At 10 Tib Lane, a three-floor Victorian beauty tucked near Albert Square, you can snuggle into each other and modern European dishes on the cosy top floor, but we love the ground-level bar for the daily happy hour from 4-6pm. The miracle of a Friday happy hour draws a wonderfully mixed crowd: you’re as likely to see young families as you are early dates and long-married couples dressed like their dogs dozing under the bar stools. The menu changes seasonally but recent favourites include the Sour Berry Negroni and the seductive Irish Coffee with a velvety blanket of cold near-zabaglione over warm salted whiskey. Thankfully, the Scottish oysters are a constant. Order a platter’s worth, but do get there on the earlier side. They run out.