Fan Bar Guide
Despite its smaller size, Richmond has an unusually large and attractive bar scene. No matter who you are, what you like, or what you’re in the mood for, there’s a bar somewhere in the city that can cater to your every need. While this seems like a very positive thing for the city of Richmond and every single one of its alcohol-loving residents, there are downsides as well. Believe us, it can be extremely frustrating attempting to navigate the endless list of bars and actually choose which one has the best specials.
Luckily, OMGWTFRVA is here to help. We have compiled an unofficial “Fan Bar Guide,” which includes just about every bar between Boulevard and Belvidere and any happy hour or other drinking specials they have during the week. If you don’t see your favorite bar on this list, it means it’s time for you to start drinking somewhere new. Immediately.
The Bar Guide is organized in alphabetical order. If you’re feeling lucky, you can download the full guide as a PDF HERE. It’s sexier that way.
http://www.3monkeysfan.com
2525 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
204-2525
Happy Hour: 4pm – 7pm
$2 Domestic Bottles
$3 Rail Drinks
Wednesday: $2 Corona and Corona Lite
821 Café
http://821caferva.com
821 W. Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
649-1042
Happy Hour: 4pm – 7pm; All Day Thursdays
$1 PBR & Miller High Life
$2.25 Budweiser & Miller Lite
$3.25 – All Other Beers That Are Normally $3.75
Avalon
www.avalonrestaurant.com
2619 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
353-9709
Happy Hour: 5pm – 7pm
$.75 off every drink
Baja Bean Co.
http://www.bajabean.com
1520 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
257-5445
Happy Hour: Monday – Friday 4pm – 7pm
$1.25 Baja Gold Drafts
$1.50 Domestic Bottles
$2.75 Rails and Margaritas
Specials:
Tuesdays 7pm – 9pm – $1.40 Tecate Cans
Wednesdays until 9pm – All Tequila $5; $1 PBR Lite Cans
Thursdays until 9pm – All Draft Beer $2.75
Saturdays 7pm – 9pm – $2 House Margaritas; $4 Cuervo Margaritas
Sundays until 9pm $2 Craft Bottles
Border Chophouse & Bar
http://www.borderchophouse.com
1501 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
355-2907
Happy Hour: Monday – Friday 5pm – 8pm
$1 PBR
$1 Lite Draft
$2.25 Domestic Bottles
$3 High Balls
Specials:
Monday – $6 Miller Lite Pitchers; $5 Orange Crushes
Wednesday – College Night: $2 Well Drinks
Sunday – $3 Make Your Own Bloody Mary’s; $3 Mimosas
Bogart’s Restaurant
1903 W. Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
353-9280
Happy Hour: 4:30pm – 7:30 pm
$2 Pints of Yuengling & Miller Lite
$5 Pitchers of Yuengling & Miller Lite
$3 All Other Pints
$2 House Cocktails
$4 Double House Cocktails
Buddy’s Place
http://www.buddysplace.net
325 N. Robinson St
Richmond, VA 23220
355-3701
Happy Hour : 4pm – 7pm
$2 Bud Light and Miller Lite Bottles
$1 Shorty Domestic Drafts
$2.25 Domestic Pints
$2.70 Imported Drafts
$3.15 High Balls
Specials:
All day, every day – $1 PBR cans and $3 PBR tall boys
Tuesday – Ladies Night! $6 select martinis for the ladies only
Thursday – $3 shots of Jagermeister, Goldschlager, Rumplemintz, Hornitos, Jose Cuervo, Bushmills, Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka, Tuaca, Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka, Sauza
Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 3pm – $4 Bloody Marys and Mimosas
Chili’s Grill & Bar
http://www.chilis.com
355 W. Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
828-8484
Happy Hour: Friday 5pm – 9pm; Saturday & Sunday noon – 9pm
$3.50 Margaritas; $2 Large Drafts
Curbside Cafe
http://www.curbsiderichmond.com
2525 Hanover Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
355-7008
Specials: 5pm – 9pm
Tuesday – $1 off Margaritas, Cuervo, Coronas
Wednesday – $1 off All Draft Beer; $1 Off Rail Highballs
Thursday – $8 Miller Lite Pitchers; $11 All Others
Friday – $1 off All Drafts; $1 off Rail High Balls
Saturday & Sunday (10am – 2pm) – $3.75 Large Bloody Mary’s, Screwdrivers, Mimosas
Saturday & Sunday (5pm – 7pm) – $1 off All Drafts & High Balls
http://www.deluxrichmond.com
2229 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
353-2424
Happy Hour: 4pm – 7pm
1/2 off Drafts, Wine Glasses, and Domestic Bottles
Specials:
Sundays – $2 High Balls
Easy Street
2401 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
355-1198
Happy Hour: 4pm – 9pm
$3 Well Drinks
$2.50 Drafts
$1 off Wine by the Glass
Specials:
