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HAPPY HOUR HOPPER: Fish
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HAPPY HOUR HOPPER: Fish
WHERE YOU AT? I've been meaning to get to Fish since January, when it officially reopened at its new location on 13th and Locust. I finally made it in on a Friday at 4:55 p.m. The staff hustled around me as I got situated, but I didn't absorb the frenzied pace until 10 minutes had elapsed and about 20 other fellow happy hour hoppers people joined me at the bar. Even before the crowds materialized, two of the bar staffers seemed harried and a bit snappy; thankfully, there were superceded by wonderful bar manager and mixologist extraordinaire (though he prefers the term "boozehound") Theo Webb.
WHAT'S THE SCENE? All the patrons at Fish seemed to be having a good time. On my right were three gay fellas wearing incredibly good-looking suits. They drank Champagne (into which Theo dropped bourbon-soaked cherries) and ordered plate after plate of oysters (the buck-a-shuck rule applies to all happy hours). To my left was the proud father of Fish pastry chef Monica Glass. Some parents had their kid at the bar at 5 p.m., but an hour later there was nary a toddler to be found. Overall, the bar was brimming with polished, well-dressed patrons, either out and about in work clothes or dolled up for the evening to come.
WHAT'S THE DEAL? My original intention had been to swing by for Fish's late-night happy hour (from 11 p.m. to midnight Friday or Saturday), but the old lady in me opted for early-bird hours. More than half of Fish's multi-page beverage menu is wine, and that includes many options by the glass. In addition to dollar oysters, they offer a select red and white for $5 during happy hour. I went for the red, the Quinto do Casol Branco, which normally goes for twice that price. They also do a lineup of three bottled beers for three bucks. During my drop-by, Theo concocted a Lynchburg Lemonade for the rotating $5 cocktail special — way tasty, way too easy to drink. All these deals apply weeknights from 5 to 7 p.m. in addition to the aforementioned late-night hours.
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