Stacy L.
Yelp
I had an amazing HH (until 7pm) experience at Mortar & Pistil, with $5 well drinks and sassy bartenders who know their stuff. I wish I got our bartender's name, but he mixed us severaaaaal tequila lemonades (and made sure we liked it after tasting it before he moved on to other customers).
There were 4 or so bartenders circling the bar, which wasn't packed on the Tuesday night I visited for an event at the Yard, but every stool was taken and there were people milling around, cocktails in hand. They were friendly, quick, and they looked like they enjoyed what they were doing!
I can't wait to find myself back in the Yard, with it's plentiful seating and unpretentious crowd of millenials in all sorts of dress - boho Coachella-style fringe shorts to business casual, everyone will fit right in.