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ATLANTA HAPPY HOUR GUIDE

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 7/3/23

Everything from Happy Hours, drinks and food specials, specialty nights, happy hour and weekly events around Atlanta so you have a one place to find a carefully curated list, all in alphabetical order.

Aziza

Sunset Happy Hour Mon-Friday 5-7:30pm

Sunset Hour Patio Party, 1st and 3rd Thursday 6-9pm

Details: Cocktail specials, $12 cocktails

Suggestions: You really can’t go wrong with Aziza’s strong cocktail program, any of the cocktails on the special menu will be top notch. Stay for appetizers!

Bastone!

Aperitivo Hour – Traditional Happy Hour 4-6 Everyday

Details: $10 select pastas, $8 Vermouth cocktails, Half off select mozzarella and meats, $7 and discounted select appetizers, $10 cocktails, $10 wine.

Suggestions: You should must go for one of their $10 pastas like the Amatriciana shown, grab one of their delicious apps like the shishito peppers, enjoy an amazing $8 vermouth Carpano Bianco with citrus wash or $10 cocktail of your choice. Wine your thing? Select wines are $10. Feeling a charcuterie board? Half off select cheese and meats – ask your server!

Bulla

Traditional Happy Hour, daily 3-6pm

Details: $8 cocktails, $7 select wine, discounted appetizers.

Suggestions: For the cocktail, check out the $8 Ladykiller, or if wine is your thing, they have $7 red or white to choose from, and this white wine was great! Appetizers run $6 for their most popular app: patatas bravas or their ham croquettes or if you want something healthy, their blistered shishito peppers are only $8.50!

Chattahoochee Food Works

Georgia’s Largest Happy Hour, Tuesdays 4-6pm.

Details: $2.50 select tacos at Taqueria La Luz, BOGO hand rolls at Flying Sushi, $8 loaded tots and Patty and Franks, and you’ll need to see each vendor for their offering, subject by week and to change.

Suggestions: $2.50 select tacos pork and beef is an amazing deal, as well as the BOGO hand rolls, and well, just about everything you can get on this happy hour. Load up on all your favorite stalls!

Chido & Padre‘s

Traditional Happy Hour Monday-Thursday 5-7pm and Friday-Sunday 4-7pm, also Taco Tuesday is every tuesday.

Details: $7 select margaritas and wine, $5 beer, discounted appetizers. Taco Tuesday: Tequila Tasting with taco order.

Suggestions: $7 3 Chili Spicy Margarita or Ginger Mango, if wine is what you want then they have red and white to choose from. Pair any of these with $9 chicken flautas, guacamole for $8, spicy and tomatillo salsa for $4, and a queso blanco for $6.

City Winery

$5 Classic Wine Flights Monday-Thursday 4-6pm

Details: $5 Classic Wine Flights (4)

Suggestions: This is a good one because it has an array of white, red, and rose wines and is shareable! City Winery also now offers Soul Pairings on Mondays – 6 Wines for $15 Paired with Six Specially-Curated Five-Song Soundtracks from 5-7 pm.

Ecco

Happy Hour Monday-Friday 4-6pm

Details: Featured menu with cured meats & cheeses, beets, anchovy pintxo, olives & more; two featured $7 cocktails, and $7 wine.

Suggestions: Grab a board and sip on one of the $7 cocktails and $7 wine. Even if it isn’t on the happy hour menu, get the fried goat cheese balls! Epic. Please note that menu items on the happy hour are subject to change.

El Super Pan – Ponce City Market

La Placita Happy Hour every Friday, 6-9pm

Details: $6 empanadas and light bite special, select $8 mojitos and cocktails. The 2nd and 4th Friday of the month visitors can dance the night away with group dance lessons, dancing, and DJ.

Suggestions: The chicken empanadas are the a must try and wash it down with an $8 lemon mojitos. Stay for dancing!

Forzo Storica

Night in Rome, Thursday Happy Hour 6:30-9:30pm

Details: $10 classic cocktails, wines, and a DJ to set the mood.

Suggestions: Enjoy their boozy Il Martini with a plate of pasta, a glass of wine with an appetizer, or even just sip a froze on the patio. The drinks are all just $10 on Thursday!

