Happy hour is the headline act, with $5 beers that make the midday and early-evening hours genuinely worth planning around. The draft selection covers the bases you'd expect from a no-nonsense ale house, and the bar staff moves fast even when the room is packed.
Beyond the beer, MacDougal Street Ale House is the kind of spot that works for whatever you need it to be: a quick solo drink before dinner, a group stop on a bar crawl through the Village, or a sports-watching anchor for a big game. Open daily from noon to 4 AM, there's almost no window of time when this place isn't an option.
The location at 122 MacDougal St puts you steps from Washington Square Park, NYU, and some of the best late-night food in the city, so the evening can go wherever you want it to after last call.