Fun In Minneapolis is Recession Proof: Happy Hours when you want them

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 12, 2009 --

TWIN CITIES, FEB, 2009 – One of the biggest things to remember in the midst of this recession is to stay positive, or at least, have fun! Laid off? Forced to work a second job? The best thing you can do is have fun and stay active! The Twin Cities are full of great restaurants, clubs, bars, galleries, and shows that are affordable and even free during select times. Thriftyhipster.com offers users the opportunity to search over 300 local bars for the best deals or cheapest drinks any time. No matter if your schedule has changed or your “fun hours” are limited, you can always find something to do and save money on www.thriftyhipster.com.

Started in 2003 by unemployed, still-living-in-college-party-home UMN graduate Matthew Dowgwillo and roommates didn’t have money, but had a love for going out. “Times today are much as they were for us back then (financially),” Matthew remembers, “but it was the greatest time of my life because I didn’t let being broke keep me from going out.” Instead, Dowgwillo and his roommates came up with an idea so they could afford to go out whenever they wanted to by knowing where they could always find a deal, thus, www.thriftyhipster.com was born.

The site started covering bars on campus, but eventually expanded to other city locations, broken down to Uptown, Downtown, UMN Campus, South, St. Paul, Northeast, and GLBT. The site is updated daily based on user feedback and “flagging” if listed specials are outdated, the result? I fully comprehensive list over 322 local bars and a full list of their happy hours. Most people don’t realize the deals they are missing out on, so many bars and restaurants in the cities offer at least a few hours a week where you can eat or drink for a fraction of what it normally costs. You can find all of them on thriftyhipster.com.

The site’s homepage features top events recommended for the day and galleries from past events. Users can also leave their own reviews on the bars, critiquing the food, happy hours, or value, over a while, these reviews have a cumulative effect of being extremely accurate. “It’s one of the most contentious areas of the site for our clients due to the anonymity of the reviewer,” Dowgwillo said, “but ultimately, it encourages honest and accurate reviews; the top rated bars are often our editorial favorites, and that’s really neat.”

Thriftyhipster.com; all the drinks, all the time. Encourages you to save money and live locally.

CONTACT:

For more information or ideas of different deals, best restaurants, cheap or free activities, great money saving date ideas, or all things happy hour please contact

Matt Dowgwillo
612-803-1022

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