Ferndale has Plenty of Happy Hour to go Around

According to Internet lore, the term "happy hour" originated in the U.S. Navy during 1920s. It was what the sailors called a scheduled chunk of time where they boxed and wrestled each other onboard the ship.

The term had legs. It trekked through Prohibition as before dinner drinks at speakeasies, then through the '80s as a period of time at waterholes and restaurants for cheap food items that accompanied after work drinks. The idea? To fill the stomach with something other than booze for the drive home.

Today? We're lucky enough to have a whole bunch of places that offer discounted foods and drink specials for your happy hour needs - at all times of day and night.

Here's a rundown of happy hour in Ferndale. We can assure you, no sailors wrestling or boxing (and that may be a disappointment to some of you).

: Monday through Friday from 2-6 p.m. and starting again on Mondays 9 p.m.-1 a.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. You get $3 off appetizers and $1 off beers and mixed drinks. Not part of happy hour, but killer wings special in general are B-Dubs 45-cent traditional wings Tuesdays and 60-cent boneless wings Thursdays.

: Ferndale's newest hot spot offers happy hour daily from 3-6 p.m. You get $2 domestic beers, $3 imports and a special $2 happy hour menu.

: Ferndale staple Dino's Lounge has happy hour Monday through Friday from 2-7 p.m. and all day on Tuesdays. You get $5 appetizers, $4 Skyy Grape Bombs, $3 well drinks, $2 Bud Light on draft and $1 Keno.

: The Emory's happy hour is fairly new to the happy hour scene. It runs Wednesday through Friday from 4-7 p.m. You get $2 Labatt draft and $3 Michigan drafts. Food specials include four sliders and four Little Kings for $8, two chicken tenders and two cheese sticks for $4 and $4 nachos.

: Monday through Friday from 5-8 p.m. You get select sushi rolls for only $5, plus $3 select martinis, $2 domestics, $3 imports and $4 for select wines.

: Monday through Friday from 4-7 p.m. You get half-off appetizers and wine and $2.50 domestic beer and well drinks.

: Daily from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. You get $2 domestic drafts, $3 import drafts, $2.25 domestic bottles, $3.25 import bottles, $4 margaritas and $2.50 house wines.

: Monday through Friday from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. You get: $4 select martinis and saketinis, $4 sake carafe, $3 domestic beers, $2 sake slammers. Another little deal Sakana offers is three for $10 sake bombs and three for $12 sake red bull, all day, everyday.

: Monday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. You get $2 domestic beers and $2.50 well drinks.

: Monday through Friday from 4-7 p.m. You get $2 domestic bottles and $2 well drinks. They also run the same deals for a special weekend happy hour, Saturday and Sunday from 6-8 p.m.

: After 13 years in Ferndale, the WAB has finally adopted a happy hour. Wednesday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. You get $2 WAB pints, $3 well drinks, $3 Jack Daniels or Jameson drinks. On the menu are $3 tortilla chips and dip, fresh veggie plate, mini quesadillas, mini BBQ chicken sandwiches or mini sloppy joes.

If we missed a happy hour e-mail Terry.Parris@patch.com and we'll include it.