Grana

Aperitivo Hour – every day 3-6pm

Details: $10 little bites, $9 vino, $11 cocktails, $6 beer, and $12 whole pizza

Suggestions: $10 little bites like our favorite veal meatballs or the broccoli paired with their crisp white wine selection. Pizza is always a good idea like the New Yorker paired with their sensational Atlanta Metropolitan cocktail. Their house beer would also be a good pair with the pizza!

Iberian Pig

Jamon Happy Hour Monday-Thursday 5-6pm and Friday 4-5pm (Buckhead); Decatur Monday-Friday 5-6pm

Details: $24 Jamon board with a selection of meats, cheese, vegetables, and crustini. $5 red wine, white wine, and Sangria. $5-8 add-ons to the Jamon board like stuffed pepper dew, marinated olives, almonds.

Suggestions: Sip on a crisp white wine while enjoying the Jamon board meats and cheese, add all of the add-ons because they are all so good paired with the meats!

Lapeer

$2 Oyster Happy Hour with cocktails Monday-Saturday 4-6pm

Details: Freshest summertime cocktails and $2 Chefs Pick Oysters.

Suggestions: You must try their fresh oysters and pair them with some amazing cocktails like the Gettin Figgy With It. Like tiki cocktails? Ask Richard for a tiki cocktail! All oysters are sustainably sourced and available alongside the regular menu.

Lingering Shade

Weekly Cocktail Special on Wednesday and Thursdays

Details: $9 weekly cocktail Happy Hour on Wednesday and Thursday. They also have a free bar snack shown below.

Suggestions: Get the cocktail special, like the Corps Reviver we got when there, as well as snack on the snack mix!

Lure

Happy Hour, Monday-Saturday 4-6pm

Details: $7 select wines red & white, $7 Daily Finesse Elixir, Happy hour bites ranging from $1.50 oysters to $7 hushpuppies.

Suggestions: First thing we’d try is the hushpuppies paired with the ceviche and pair it with the daily finesse elixir! If you’re still hungry grab a glass of white wine and the pork boa or blackened fish taco. They also have old bay fries!

Mission and Market

Daily Drink Specials

Details: $9 cocktails at the bar.

Suggestion: A stellar old fasioned and or tangy Lychee Martini and don’t forget to ask for complimentary popcorn (bar only).

North Italia

Happy Hour Monday – Friday 3-6pm

Details: $5 select wine, $5 craft beer, and an assortment of deals on appetizers, pizza, and charcuterie.

Suggestion: Make sure to get there early and sip on $5 white wine or $5 craft beer. Pair it with their amazing meatballs!

Postino

Drink Specials before 5pm everyday

Bottle and Board Monday and Tuesday after 8pm

Details: $6 select wine and $6 pitchers of select beers before 5pm on weekends and 6pm on weekdays. Select bottles of wine and a bruschetta board or specialty board $25, Monday-Tuesday nights after 8pm.

Suggestions: Get there early for $6 crisp white wine or a select draft pitcher. They have a great selection of bruschetta, so get over there for the bottle and board too.


Rina

Low Tide Happy Hour, Monday-Friday 4-7pm

Low Tide Patio Party, 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month, 6-9pm

Details: $10 select cocktails, $7 wine.

Suggestions: Definitely try their $10 cocktails, we got a delicious bourbon cucumber Beach Punch, and a crisp $7 white wine (they also have red). Stay for their LOADED Hummus No 2 or a trio of mezze!

Rooftop L.O.A.

Happy Hour Monday-Friday 4-6pm

Details: In the Restaurant bar and lounge: $2 East & West Coast Oysters, $30 Cocktail Tier, and ½ Off select bottles of wine.

Suggestions: This changed since we went. They have a great cocktail program so you can’t go wrong with any of their cocktails, wine, and pair them with the oysters or cocktail tier filled with fresh seafood.

Serena Pascifico

Ora Sociale Happy Hour, daily 3-6pm. Bar, Patio and Lounge!

Details: Special light bites, $10 cocktails, and wine specials!

Suggestions: Get the grilled citrus marinated lamb if it is on the menu that day or the caprese salad, both delicious.

The Big Ketch

Happy Hour Monday-Friday 4-6pm

Details: $5 select wines, $5 boat drinks, $8 Froze, food specials from $4 to $14.95.

Suggestions: They have the best $5 boat drinks and $8 froze. They also have a $4 shrimp tacos and $14.95 lobster egg roll!

