1415 Fifth Ave, fifth floor, 971-8010
Free taco bar, Mon–Fri 4:30–6 pm.
The happy-hour menu at Terrace Garden is written in terrifying
WordArt!, and features pixilated pictures of drinks lounging by
the pool, in an Alvin Ailey dance formation, one wearing a cactus hat,
another making sweet love to an orange slice.
Looking up from your menu, the thought will cross your mind, “Has my
vision been impaired from drinking or am I in a fancy hospital waiting
room in Missoula, Montana?” There will be old people wearing America
shirts and the bartender will ask, “You all right over there?” when you
start to stare into space absentmindedly like Mr. Head Injury. But,
unlike in most hospital waiting rooms, there will be a completely
unsupervised taco bar! Make yourself a taco with beef, refried beans,
sour cream, and lettuce. The taco beef will taste gamey not beefy, the
taco shell will taste like drywall, but the sour cream will be a nice
temperature and the salsa will be chunky. No one will make you feel
guilty for eating three of them.