The Happiest Hours
TARPON UNBENDING
With a Happy Hour schedule that is more like a Happy Afternoon, Evening and Night, Tarpon Bend offers daily two-for-one deals on select drinks from 3 p.m. until close. And don’t just think weekends. On Wednesdays the cavernous raw bar & grill on The Mile offers $5 margaritas all day, with some offbeat flavors like mango and coconut.
On Thursdays, the mojitos are $5 all day. Just watch out for the blackberry variation: Delicious, yet dangerous, as the Bacardi can barely be tasted. (Tip: ask your server for a larger straw because the blackberry seeds tend to get stuck in smaller ones.) For daytime drinkers the tangy pineapple mojito is an antidote to humid Miami days. – Lizzie Wilcox
NIGHT YARD
What’s better than one happy hour? Two happy hours. Yard House, tucked into the corner of the open square at Shops of Merrick Park, offers a weeknight happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m., and a late night happy hour Sunday to Wednesday, 10 p.m. till closing.
Both offer the same deals (half price appetizers and $2 off drinks) but the late night happy hour offers a more relaxed, quiet atmosphere than the happy hour madness that ensues at 5:01 p.m. – Lizzie Wilcox
