Best Happy-Hour Food
Carlos Murphy's Restaurant
419 W. Congress St.
410 N. Wilmot Road
READERS' PICK: In this day and age of greater health consciousness
and a recurring mantra of Moderation in All Things, many of us
have given up the habit of going to Happy Hours on a regular basis.
However, when the mood or the special occasion strikes and we
feel like unwinding with our beverage of choice and some great
munchies, we mosey over to Carlos Murphy's, find a place
in the bar and get comfortable. Although lots of fairly inexpensive
appetizers can be ordered off the menu, we've always found the
free and generous help-yourself spread is more than enough to
satisfy us. There's always an abundance of chips and salsa, vegetable
relish trays with dip and beans with lots of melted cheese on
top. In addition, there's usually one "entrée"
platter that contains a changing variety of hot dishes--enchiladas,
mini chimichangas, chicken wings, etc. The only problem here is
the plates are too small to hold everything you'd like to stuff
in your mouth, so repeated trips to the buffet (or more than two
hands) are necessary to satisfy your appetite. There's really
no need to worry about the food running out. The folks at Carlos
Murphy's are very attentive to the buffet, and the trays of food
stay full from 4 to just before 7 p.m. Drinks are cheap, food
is plentiful and the weekday living is easy at Carlos Murphy's.
READERS' POLL RUNNER-UP: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill &
Bar, 5870 E. Broadway and 565 E. Wetmore Road.
STAFF PICK: For the price of a drink or the $2.25 cover charge,
patrons of Geronimoz' Restaurant and Bar, 800 E. University
Blvd., can enjoy unlimited cheese pizza and tortilla chips between
4 and 7 p.m. on weekdays. Geronimoz' is usually packed with customers
of all ages--heavy on the UA students and their profs, not always
together, either--who wolf down the pizza while sipping Cactus
Coolers.
