Happy Hours in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison prices its afternoons like a college town, because it partly is one. State Street Brats at 603 State lists two drinks for $10 from 2 to 5, calling it a day drink deal without embarrassment. Vintage Spirits on University Avenue lists $2 rail mixers. Red Rock Saloon on West Gorham lists $3 tap beers, and The Plaza Tavern on North Henry lists $2.75 domestic bottles across a four-hour block.

Domestic bottles at $2.50 and domestic drafts at $3 are the second and third most common listings in the city, behind only a flat dollar off, and they concentrate in the blocks between campus and the Capitol.

East Washington Avenue is where the pricing steps up and the rooms get newer. Prost lists a dollar off German pints, Palette lists $2 off wine by the glass, and Atico Lounge lists $10 skyline drinks. Around the Square, Tempest Oyster Bar on East Wilson lists $1.50 oysters with $2 off cocktails, and Woof's on King Street lists half-price drinks from 4 to 7.

The near-east neighborhoods carry the rest. Tex Tubb's on Atwood Avenue lists half-price tacos every day from 2 to 5, and Bar Corallini two blocks down lists $5 glasses of wine with a dollar off beer. About one listing in twelve covers a weekend.