INTEL: Where to go for $10 martinis
Where to go for $10 martinis, Part I.
Whether you lead an office into daily battle or teach 6th grade, you work hard for your money. Cocktail prices have been creeping up and that after-work martini with your Slack team or Bumble date could cost anywhere from $15 to $24. It could even be listed as M/P like lobster — looking at you, Adelphi Hotel, with your Spring Martini stirred over ice made from Saratoga’s natural Hathorn spring water.
We’re here to safely guide you to a pocket-friendly cocktail. But our research turned up so many $10 steals, we had to add a Part II. Put these on your calendar, make a weekly plan, and you could be sipping cut-price martinis any night of the week.
$5 martinis at Serata @ Cafe Madison, 1100 Madison Ave, Albany Visit
It doesn’t get any cheaper than this: Serata, the evening restaurant grafted onto the daytime Cafe Madison cafe on Madison Ave, has $5 ALB Distilling vodka martinis for Martini Happy Hour from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.
2. $10 Martini Mondays at Larkin Hi-Fi, 199 Lark Street, Albany Visit
The Larkin Hi-Fi cocktail menu features 6 martinis from Kamasa tangerine gin with tangerine bitters to yuzu vodka with sakura bitters and options for vanilla, lychee, dirty and espresso in between. So to try two or a few, head over on Martini Mondays.
3. $25 salad, fries + a martini Thursdays at Finn’s at 40 River Street, Troy
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Don’t let the $25 price fool you. On Thursdays, Finn’s “girl dinner” lets you order a Caesar salad with fries and wash it down with your choice of an espresso or dirty martini all for the price of a martini
4. $10 Martini Tuesdays at City Beer Hall, 42 Howard Street, Albany Visit
City Beer Hall steps up with $10 martinis on Tuesdays – only they’re open from 11:30am to midnight so their offer is $10 martinis all day! (And if you’re looking for other ways to save, they have $10 burger Mondays.)
5. $10 weeknight happy hour at DPs: American Brasserie, 25 Chapel St.
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DPs puts the happy in the old school after work hour hour with $10 glasses of wine, $10 small plates, and, yes, $10 martinis from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday. It’s only an hour but how many do you need?
6. $10 Martinis Fri-Yay at The Delaware, 300 Delaware Ave, Albany Visit
Would you like fries with that? The Delaware knows how to have a good time. $10 martinis are available all night long on Fridays in both the bar and lounge and free fries come with every martini.
7. $8 vodka or gin martini for happy hour at Salt & Char, Saratoga Visit
Head to the main bar from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to Friday for $8 Ketel One & Nolet's martinis or switch it up with $8 old fashioneds, Manhattans, Casamigos margaritas and 1/2 off select wines by the glass. We’re holding your wallet, not judging. Have them all.
8. $10 weeknight martinis + cosmos, City Line Bar & Grill, Guilderland
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Why wait for the weekend? The City Line Bar & Grill invites you to join them at the bar from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday for $10 martinis and cosmos, plus $10 apps, and discounted beer and wine.
9. $10 martini Tuesdays at Wm. Farmer & Son, 20 S Front Street, Hudson
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Wm. Farmer & Sons is on a calculated mission to draw people in on a notoriously quiet night with $10 martinis every Tuesday from 5-9 p.m. and $1 oysters from 5 to 6 p.m. Be a sweetheart and lend a hand.
10. $10 classic cocktails at the Copper Crow, 904 Broadway Albany Visit
The Copper Crow is taking a bite out of both ends of the evening from Tuesday to Friday. Order $10 classic cocktails (martinis are classic), half-price drafts, or $3 domestic bottles during happy hour, 4 to 6 p.m. or save yourself for late night happy hour, after 9 p.m. when you can get $10 espresso and chocolate martinis, other cocktails, and $7 wine.