Beauty & Essex: Pawn Shop Bar HH

Upscale bar behind a functioning pawn shop on Essex. $12 cocktails and truffle grilled cheese Mon to Fri 5–7pm.

Beauty & Essex is accessed through a working pawn shop on Essex Street, you walk past the cases of jewelry and guitars to find a sprawling, chandelier-lit cocktail bar behind. The weekday happy hour from 5 to 7pm offers $12 cocktails, $9 wine, and the signature truffle grilled cheese for $10. One of the LES's most theatrical and consistently satisfying happy hour experiences.