The Wayland

"Avenue C is filled with fun bars suited for everything from a nice date to being trashed at 2 am. The Wayland is one of those places that manages to do it all. We like it for a drink on a weeknight, day drinking on a Saturday, and for 2 am rowdiness as well." - katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg

"When: Weekdays, 4pm-7pm The Deal: $10 Cocktails; $10 Half Dozen Oysters; $18 Dozen Oysters; $12 Beer & Burger; $7 Oyster Shooters; $9 Glasses Of Wine; $4-$5 Beer The Wayland, located on Avenue C in Alphabet City, is your ideal neighborhood bar. It's good for dates, good for casual drinks with a small group, and good for Happy Hour. They make great cocktails, but they aren't uptight like those bars where you enter through a subway station or phone booth." - neha talreja, bryan kim

"When: Monday-Friday, 5-7pm The Deal: $10 half-dozen oysters; $18 dozen oysters; $7 oyster shooters; $12 burger and a beer; $8 fried oysters; $10 select cocktails; $4-$5 select beer; $9 select wine The Wayland is the ultimate all-purpose bar. You can use it for first dates, after-work hangs, and rowdy Saturday night drinking. But you should also be using it for weekday Happy Hour, when they serve a dozen oysters for $18 and have discounts on their excellent cocktails." - willa moore, neha talreja, will hartman

"The Wayland gets plenty of light, so you won’t have to worry about feeling like a vampire here. It’s also nice and charming on the inside, so you won’t have to worry about feeling like a barfly, either. (You will be a barfly, of course, but at least you’ll be one with good taste.)" - bryan kim, matt tervooren

"Sometimes the impulse to drink away a holiday is too strong to ignore, but the thing is, you’ll also need food. That’s where The Wayland, a spot that expertly straddles the line between dive bar and cute place for a light meal, comes in. Cocktails are the main attraction, but the kitchen churns out excellent burgers, pernil sandwiches, and snacky things like anchovies and butter on toast. " - carina finn koeppicus