Sue H.
Yelp
My friend suggested happy hour at Humble oysters and bubbles, apparently she's been 10 times without me, and I might never forgive her. How did I not know about this beautifulofern bright dining room with $6 happy hour wine cocktails and a great discounted food menu? So, the happy hour is only 4pm to 5pm. I assumed we would be waiting in line before the doors opened and crowding in to all wait for service at the same time. Instead, we arrived at 410 pm on a Friday to a mostly unoccupied restaurant and bar. We chose a booth and visited while we perused the menu. I ordered the social sangria which had a lovely white sangria on ice topped with frozen champagne. OMG, this was a big fat glass full of deliciousness. Sweet but not copying, the sangria is quite lovely on its own, but add the frozen bubbles and wowza! Friend had straight up bubbles, a partner to her appetizer order (HH menu has some pairings).
Excited to try the smoked salmon dip, I brought my own rice crackers. Yes, they might have offered me cucumbers or chips as a gf sub if I had asked. But the dip was salty, meaty and perfect on my Trader Joe's crackers. Plus more satisfying than veggies. Friend enjoyed the crusty toast points from my dip, then munched down the short rib sliders in a hurry as i dug in to the dip with my crackers! The short rib is tender and chunky, a perfect little bite but tiny. They offer this in a big sandwich too, for the hearty appetite. We also split an amazing shrimp ceviche with halved heirloom cherry tomatoes, slices of cucumber, red onion and whole shrimp, almost like a deconstructed ceviche. It came with blue corn chips which were fine, if not special. Note, we opted not for the happy hour Michelada ceviche but the traditional Shrimp one off the main menu. Although the price difference is only $1 we felt the flavor profile of the traditional one was more our style even if all the other ingredients were the same. Now I will have to go back to try the other one! We ate all the ceviche and had more drinks. And then more drinks. Because, bubbles!
See you again soon, sangria! Xoxo