Tin Lizzy – all locations

Happy Hour Monday-Friday 4-6pm, Taco Tuesday

Details: $5 Queso Blanco, $4 Fried Pickle, and $6 Tot Girl Summer loaded Tots, $5 Cinco Rita and more. Taco Tuesday: choose tacos like these Kale and Mushroom, Basic Burger, and grilled chicken tacos are only $2.75 and then $3 PBR Tall Boys, $4 all pints, and $5 Cinco Rita.

Suggestions: Get it all! $5 margaritas and tasty affordable apps every day and go on Tuesday for even better deals on tacos and beer.

Tre Vele

Cocktail special at the bar

Details: $9 select cocktails at the bar, you will need to ask the bartender.

Suggestions: We loved their $9 love potion cocktail and the Italian standard, limoncello spritz!

The White Bull

Aperitivo Hour, everyday 4-6pm

Details: $10 cocktails, $7-$10 Little bites, $10 pastas, $9 wine, $4-6 beer, assorted meats and cheeses with all the accoutrements, $15 vermouth flight!

Suggestions: Get the $10 pasta like the Arrabiata and pair it with the $15 bartender chosen Vermouth flight (it comes with ice and club soda to add to each). They have great little bites like the roasted broccoli or crispy potatoes and pair it with their $10 Alpine Schorle.

Yao

After Work Specials, weekdays 5-6:30pm

Details: $6 champagne, $7-8 light bites and cocktails.

Suggestions: Get the $6 champagne in the cool flute glass and pair it with the spring rolls! Cocktails more your thing? Check out the Minty Fresh cocktail that’s only $7!

Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 4/9/21

Not too far from Alpharetta, there is a sleep town square in the city of Milton. Nestled in a beautiful house with an expansive, inviting porch, the bright spot downtown has to be Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails. We sampled a bit of everything from the happy hour plump filet mignon, amazing deviled farm eggs, crispy fried green tomatoes, spicy Nashville hot chicken tamales, rich blackened salmon, sweet carrot cake and a few dynamic cocktails. Get ready for a food adventure.

As we sat leisurely on the patio, we sipped on several of their fun cocktails, like the Poncho Appleseed, Applewood Smoked Old Fashioned, and Smoked Cherry Gin Ricky. They were all balanced and good. The Poncho Appleseed is one part apple and cinnamon and one part margarita. This feels like fall with cinnamon on the rim and apple forward on the front with hints of citrus and a tequila finish. As for the Applewood Smoked Old Fashioned, we enjoyed the boozy goodness with orange notes up front and smoky on the back of the palate. It’s a solid by the fire sipper. Then, the Smoked Cherry Gin Ricky was oh, so sweet and sassy. The cherry flavor up front is sweet, tart and pairs well with the floral gin that hits you on the back.

The reason we ventured to Milton’s is to try their happy hour steak special and this one didn’t disappoint! Just imagine a plump and juicy cut of beef that is so succulent you won’t want to share. We swear it must also be marinated in red wine because it has so much rich and deep flavor, but we were told just salt and pepper, now that’s a good piece of meat! John decided it was his and kept quipping that he loved it and couldn’t get over the flavor. Plus, they have an array of great sauces for any palate! For us, we’d recommend the truffle butter. It’s earthy and creamy and adds that “je ne sais quoi” factor to the steak. We also enjoyed the bearnaise, creamy, and the red wine sauce, which was savory. Pro tip: mix the red wine and truffle butter. That’s pretty tasty.

On top of that, we sampled our way around the appetizers as well. We got everything from the Deviled Farm Eggs to the Fried Green Tomatoes to the Nashville Hot Chicken Tamales. Starting with the Deviled Farm Eggs, these babies some of the best in the city with a creamy, savory, tangy mustard filling that worked so well together. Then, topped it with meaty bacon, crunchy and tart red onions, and slathered in truffle oil and an aioli. This dish comes together into an explosion of different flavors. Must try. Also, rich and decadent are the Fried Green Tomatoes. They’re crispy on the outside with gooey goat cheese and tangy tomatoes inside. Adorned with pepper coulis and truffle oil, you get the gamut of flavors from spicy to savory to sweet to creamy to earthy. Can we have more? Finally, the most unique and fun dish of the appetizers was the Nashville Hot Chicken Tamales. Stoked to try these, they stuffed shells with crispy and spicy hot chicken, hominy grains and crisp pickle pieces. They paired it with extra pickles and a Pimento Cheese spread on the side for you to add the amount you like to the filling. You could literally eat the Pimento Cheese spread with a spoon, it’s that good. Pro tip: mix in a ton of the cheese spread and pickles to taste for the best bite. In love.

