Monday costs nothing until dinner if you plan it around the free rooms. The STAR shuttle is the way to reach most of them without a car: it runs a free 18-stop loop between the Visitor Information Center and St. Augustine Beach, across the Bridge of Lions and down Anastasia Boulevard, from 9 in the morning until 9 tonight.
The free daytime list is three galleries, and every one of them closes at 5. The Stories of American Veterans exhibit hangs at eFRAME Gallery, 200 San Sebastian View, 8 to 5. The county Administration Building at 500 San Sebastian View has 32 pieces from local artists in its Rotunda Gallery, same hours, and the building is open to anyone. The Mistletoe Market at PAStA Fine Art Gallery, 214 Charlotte St., runs 11 to 5 with free admission.
The gallery hours end before most shifts do, so the free art is a day-off plan rather than an after-work one.
After 5, the cheapest room in town is Sarbez at 115 Anastasia Blvd., on the shuttle’s route. Entry costs nothing. The games take quarters. The venue counts more than 35 of them, pinball to skeeball, it is open until midnight and kid friendly until 8, and a quarter machine is on site, so bring small bills rather than a card.
Happy hour is where the printed prices are. Barley Republic runs $5 smash burgers, $5 bone-in wings, and $5 select drafts, well cocktails, house wines and sangria from 4 to 6. The Conch House Lounge at 57 Comares Ave. takes $2 off all beer, mixed drinks and house wines from 4 to 7.
A1A Asian Kitchen at 6975 A1A South has trivia from 7 to 8:30, and its page prints no entry charge. The kitchen closes at 9. That leaves half an hour of food after the last question, and no more.
The music tonight is mostly rooms that print no cover anywhere on their pages. The Mill Top has Nathan Allen from noon to 4 and Joshua Tennessee Worthy from 4:30 to 8:30. Tradewinds runs Reggie Starrett at 1, Mark Hart at 5, and Johnson and Burns at 9, which is the latest set on the list. Sam Pacetti plays Prohibition Kitchen at 6, Bob Patterson is at O.C. White’s from 6:30, and Joe Downing plays Salt Life Food Shack from 6 to 10.
The one ticketed show is The Garcia Project at Cafe Eleven, 8 p.m., a seated show and all ages, with under 18 in with a parent. Under 21 pays a $5 fee at the door. The page prints no ticket price. Budget for the fee plus whatever the door asks, or catch the same bill in the same room again Tuesday night.
The shuttle stops at 9 tonight, so a night that ends at Tradewinds or Cafe Eleven ends with your own ride home. The rotunda gallery show is gone after Nov. 16, and it only opens on weekdays, so the window left is this week.
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