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Booze on a budget: Where to drink during the week

Take advantage of Madtown’s daily bar specials
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Emily Shullaw

Whether you’re trying to figure out where to take your weekend pre-game or if Thirsty Thursday seems too far away, there are always plenty of bar specials to hit up without breaking the bank.

Here’s The Badger Herald’s guide on where to drink during the week:

Nitty Gritty Bar and Grill

Everyday

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Late Night, 11 p.m. – close: $4.00 High Life Pitchers, $2.50 Three Olives Mixers, $3.00 Milagro Shots

Power Hour, 10 – 11 p.m.1.25 Rail Mixers, $1 High Life Taps, $2.25 Bomb Shots

Monday: $3 Corona Bottles, $3 Milagro Shots & Margaritas, $1.25 Tacos

Tuesday (Customer Appreciation Night): Double Power Hour (10 p.m. – midnight), $2.50 Birthday Punch, $2.50 Captain Mixers

Wednesday: $1.75 PBR, Labatt Blue, & Rolling Rock Tallboys, $2.00 Doctor Shots

Thursday: 1/2 Price Craft Beer, Craft Cocktails and Specialty Shots

Friday: Two-for-one Bud or Bud Light Bottles, $3 Tullamore Dew Shots

Saturday: $2.50 Malibu Mixers, $3 Capital Brewery Pints, $3 Fireball Shots

Sunday: $10 Premium Pitchers, $6 Domestic Pitchers, $3.50 Cherry Bombs, $2.75 Bartender’s Choice

State St. Brats

Monday: $2 pints, $2.50 boots of High Life, Sconnie and PBR

Tuesday (Flip Night): 75 percent off your drink order if you correctly guess the coin toss, Beer Stock Exchange (4-9 p.m.)

Wednesday: $2.50 pints/$7.50 pitchers/$9.50 boots of New Glarus beers

Thursday (Progression Night): 5 Rail Mixers/Shots for $5 for one hour, 4 Rail Mixers/Shots for $5 for the next, etc.

Friday: $2.50 pints/$7.50 pitchers/$9.50 boots of Leinie’s

Saturday: $5 Rose Bowls, $6 double Skyy mixers

Sunday: $2.75 select pints, $5 Absolut Bloody Marys

Plaza Tavern

Monday: $2 Rail Drinks, $1.50 PBR

Tuesday: $1. 00 off 1/2 Pitchers, $2.00 off Pitchers, $3.50 Irish & Gin

Wednesday: $3.50 Jack/Absolut/Stoli Drinks, $3 Wisconsin Bottles

Thursday: $2.50 Long Islands, $3 Craft Beer Pints

Friday: $2.50 Rail Mixers, $2 PBR Pints

Saturday: $2.50 Domestic Bottles, $2.50 Bud Products, $2.50 Leinie’s Products, $2.50 Miller Products, $2.50 Rolling Rock

Chaser’s

Monday: $3 Taps, $0.60 Wings

Tuesday: $7 Pitchers, $5 Appetizers

Wednesday: $4 Jumbo Margaritas, $.50 Tacos

Thursday: $7 Pitchers, $5 Burgers

Friday: $4 Rolling Rock Pitchers, three Fish Tacos for $5

Sunday: $5 Bloody Mary’s and Screwdrivers, $8 New Belgium/Goose Island Pitchers

Wando’s

Every Day: $3.50 High Life Bottles, $3.50 PBR Bottles, $5 Jumbo UV Mixers

Monday: $2.50 Domestic Taps, $2 Lemon Drop and Breakfast Shots, $4 Jumbo Rail Mixers

Tuesday (Bacon Night): $1 cans of Coors Light, Miller Lite or PBR, $4 Jumbo Rails

Wednesday (Student Appreciation Night, valid with student ID): $2 Miller High Life Bottles, $4 Jumbo UV Mixers, $10 Fishbowls, 10 Wings for $3

Thursday: $1.50 Shots of Jamo before 10 p.m.,  $3 Pitchers of Leinies before 10 p.m., $2 Shots of Jamo after 10 p.m., $4 Pitchers of Leinies 10-11 p.m., $5 Pitchers of Leinies 11 p.m.-closing

Friday: $7 Pitchers of Bud Light, $5 Jumbo UV Mixers

Saturday: $3.50 PBR or Miller High Life Bottles, $5 Jumbo UV Mixers

Sunday: $2.50 Domestic Taps, $4 Jumbo UV Mixers

Plan B

Tuesday: 2 for 1 Mixers and Beer

Wednesday: $2 Miller Lite Draft Beer, $3 Three Olive Mixers

Thursday: $4 Long Islands

Friday: $3 Bacardi Mixers

Sunday: $5 Absolut Mixers

Whiskey Jacks

Everyday Happy Hour (Monday-Friday 3 PM- 7 PM, Saturday-Sunday 11 AM- 7 PM)

$1 off all taps, $2 rail drinks, $3 call drinks

Monday: $3 Taps & Rails

Tuesday: (9 PM – Close) $2 Tallboys, 2 for 1 Avion Shots, $4 Crown and Malibu Mixers

Wednesday: 2 for 1 Shots, $3 signature drinks & slushies, $5 off beer pitchers

Thursday (specials valid with student ID): 25 cent taps, $1 Captain Mixers, and free pizza (9 PM- 10 PM), 50 cent taps, $1.25 Captain Mixers (10 PM-11 PM), 75 cent taps, $1.50 Captain Mixers (11 PM- Midnight)

Sunday: $2 Domestic Taps & Rail Mixers, $4 Jameson & Bomb Shots

City

Monday (Trivia Night: 8:30 PM): (7 PM-Close) All Wisconsin taps- $3 pints/$9 pitchers, $4 Tito’s Vodka mixers

Tuesday (Game Night): Happy Hour (open-close), $1 off everything

Wednesday: Happy Hour (open-close), $1 off everything

Thursday: $3 pints/$9 pitchers

Friday: (7 PM-Close) $3 16oz PBR cans, $4 Tito’s Vodka mixers

Saturday: $4 16oz PBR cans, $4 Tito’s Vodka mixers

Sunday: $3.50 Tito’s/Captain/Jack mixers, $3 New Glarus bottles (Moon Man, Two Women, Fat Squirrel), $3 Fireball shots

Monday’s

Monday-Wednesday: $3.50 you-call-its

Did we miss your favorite bar special? Email [email protected] and we’ll add it to the list.

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