Get them while they last! at Always Happy Hour

If you've been watching our great CS-SHA line of quality glass cocktail shakers with stainless steel leakproof strainer top, now is the time to act! We just had a phone call from our glass maker that several of these colors and styles have been discontinied and my notavailable in 2006. We are unsure about all details, and the shakers have NOT been marked down, but if you've wanted one or wanted to give one as a gift, act soon or your favorite color or etching style may not be available.

Also, our half-price sale continues featuring the entire line of decorated stems from LS Arts in both wine and martini glasses. All of them at HALF OFF our current price.

These were originally offered on our site and in our store at $12.50 each. Last month we lowered prices to $11.00 each. Now, choose any style and any decoration on the stem for just $5.50 each!

We have run out of one style already, we expect to run out of these entirely BEFORE the holiday gift season. So stop in at our downtown Milwaukee store soon, or place your order on our website now for convenient FedEx Ground or UPS Ground shipping right to your office or home.

Pick up a set for yourself, give them as gifts, use them as decorations in your bar.


Please note the quantities and styles on both the shakers and stemware are limited to our stock on hand and once we are sold out we may not be able to get stock again. We will not process your charge on your credit card until we verify we have your items in stock and are ready to ship.

Beautiful Hand-made glass stemware ON SALE!

Our first ever major sale at AlwaysHappyHour.com. Featuring the entire line of decorated stems from LS Arts in both wine and martini glasses. All of them at HALF OFF our current price.

These were originally offered on our site and in our store at $12.50 each. Last month we lowered prices to $11.00 each. Now, choose any style and any decoration on the stem for just $5.50 each!

These glasses have beautiful blown glass decorations on their stems that have been VERY popular with local and national customers: pineapple, flamingo, dolphin, palm tree, red grapes, white grapes.

Quantities are limited and we expect to run out of these BEFORE the holiday gift season. So stop in at our downtown Milwaukee store soon, or place your order on our website now for convenient FedEx Ground or UPS Ground shipping right to your office or home.

Pick up a set for yourself, give them as gifts, use them as decorations in your bar.

Always Happy Hour featured in Historic Third Ward newsletter

MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS

hen was the last time you stopped in the shop or restaurant of another Third Ward member? Make a point of visiting a member and introducing yourself, and get connected with other members in the community! There are 164 business members to choose from, and if you don't know who has joined, check out the “Members” section of the website, under “Paid Members.”

ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR
316 N. Milwaukee St., Ste. 101 , 414-431-8555
www.alwayshappyhour.com

This month, we are featuring a newer business to the Third Ward, “Always Happy Hour,” located in the Landmark Building ( 316 N. Milwaukee St ). Co-owners Andy S & Brian B started their business in June 2004, as a web-based retail store. “We always said that our dream would be to have a brick & mortar store located in the Third Ward…we moved into our store in January 2005.”

The store offers a wide variety of barware, drinkware, gift items and some food items, all with an alcohol or happy hour entertaining theme. New items are added to their store and website weekly, and to be sure, they do get some unusual requests! “We've been quoting the Hard Rock hotel chain on our unbreakable cocktail shakers with lids attached by a small chain; they say their bartenders are always losing the tops to their martini shakers. We've also sold our neon cocktail serving trays to a magician in California .”

These new business owners and members have become very familiar with their community. When asked if they had a favorite Third Ward shop or restaurant, “One? Only one?” The list of favorites was too long to list!

Upcoming festivals around Wisconsin

Always Happy Hour had a great weekend in downtown Milwaukee at PrideFest in mid June. Thanks to ALL our old and new customers and friends for visiting us there.

Following on the heels of that excitement and in an effort to continue to bring more of our fun happy hour gear to folks around the state, we're pleased to announce more upcoming events we'll be at this summer with our brand new display and lots of new fun items for your drinking and decorating pleasures:

HILBERT/GREEN BAY WI - Saturday July 9th, Northeast Wisconsin Pride Fest/Gurnsey Fundraiser. $2 admission, Noon – 9PM, Kamke Farm near Hwy 10 & Hwy 57. http://www.quest-online.com/NewFiles/Quest_Newsroom_9.html

MADISON WI – Saturday July 16th, Madison Pride/MAGIC picnic. . $5 admission, Noon – 6PM, Brittingham Park, Washington & Park Streets
http://madisonpride.org/

MILWAUKEE WI – Friday July 29th, Gallery Night - Sangria Party at Always Happy Hour! Free admission! Free Booze! 5pm – 10pm, Always Happy Hour in the Landmark Building Lobby, Milwaukee & St Paul streets,
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/gallerynight.php

MILWAUKEE WI – Friday & Saturday August 5th and 6th , Historic Third Ward Jazz Festival “Summer Sizzle” Free admission! Free Concerts (including our store favorites: Swing Nouveau). 11AM – 11PM, Broadway between Erie & Chicago streets,
http://www.historicthirdward.org/events/summersizzle.php


We look forward to seeing you there!


Andy & Brian
AlwaysHappyHour.com

OFFICIAL Store Grand Opening PARTY during Gallery Night

Hey everyone! Help us celebrate our OFFICIAL Store Grand Opening PARTY for Always Happy Hour.
In the lobby of the Landmark Building, and in our store in the Historic Third Ward. During Gallery Night, Friday April 15th, 5 to 10pm. We - and our landlord James Kadditz - are sponsoring shows in our combined shop by two artists: glass designer Dennis Shaffer from Chicago, plus glass photographs by Amy Schmutte of Milwaukee.

Gallery Night festivities include complimentary adult beverages and snacks, with modern lounge music provided by our good friend DJ John Murges. Remember those great sounds from our web launch party in November!

Artist Dennis Shaffer of Chicago IL invents amazing colored art glass objects utilizing the skills of Eastern European craftsmen. Bowls, vases, platters, stemware, sculptures and other pieces both functional and decorative... on display and available for sale!

The exhibit will also be open Saturday April 16th, 12 to 10pm, for those of you who just can't make it on Friday night (but Friday night will DEFINITELY be more fun....)


Always Happy Hour is now located at 316 N Milwaukee St #101, Milwaukee WI 53202, in the lobby of the Landmark Building next to 4 star restaurant Coquette Café, in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward District, just south of the intersection of Milwaukee & St Paul, just around the corner from the new Milwaukee Public Market currently under construction.

Free parking is always available in the lot behind our building daily after 5PM, and Free Gallery Night parking and Free Gallery Night Express shuttle bus service is just 1 block south of us at the Third Ward parking garage at the corner of Milwaukee & Chicago streets (diagonal across from Bella Cafe)

Always Happy Hour - The Store

Now open in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward....Always Happy Hour - The Store! Located in the first floor lobby of the beautiful Landmark Building next to Coquette Cafe, at 316 N Milwaukee St just south of St Paul Ave, we're open afternoons and evenings on Tuesdays thru Saturdays for browsing. Stop in to see all the latest in uncommon barware and drinkware. Look for the Coquette sign on the building and the Always Happy Hour sidewalk sign located out front.

Plenty of free parking is available after 5PM daily behind the building in our large lot, just around the block, look for the "Landmark Building" awning and the Coquette sign over the back door.

The Landmark Bulding was originally designed and built by Schnetzky and Sons in 1914 as the headquarters for Standard Paper Co. Recently renovated and now on the National Register of Historic Places, it features original brick exteriors, leaded glass entry doors, 14 foot ceilings supported by massive ornate columns, intricate chandeliers in the lobby, terrazo and ceramic tile floors, and of course Always Happy Hour - The Store!