Mondays & Tuesdays – $3 Green Bottles
Fridays – $3 Firefly Shots & Drinks
Saturdays & Sundays – $4 Bloody Mary’s & Mimosas; $9 Mimosa Pitchers
Helen’s
2527 W. Main St
Richmond VA 23220
358-4370
Specials:
Monday – $4 PBR and a Shot of Jim Beam
Tuesday – $1 High Life Bottles
Wednesday – $1 PBR
Thursday – $2 High Balls
Ipanema
http://www.ipanemaveg.com
917 W. Grace St
Richmond, VA 23220
213-0190
Happy Hour: Sunday – Thursday 5pm – 7pm
1/2 Priced Featured Wine by the Glass
Little Mexico Restaurant
http://www.littlemexicova.com
1328 W. Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
525-4216
Specials:
All day, every day – $1 PBR; $2 Tecate
Mondays – $1 Off Lime & Strawberry Margaritas (3pm – 7pm)
Mojo’s Philadeli
http://www.mojotogo.com
733 W. Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
644-6676
Happy Hour: Monday – Friday 4pm – 7pm
$1.50 Miller High Life Drafts
$4.50 Double Tall High Balls
$5 Vodka Red Bulls
Specials:
Mondays 6pm – 11pm – $6 Pitchers of Yuengling and Miller Lite
Tuesdays 10pm – close – $4 Sweet Tea Shots; $5 Sweet Tea Cocktails
Wednesdays 9pm – close – $1 off Drafts & Rails
Thursdays – $2 PBR cans; $3.50 Bourbon
Saturdays 6pm – 10pm – $1.50 High Life Drafts
4pm – close – $5 Red Bull Drinks
Sundays – $2.50 PBR Tall Boys
Mulligan’s
1323 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
353-8686
Happy Hour: 5pm – 7pm
All Beers 25 to 50 cents off normal price
All Pitchers $1 off
Specials:
Mondays – $5 PBR Pitchers
Fridays – $3 Coronas
Roxy Café
1104 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
342-7699
Specials:
Mondays – $2 off Pitchers
Tuesdays – $4 Tuaca
Wednesdays – $5 Red Headed Sluts
Thursdays - $5 Bombs and Martinis
Fridays – $4 Mango Madness
Saturdays & Sundays- $6 PBR Pitchers; $2 Mimosas and Bloody Mary’s
Starlite Dining and Lounge
http://www.starlitediningandlounge.com
2600 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
254-2667
Happy Hour: 4pm – 7pm
$2.50 Tap of the Week
$3.00 High Balls
Specials:
Sunday and Monday – $6 Miller Lite pitchers; $1 PBR
Tuesday – $2 Aristocrat High Balls
Thursday – $2 Coors and Coors Light Cans
Sticky Rice Restaurant
http://www.ilovestickyrice.com
http://www.stickyricefan.com
2232 W. Main St
Richmond, VA 23220
358-7870
Rainy Day: $1 PBR’s while it’s raining (until 9pm)
Beat The Heat: $1 PBR when it’s over 100˚ outside (until 9pm)
Wednesday: $1 Miller High Life
You forgot Empire, but put Chili’s on there?!
We didn’t FORGET Empire… The list isn’t exhaustive, and we’re not finished compiling it
The PDF isn’t working. It says file not found.
Should be fixed now!
I’m going to regret putting Chili’s on there for the rest of my life. But I figured I’d please the masses and they do have cheap margaritas… : ( Also, Chad, get a friggin GRAVATAR already.
Yes, definitnely needs Empire. Also Sidewalk [awesome bartenders and MANY great black-out evenings] and The Village [pitchers of beer for days!].
I’ve had fun at Racine, too. A pox on Buddy’s, but if you’re gonna have them, you might as well add Curbside and Commercial Taphouse [the latter of which I have heard okay things about...].
Bamboo Café kind of weirds me out, but you can’t ignore the phenomenon of somehow getting shithoused there off of three drinks ALL THE TIME. Bizarre.
Gus’s is new, and I haven’t been there yet. It occupies the old Out of Bounds space at Broad & Robinson.
Again, we’re working on it! The rampant alcoholism in this town is beautiful, but give us a week!
Is this a Fan bar guide, or a Richmond one? Just curious, cause the title says fan but the intro makes it sound like all of rva.
If it’s Richmond, I’d like to submit Poe’s Pub, cause it makes some strong ass cocktails, has solid happy hour specials, and is the perfect cross between a celtic pub and a southern dive bar. Good place to get really drunk.
If it’s just for the fan…um, nevermind
So far we’re only focusing on bars in the Fan as a starting point. However, we do intend to expand on that and cover the rest of the city!
I do enjoy Poe’s Pub, though!
NY Deli?
Is that in the fan? NO!
kudos on the compilation of bar specials, I’ve been waiting years for this sort of thing, being too lazy to compile one myself and too forgetful to remember where to go when.
Not from the area, does anyone know if Avalon has happy hour on the weekends?
Racine is the cheapest in all of town, the employees hook it up too.
Where are the Dive Bars? I just moved here. $1 Domestic Pints? Terrible service??