There are few issues extra sacred than pleased hour. After a whole day spent grinding away at work, the temptation of stopping by one among our neighborhood haunts after logging off for the day for some decently priced cocktails is just too exhausting to withstand. Fortunately, we’re very weak in willpower, so you possibly can typically discover us throwing again a few drinks within the early night as we attempt to neglect—at the very least for a couple of hours—all of the adulting we nonetheless have left to do earlier than dinner.
With so many bars and eating places in Houston providing pleased hours, it may well generally be exhausting to determine the perfect choices: Are you seeking to sip and be seen? In want of some very low cost effectively whiskey? Craving snacks? Want to vent about your relationship woes with a disinterested bartender? Whatever the case—and no matter your poison—now we have you lined with this listing of our favourite Houston pleased hours.
Axelrad
midtown
Midtown beer backyard Axelrad has an almost all-day pleased hour that features $3 beers and mimosas, $4 wells, $5 frozens, and $6 michel-rad-as. If you get hungry, don’t fear, the historic bungalow shares a patio with Luigi’s Pizzeria, which serves pies and small bites starting from hen wings to mozzarella sticks, each not more than $10.
Happy hour: weekdays, midday–7pm
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse
washington hall, Montrose
Few Houston pleased hours burn brighter than that of Betelgeuse Betelgeuse. The cosmic-themed bar gives draft beer in a 32-ounce milk jug bottle for $7, wines by the glass for $6, and choose cocktails for $8. Consider chasing your drinks with a few of the bar’s specialty pizzas.
Happy hour: on daily basis, 4–6pm
Catbirds
montrose
In this economic system, we’re all about saving our cash. Thankfully, Catbirds is there for us after we’re in want of a great, low cost pleased hour. You can discover wells for $3.50, and beers—sure, all of them—priced at $3.50 or much less.
Happy hour: on daily basis, till 6:30pm
Double Trouble
midtown
The Mid Main portion of Midtown is a walkable couple of blocks stuffed with a few of our favourite Houston companies, from My Flaming Heart and Sig’s Lagoon to the Continental Club and Winnie’s. Chief amongst our favorites is caffeine-powered cocktail bar Double Trouble. While Double Trouble has an excellent pleased hour year-round, for the month of August, it’s turbocharged. Monday by Saturday from 11am to 4pm all caffeinated drinks (together with cocktails) are 25 p.c off, on Mondays from 4 to 10pm all espresso martinis are 20 p.c off, and on Sundays from midday to 6pm all frozen cocktails are 25 p.c off—together with the dangerously sturdy Suffering Bastard.
Happy hour: Mon through Sat, 11am–4pm; Sun, midday–6pm
Eight Row Flint has a big pet-friendly patio to take pleasure in pleased hour meals and drinks.
Eight Row Flint
Heights
Pet lovers know that the Heights location of Eight Row Flint is likely one of the finest locations in Houston to get in some pleased hour time with their pups. The bar, which has a big pet-friendly patio, gives a cheerful hour menu that features $5 choose beers; $7 choose cocktails; and $6 meals objects like watermelon salad, brussels sprout tacos, and chips and salsa. The bar additionally hosts an all-day pleased hour for drinks solely on Wednesday—a godsend for those who, like us, discover hump day to be essentially the most troublesome day of the workweek.
Happy hour: weekdays, 11am–6pm
EZ’s Liquor Lounge
Heights
The solely factor we love greater than the Frito pie at this kitschy Heights dive bar is its pleased hour. Stop by to take pleasure in $4 draft beers, $2 off home cocktails (we advocate the EZ G&T), and $5 wells. The intimate again patio right here is our favourite place to sip our pleased hour libations—at the very least when the climate is tolerable.
Happy hour: weekdays, 2–5:30pm; Tue, all day
Grand Prize
museum district
This bar is one other good spot to go to in case your pockets are feeling a little bit tighter than typical. Grand Prize gives $7 cocktails throughout pleased hour. Choose from a Hurricane, made with mild and darkish rums, ardour fruit liqueur, orange lime, and combined berries; a Southside, made with gin, lemon, and mint; or the Summertime Fine, a drink with white rum, charred pineapple, allspice, and lime. You also can get a beer and shot combo for $10 or a effectively drink for $3.
Happy hour: on daily basis, 4–8pm
Monkey’s Tail
Lindale park, conroe
This cocktail bar is aware of methods to throw an epic pleased hour. The bar gives choose cocktails like daiquiris, margaritas, and gin mules for $7 throughout its weekday pleased hour; $7 may also get you small frozen drinks just like the chile mangonada and banana colada. For beer drinkers, there’s $1 off bottled and canned beers, and for vino lovers there’s $2 off all wine.
Happy hour: weekdays, 4–7pm
Postino
montrose
Postino’s Montrose restaurant, our favourite for its location within the historic gayborhood, gives a cheerful hour with $6 glasses of wine and pitchers of beer, plus $25 bottles of wine and bruschetta boards on Mondays and Tuesdays after 8pm. After consuming your fill of bruschetta, take into account strolling over to one of many space’s historic LGBTQ+ bars for a nightcap or a drag present.
Happy hour: on daily basis till 5pm
Roswell’s Saloon
montrose
Treat your internal star youngster with a late pleased hour at new extraterrestrial-themed bar Roswell’s Saloon. Although it’s solely provided for an hour, for those who’re dedicated you need to have the ability to throw again two or three of the bar’s space-themed cocktails for the low worth of $6 a pop. Deals additionally consists of $2 off all wine and draft beer. Just keep in mind to telephone house—a.okay.a name a rideshare—for those who resolve to maintain the celebration going.
Happy hour: day by day, 7–8pm
Trash Panda Drinking Club
northside
“Death is coming, eat trash, be free,” reads a neon register racoon-themed Northside cocktail bar Trash Panda Drinking Club. The pleased hour right here will certainly have you ever feeling free, however the meals and drinks are removed from trash. The bar’s pleased hour consists of $6 cocktails, $7 highballs, $6 glasses of wine, and $5 draft beers. For meals, there’s a trio of mini quesabirria tacos and a trio of mini hen tacos, each priced at a cool 6 bucks—costs low sufficient to coax in even essentially the most destitute of trash pandas.
Happy hour: weekdays, 4–7pm
Two Headed Dog
Midtown
Kitschy Midtown dive bar Two Headed Dog may be identified for its outlandish group video games and having bogs decoupaged with classic Playboy magazines, however we expect this spot needs to be equally celebrated for its pleased hour. Early night drink specials right here embody $3 inexperienced tea photographs, $5 choose frozens, $6 yellow stomach and whiskey, and a really tasty quaint that may solely set you again $7. While having fun with drinks, seize some free popcorn from the bar’s old-school popcorn maker and revel in what’s in all probability going to be a memorable night.
Happy hour: weekdays, 2–7pm
Voodoo Queen
second ward
This quirky daiquiri spot has a few of the finest frozen drinks on the town, and its pleased hour, which the bar refers to as its “I’m so happy I could shit hour,” has a little bit one thing for everybody. That one thing consists of $3 effectively drinks, $3 jello syringes (for individuals who actually wish to get turned up), $3 choose beers, and $1 off the entire bar’s frozen machine drinks. When it’s raining, Voodoo Queen additionally gives its Bourbon St. Hurricane for the low, low worth of $6.
Happy hour: Mon, all day; Tue through Fri, 4:20–7:20pm