The Odeon: Tribeca Brasserie HH

The Odeon has been Tribeca's social center since 1980 — a French brasserie on West Broadway that has outlasted dozens of trends and remains the most reliably excellent restaurant in the neighborhood. The weekday happy hour from 5 to 7pm at the bar offers $12 cocktails, $10 wine, half-price steak frites, and $7 beers. Sitting at The Odeon bar during happy hour is one of the great New York rituals.