Maie Day

About

Half-price bottles of wine and discounted steak tartare in the same happy hour is a combination that tends to get people's attention. Maie Day, tucked into the South Congress Hotel, runs their happy hour daily from 3 to 6 PM, and the pricing punches well above what you'd expect from a place this polished.

The snack menu during those hours includes oysters, kennebec fries, and their gimme burger alongside $12 signature cocktails and $2 off beer and wine by the glass. The room itself has that modern chophouse feel, warm but refined, the kind of place where you can wear jeans and not feel out of place.

Maie Day happy hour on South Congress is a solid play if you want upscale food without the upscale check. The three-hour window is generous, and starting at 3 PM means you can actually get a table before the dinner crowd rolls in.