Happy Hours in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Central Avenue is Route 66 through Albuquerque, and it carries more happy hour listings than the next four streets combined, spread across all four quadrant suffixes. Nob Hill sits on Central SE, where Hausammann Brewhaus lists $2 off draft beers and Farina lists a dollar off drafts and wine. Downtown is Central NW, with Ponderosa Brewing and the 505 Central Food Hall at $4 draft beer. Keep going west across the river to Central SW and The Momo Lounge lists $2 off rail drinks and all beers, with Red Door Brewing nearby at $2 off drafts and $5 wells.

Two dollars off a draft is effectively the local brewery rate, and it is the number to look for. Under it sit the genuinely cheap listings: The Kosmos on 5th Street NW lists $2.50 drafts with $3.50 wells, Ojos Locos on Louisiana Boulevard lists $2.99 pints with $3.99 margaritas, and Sidetrack Brewing downtown lists $3.25 for a 27-ounce draft from 8 PM to close.

Margaritas run cheap too, with The Original Cocina Azul on Mountain Road listing them at $3.95 from 2 to 5. The suburban listings follow Montgomery, Louisiana and San Mateo boulevards northeast. Weekend windows are scarce at about one listing in seventeen, and 3 PM edges out 4 PM as the opening hour.