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Cheap beer in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village around NYU is where cheap beer is a student economy rather than a dive-bar tradition: MacDougal and Bleecker carry ale houses and sports bars sized for groups, and the prices sit in the middle of the Manhattan range rather than at the bottom. The listings here skew toward pubs with long tap lists and bar food over cocktail rooms. Happy hour is concentrated in a weekday three-to-seven block, and a couple of the bars run late-night rather than afternoon windows, which is the giveaway that the crowd is coming out after class rather than after work.
18 priced bars tracked · lowest listed price $5.00 · middle listed price $8.00 · 5 with published happy-hour details. These prices are a starting point, not identical-pour comparisons: a listing may be a can, bottle, or draft. Check the note and source before traveling, especially for a time-limited special.
Bars with listed beer prices
3 Sheets
$5.00
134 W 3rd St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Cheapest beer found: $5 Michelob Ultra cans and Heineken Silver cans, listed as available 7 days a week from open to close.
Source: 3 Sheets official menu and specials
Quad Bar
$5.00
34 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
$5 bottles/cans (Lagunitas IPA, Montauk Arrowhead Red Ale, Founders All Day IPA). $7/pint drafts across 7 taps, per official cinema-lobby-bar menu PDF.
Source: Quad Bar official menu PDF
Bar Veloce
$6.00
146 W Houston St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Source: beermenus.com
MacDougal Street Ale House
$6.00
122 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012
Official drinks menu lists Bud Light, Budweiser, Corona Extra, Heineken, and Modelo Especial bottles at $6. 16oz drafts start at $7.
Source: MacDougal Street Ale House official drinks menu
The Half Pint / Ernie's Bar
$6.00
76 W 3rd St, New York, NY 10012
Serious beer bar (NY Mag ★). Drafts $6/10 oz, $10/20 oz. Miller High Life 7 oz pony $5. Bottles from $7.
Source: thehalfpint.com
Blue Haven
$7.00
108 W Houston St, New York, NY 10012
Sports-bar/gastropub straddling Greenwich Village & SoHo. Cheapest bottles/cans: Bud Light, Budweiser, Michelob Ultra, Miller Lite $7. Cheapest draft: Bud Light/Coors Light $8. HH Mon-Fri 11am-6pm: $2 off all beer, wine & well liquor (excludes Delirium) -> $5 bottle / $6 draft during HH.
Happy hour: Mon–Fri · 11:00–18:00 · $5.00
Source: Blue Haven NYC official site
Madame X
$7.00
94 W Houston St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Official drinks page lists Miller High Life at $7 and Corona/Stella at $8.
Source: Madame X official drinks page
8th Street Winecellar
$8.00
28 W 8th St, New York, NY 10011, USA
The official Wine List page's rendered menu image lists Negra Modelo and Red Stripe Lager at $8, below Bitburger Pilsner at $9 and the remaining alcoholic beers. The displayed daily happy hour applies to select wine bottles and glasses, not beer.
Source: 8th Street Winecellar official Wine List
Bar Next Door at La Lanterna di Vittorio
$8.00
129 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Official menu lists 14 bottled beers priced $8.00-$9.00. The cheapest regularly-available beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager at $8.00 per bottle. The venue operates as a full bar/café (hours 10am-1am Sun-Thu, 10am-2am Fri-Sat, walk-in service, full beer list) with 'Bar Next Door' being the jazz-room area of the same operation.
Source: La Lanterna di Vittorio official menu page
Reservoir
$8.00
70 University Pl # A, New York, NY 10003, USA
Sports bar near Union Square. Standard beers run $8-10. Happy hour pricing is reported inconsistently across sources ($4 drafts per one guide, $5 beer/$4 wells per another) so no single HH price is confirmed.
Source: FourDollarJacks bar profile
Sloane's
$8.00
58 Thompson St Second Floor, New York, NY 10012
Miller High Life $8 is the cheapest beer. Bitburger (N/A) $9, Peroni $10, Southern Tier IPA $12, Allagash White $12, Tannenzapfle $13.
Source: Sloane's official menu
Wicked Willy's
$8.00
149 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012
Official drink menu lists Stella Artois, Lagunitas IPA, and Goose Island IPA drafts at $8. Most bottles/cans and other drafts are $9. NFL specials list select beers at $5 but are not treated as regular pricing.
Source: Wicked Willy's drink menu
Banter NYC
$9.00
169 Sullivan St, New York, NY 10012, USA
The official Greenwich Village menu PDF lists Bondi Beer lager and Five Boroughs pilsner at $9. The $7 Partake IPA is non-alcoholic.
Source: Banter official Greenwich Village menu PDF
GMT Tavern
$9.00
142 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Official drink menu lists GMT Pilsner at $9.00/$9.27. Several other drafts start at $9.95 before fees.
Source: GMT Tavern official drink menu
Dean's
$10.00
213 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014, USA
Dean's own menu page lists two draft beers: Draught Rothaus Pilsner at $10 and Draught Guinness at $11, plus canned Old Speckled Hen at $11 and bottled Aspall's Cider at $15. The cheapest standard-pint alcoholic beer is the $10 Rothaus Pilsner draft. Non-alcoholic canned options (NA Safety Glasses IPA $9, NA Guinness 00 $11) were excluded since they are not beer for pricing purposes. No happy-hour beer pricing appears anywhere on the official site (homepage or /menus).
Source: Dean's official menu page
Tartinery Café - Bar | Greenwich Village
$10.00
233 Thompson St, New York, NY 10012
Official Greenwich Village menu lists canned beers from $10 and draft beers from $11. Weekday 3-7pm special is half off all beers.
Happy hour: Mon–Fri · 15:00–19:00 · $5.00
Source: Tartinery official Greenwich Village menu
Yesterday's
$10.00
157 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012, USA
Official drinks menu lists Stella Artois, Coney Island Merman IPA, Modelo, Blue Moon, and Kona Big Wave drafts at $10. Guinness is $12 and bottled beers are $11.
Source: Yesterday's official drinks menu
Bar Six
$11.00
502 6th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
Official Drinks menu lists Grimm Wavetable IPA, Meteor Pilsner, and Kronenbourg 1664 Lager at $11. The official Happy Hour menu has Kronenbourg draft for $7.
Happy hour: Mon–Fri · 15:30–17:30 · $7.00
Source: Bar Six official drinks menu
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54 of 54 tracked listings in this area include a public source or source label. Prices and availability can change; call ahead when it matters.