After taking my grandnieces to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes, we headed to Michaels for their happy hour, where Basdeo Balchan, their manager, welcomed us.

We sampled many of their well-blended cocktails, including the Southside of 5th Brokers (gin, lemon juice, mint), Last Blast (bourbon, citrus, prosecco), Lil Pumpkin (vodka, pumpkin spiced Kahlua, espresso) and the Tranquilo (tequila, cranberry juice and fresh jalepeño) along with their appetizers, some of which have a Korean accent from their new chef.

The sweet and spicy Korean fried shrimp ($18) comes in three pieces, also available as chicken; the vegetarian summer rolls come with a carrot ginger sauce and the duck-confit filled bao buns ($16). Their shoestring fries ($6) are so tasty we had two orders. We added the pizza rossa ($12) to finish our tastings.

We were happily satiated when our server placed some warm chocolate chip cookies and brownies, gratis, on the table.

I highly recommend Michael’s

Happy Hour details as of 11.21.2023
Hours in the bar
Monday – Friday: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
What’s happy: $12 cocktails & wine, $36 champagne, $6 beer, twelve food selections from $5 – $18How happy? *** (three out of three stars)

Michael’s
Midtown
24 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
michaelsnewyork.com/