I finally went to Oscars on Rose! I was grouching about their lack of Happy Hour just two weeks ago, and viola! Happy Hour appears!  I like to think that is the power of Venice Happy Hour, or maybe it's just sign of a business getting into the groove of how we mooove and cruuuuise with the boooooze around here. 
Oh lord. Stop me.
First order of business FRIED PICKLES FOR $3, exactly how they ought to be. I have tried and failed to perfect these at home- CAN'T DO IT! (but... the mistakes aren't  totally inedible...so I eat them anyway)
Also on the snakeria menu, $6 Bacalao Corn Fritters... salty, fried, dip'em YES!  Not to mention a completely illegal bacon wrapped dog and a Cheddar Bratwurst that comes with Fondue for $5!!! Open Mouth, insert cheese.

But what  about the booze babe? Sorry I just get so distracted by creatively fattening food.. 

CLEVERNESS: BEER CANS FOR THE WORKIN'  MAN $3, PBR ( of course)  Avery I PA, Tecate and a few others, and  there are a few glasses of wine you can get for $6 which is friendly. Atmosphere is pretty casual, sort of a spill over from VBW,  filled with todos los barrachos that I think have just gotten plain TIRED of the Other Room , who want to have their Happy Hour and enjoy it too!  The patio gets slammers come dinner time, so get your sweet butt in their before 7 to stake your claim at the bar and enjoy the calories on the CHEAP!

You’ve been reading this long enough to know that I am a BIG fan
of clever alliteration. So really, what is better than Tipsy Gypsy?

 Isn’t that just the most playful buoyant satisfying this to say? Tipsy Gypsy!

 SO LET’S GO THERE.
 If you’ve found your way here from UrbanMermaidVenice then you already
know I am a big fan of the food and the deeply enchanting atmosphere here.
Literally, (oh shit I just got so Rachel Zoe!) I have been sitting at Vardo
having dinner and quite effortlessly the two ladies running the joint abandon
their duties: one picking up the guitar and accompanying with most crystalline
voice, and the other spinning dancing jingling as if taken by trance. And then
go back to their business with little acknowledgement of the magic they randomly
created.
 Oh, and the food is REALLY good and it is precisely in your budget, AND
your vegetarian sister can eat everything on the menu.
 
But let’s get back to the important part... the TYPSY GYPSY aka HAPPY HOUR. First of all, they don’t quite need it because these folks have on the menu the most generous( and not
poisonous) shots of Vodka and Tequila for $4. But we'll take it!

 Vardo Café 235 Main Street, Monday – Friday 2:00-6:30 Beer $4,
Wine $6, Cocktails $7, Dolmas $5, Nachos, $5, Tacos $6.