Drink 2008

Packed to the gills on weekend nights, Aura is generally regarded as the place to go to drink key lime pies and make out with a stranger. But in the early evening when the club is all but empty, it's a surprisingly pleasant spot for a mellow drink or dinner à deux—folks old enough to be the parents of the typical post-college crowd have been spotted dining on fusion-y dishes like coconut curry mussels and lamb tamales. With luminescent loft-chic decor, pleasant servers and reasonably priced drinks, it's somewhere you can feel temporarily expensive, even when you're acting cheap.

Perfect Patron: TK. (SC)
HAPPY HOUR 4:30-6:30 PM TUESDAY-SATURDAY: $3 COCKTAILS, DRAFTS AND WINE, $2-$4 APPETIZERS.
DJ, SMOKING LOUNGE, SMOKE-FREE.

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