• For Cocktails

• Allen & Delancey

  115 Allen St., at Delancey St.; 212-253-5400

  The restaurant’s cocktail list—created by Death & Co. guru Alex Day—is half-off at the bar, Tuesdays.

• For Bingeing

• The Anchor

  310 Spring St., nr. Greenwich St.; 212-463-7406

  On Recession Thursdays, $20 gets you all you can guzzle, from 7 to 9 p.m., on anything in the place.

• For Pizza Plus Pitchers

• Gruppo

  186 Ave. B, nr. 12th St.; 212-995-2100

  The thin-crust haven offers a large plain pie and a pitcher of beer for $18, daily from 5 to 7 p.m.

• For Mobile Drinkers

• Village Pourhouse

  982 Amsterdam Ave., nr. W. 109th St.; 212-979-2337

  Hail a cab up to Morningside Heights, and the bar will match the amount of your fare in comped drinks. Keep that receipt!

• For Beer in a Can

• Bar Great Harry

  280 Smith St., at Sackett St., Carroll Gardens; 718-222-1103

  Five bucks buys you two cans of not-too-shabby Porkslap Pale Ale, Moo Thunder Stout, or Snapperhead IPA, weekdays until 7 p.m.

• For Late-Nighters

• Magician

  118 Rivington St., nr. Essex St.; 212-673-7851

  Starting at midnight on Sundays, the LES standby sells $2.50–$3.50 beers and cocktails all the way until closing time. Perfect for long weekends and the unemployed.

• For Gluttons

• Brother Jimmy’s

  416 Eighth Ave., at 31st St.; 212-967-7603

  On Mondays the midtown BBQ joint offers all-you-can-eat rib tips and hot wings and all-you-can-drink drafts for $15.95.

• For Rock and Roll

• Hi Fi

  169 Ave. A, nr. 11th St. 212-420-8392

  Daily two-for-ones until eight means free rein on the bar’s legendary jukebox.

• For Budweisers

• Bourbon St. NYC

  407 Amsterdam Ave., nr. 79th St.; 212-721-1332

  Uptown collegiates get together on Thursdays for truly out-of-state prices: fourteen ounces of Bud and Bud Light are 50 cents from 9 to 10 p.m., $1 until midnight, and $2 the rest of the way.

• For Bankers

• Stone Street Tavern

  52 Stone St., nr. Mill Ln.; 212-785-5658

  A rotating daily food-and-booze special gives the Goldman guys something to be happy about. Deals include a burger and beer for $10 and a Guinness and half-dozen oysters for $13.95.

• For Dive Devotees

• The Alibi

  242 DeKalb Ave., nr. Vanderbilt Ave., Fort Greene; no phone

  The endearingly shabby confines feel just right with these dirt-cheap offerings: $1 for mugs of Bud, $3 for everything else, daily from 5 to 8 p.m.

From the 2009 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine