22 bars within 500 meters of Lady Blue) come from the same database on October 23, 2026. Walking times are straight-line distances between bar coordinates at about 80 meters per minute, so real walks can run slightly longer. Subway stations and walk times come from each bar's listing.

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