Best Happy Hours

Houston's hottest happy hours: New restaurants and bars offer deals that let you drink (and eat) cheap

The happy hour deals at some new Houston hotspots give you the perfect reason to leave work early. These are bars and restaurants where you can have a drink (or two) without breaking the bank.

Weights + Measures

It’s double the pleasure at Midtown restaurant, bar and bakery complex Weights + Measures. Stay warm and tingly with a discounted shooter (or $10 flight) of Schnapps from a roster of global picks at Love and Squalor lounge (weekdays from 4-6 p.m.).

Take advantage of a second deal (available all day every day) at the wine bar and cafe featuring specially priced sparkling, white, rose and red wine ($5 per glass, $10 per flight) and draft beer ($3).

Wooster's Garden

Save on craft beer ($3) and a list of 22 (and counting) cocktails ($2 off each) like the Velvet Sun (made with potato vodka, Campari bitter sweet liqueur, lime, ginger beer and rose water) and the Cloud (dry gin, peach cordial, cherry flavored liqueur, lemon and violet flower and vanilla flavored liqueur) during happy hour (daily from 4-6 p.m.) at low-key Montrose bar Wooster’s Garden.

Oporto Fooding House and Wine

From the folks behind Queen Vic and Oporto Wine Cafe, Oporto Fooding House and Wine in Midtown features Portuguese and Indian fare, and a happy hour special with a price break on food and drinks (weekdays from 4-6:30 p.m.). Bargain sips include house wine or sangria by the glass ($5) and by the quarter, half or full liter ($7-$20); select draught beer ($4); well drinks ($6) and sparkling Spanish wine ($7).

Fill up on small plates from salted cod potato salad (with cilantro, egg, black olives and crispy chickpeas for $7) to mini burgers (served with olive tapenade, arugula, mozzarella and French fries for $7). Gulf oysters are also just a buck apiece.

Oporto Mini Burgers (Photo courtesy of Oporto Midtown)

Gray's Public House

Specialty cocktails like the enticing 50 Shades of Gray (vodka, vanilla, chocolate liqueur, coffee-flavored rum liqueur, Irish whiskey and cream liqueur) are half price during happy hour (weekdays from 4-8 p.m.) at Midtown spot Gray’s Public House. Select beers by the can ($3-$4) are a deal too.

Cushion the boozy blow with snacks like wings, quesadillas and beer-battered cheese sticks (all $5 or less).

Mascalzone Shepherd

London-based restaurant owner, and former Olympic boxer Andrea Magi has opened the second locale of his Il Mascalzone Italian restaurant, this one on Shepherd between Allen Parkway and I-10. Drink up during the regular happy hour (weekdays from 3-6 p.m.) and again during reverse happy hour (Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 p.m.-midnight) when choice beers ($3.50 each) and handcrafted cocktails ($5 each), such as a strawberry basil martini, are on special.

With the money saved, you could splurge on the colossal Mascalzone (half calzone-half pizza for $18) from the non-happy hour menu. It's the house specialty and the restaurant's namesake.

Mascalzone -- half calzone-half pizza (Photo courtesy of Chris Brown)

Dak and Bop

Museum District Korean fried chicken joint Dak and Bop serves up made-to-order, twice-fried chicken and discounted happy hour drinks (Mondays through Saturdays from 5-7 p.m.) including 14 draft beers ($1 off), wines by the glass ($4) and sake bombs ($8).

Doc's Bar and Grill

Early birds rejoice! Happy hour at Austin-import Doc’s Bar and Grill starts at 3 p.m. (and goes until 8 p.m.).

Nosh on mini sliders (beef, buffalo chicken, pork carnita, fried fish or smoked bacon), chicken strips, fried pickles, cheese fries and the likes (all $5 or less) at this Montrose-area bar and grill. Quench your thirst with a potent Everclear-tequila frozen margarita ($4), well drinks ($3.50) or select wine on tap ($5).

Woodbar

Woodbar — the welcoming Montrose neighborhood bakery, coffee counter, restaurant and cocktail bar connected to owner Claire Smith’s Canopy restaurant — gets the happy hour party started early (daily from 3-7 p.m.) with a deal on well drinks ($5), select glasses of wine ($7) and select beers ($2).

