7, the new bar attached to the seafood restaurant of the same name. I like it on the quiet side, but the service is excellent and the wine list is small, fun, varying and offers most wines by the glass (hurrah!). Plus something about that cornflower blue interior makes me sea-like-ly happy (it's officially "Phillipsburg Blue"). Best of all, it stays open late, so if you're on South Congress Avenue and the Hotel San José bar closes and you're not ready to go home yet, you can slide into 7's banquettes, order from the full bar and fun wine list, and even munch on something like fish and chips, one of three salads, risotto and crayfish cakes. And you can order up till 1 a.m. on Saturday nights and midnight during the rest of the week. Happy hour is weekdays from 4 to 6:30 p.m. -- $2 drafts, $4 wells -- for those wishing for libation prior to a show at the Continental Club or a drink after a day of poking about the South Congress shops.
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