Korean fried chicken joint Dak and Bop [http: /houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-12-14-new-restaurant-set-to-join-fried-chicken-craze-are-you-ready-for-the-korean-new-york-version/?preview=1] serves up made-to-order, twice-fried chicken, and discounted happy hour drinks.

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Korean fried chicken joint Dak and Bop [https: /houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-12-14-new-restaurant-set-to-join-fried-chicken-craze-are-you-ready-for-the-korean-new-york-version/?preview=1] serves up made-to-order, twice-fried chicken, and discounted happy hour drinks.

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Celebrate Margarita Day 2026 at these 19 Houston restaurants and bars

Photo by Becca Wright

The Original Ninfa's is offering happy hour prices all day.

At the risk of being self-refential, we all know that articles about food holidays are pretty silly. However, we always make an exception for National Margarita Day.

After all, the cocktail is Houston’s unofficial favorite drink, and everyone likes a good deal on a tasty sip. So, here’s a rundown of places where you can celebrate these sweet-and-tart beverages this Sunday, February 22:

Axelrad is keeping it simple with house margaritas (tequila, triple sec, lime, simple) for $5. That’s also when the beer garden will have its monthly record swap, BTW.

Best Regards will offer four of its house margaritas for $10 (usually $17) all day on Sunday. They include two skinny margaritas (regular and spicy) that are made with Socorro tequila, as well as the Rita from Accounting and the Luxe Blue Chip Margarita.

Betelgeuse Betelgeuse is offering some delicious sips at both locations. Specials include buy one, get one Hornitos Blanco margarita, buy one, get one Amaras Verde Mezcal margarita, and the special National Margarita Day cocktail, the clarified and carbonated peach margarita for $14

Caracol, Hugo’s, URBE, Xochi, and Zaranda will have all-weekend house margaritas for $10. On National Margarita Day, they will also serve The Greatest Margarita Ever Sold, which is usually $29, for just $18.

All three Liberty Kitchen locations will be serving up handcrafted margaritas all day long. They include $10 Spicy Secret Ritas and $5 pomegranate margaritas — designed to be balanced and refreshing.

Across its 13 Greater Houston locations, Mambo Seafood is celebrating National Margarita Day with frozen house ritas for $3. They’re available in lime, strawberry, chamoy, mango, and Tamarindo.

Mexican Sugar will have The Tejas Flight, a limited-time margarita trio created in partnership with Henry’s Ice Cream. The flight features a custom sorbet margarita alongside two house favorites, offering a playful twist on classic margaritas with Lone Star spirit.

Over at Molina’s Cantina, enjoy Molina’s blackberry margarita for $8 all day (normally $12), available dine-in or to-go. More margarita options include Molina’s Margarita, the Top Shelf Margarita, and the Mangonada Margarita.

Both locations of The Original Ninfa’s will serve the Original Ninfarita at $7 happy hour price all day, the Uptown Margarita for $10, the Navigation Margarita for $10, and margarita flights — frozen or on the rocks — for $15.

Reset Lounge keeps it simple and classic with a $6 Margarita made with Espolon Tequila, triple sec, and fresh lime. The lounge offers happy hour all day on Sundays as well.

You can raise a glass to National Margarita Day at State Fare Kitchen & Bar’s two locations. They’ll have $5 house margaritas all day, available frozen or on the rocks.

Twin Peaks recently introduced the Cuervo Tradicional Margarita, crafted with Jose Cuervo Tradicional Blanco, triple sec, agave, and lime juice. You can also partake in their updated bar menu, which features a variety of creative and fun margaritas.

Velvet Taco will celebrate National Margarita Day all weekend long. Their Kick Ass Margarita is the fan favorite boozy libation, and at $5, it's a good deal, too.

Over at Via 313’s two locations, they’ll have $3.13 Margaritas, as well as the Frita-Rita, Via 313’s secret frozen margarita, for only $5 for to-go orders.

Wille’s Grill & Icehouse is offering specials including $3 small house ritas (regular, strawberry, swirled), $3 Shiner vodka boozy cherry limeade, and $3 prickly pear ritas (where applicable).

Photo by Becca Wright

The Original Ninfa's is offering happy hour prices all day.

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