Of the main dishes, they suggested the Blackened Salmon and a slew of sides. First off, the Blacked Salmon was perfectly seasoned and blackened piece of tender and juicy fish. This spicy and peppery salmon was on top of an amazing bed of creamy pimento cheese grits, earthy wilted spinach, and an amazing lemony sauce. All of these flavors paired so well together from the creamy of the grits to the earthiness of the spinach to the heft and spice of the fish, to the lemon in the sauce. On the side we got baby iceberg wedges, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and creamed spinach. One of our favorites was the creamy and earthy cauliflower that soaked in all that truffle oil and garlic and topped with sharp Parmesan for an outstanding toasty bite. We also enjoyed the brussel sprouts that had pieces of sweet, cooked apple to go with the earthy sprouts and hearty and crisp bacon. Spot on. The most unique side was the creamed spinach with a runny egg on top! A moat of creamy and earthy spinach ramped up with the savor and heartiness of a runny egg! It was deep, rich, and tangy. The favorite though, had to be the baby Iceberg wedges! Smaller than a large wedge, these came with pickled onion for tang, everything bagel seasoning for that extra flavor, and some of the best avocado buttermilk ranch dressing that ever went in our mouths. Let us tell you that everything bagel seasoning really makes it well, everything. Prepare to drool.

For the dessert, they brought us the Carrot Cake because it is one of their staple items. Now THIS is carrot cake! Milton’s mixes carrots and cake together that’s crispy on the edges , fluffy cake with a light crunch in the middle, then topped with a crazy good cream cheese frosting, candied orange peel, and nuts. It’s so much flavor and worth every bite. Funny story, my mom gave me carrot cake for my first birthday, I’m not sure I’ve had it since until now. I was missing out.

Stuffed to the brim, we bid farewell to Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails up in Milton. What would you want to try?

Silom Thai and Sushi Bar: Come for Happy Hour, Stay for Sushi

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 2/2/20

Across from Lenox Mall, a chic Thai and Sushi spot brings serious cocktails and super fresh sushi to the north Buckhead area. From the Tiki Thai and Lychee Martini to the Chicken Satay to the Chicken Pad Thai and the fresh One Night in Bangkok Roll, Silom Thai and Sushi Bar is one of those places you can enjoy happy hour, grab a small bite, or go all out with a full meal. Our tip: get the sushi!

Starting with Tiki Thai, it’s a tiki drink with Thai flare. Small batch rum, OJ, Pineapple, lychee juice, and tiki syrup all mixed up into a cocktail that reminds you of summer. It’s refreshing and sweet that leaves you wanting to grab a beach towel and lay in the sun. The Lychee Martini is another good sipper with lychee and vodka, a little bit tart, a little bit sweet. Both drinks are beautifully crafted. They offer several $5 Happy Hour Martinis including this one Monday through Friday from 5 to 7 pm. Cheers!

A staple on Sushi and Thai menus, Chicken Satay is always a must get! Tender chicken with either a sweet cucumber salad or a peanut sauce, that’s a real crowd pleaser! This one was beautifully plated and tender. The sauces were a great addition, especially the salad, which was slightly sweet and paired well with the savory of the meat. Did we mention this is a light and healthy dish? And you get a good portion. Then, there was the Chicken Pad Thai. It was sweet, savory, tender, and deep. Being a traditional dish, this one was elevated with rich flavor and mix in the crunchy carrots, tart of lime, crunchy peanuts and bingo, you have a dynamic dish! Bring a friend, it’s enough for two.

Now, let’s dive into that One Night in Bangkok Roll. By far our favorite of the night, the sushi was unbelievably fresh. The roll boasts of yellowtail, salmon, and topped with seared tuna and mango salad. The bite being sweet and spicy, the mango, creamy avocado, and spices mixed perfectly with the fish to make a well-balanced bite. Plus, the seared tuna was perfectly done and gave it a little bit of smoke and char. We added wasabi and soy sauce, which brought out the creaminess of the avocado and deepen the overall flavor. We STILL can’t get over how tender and fresh the fish was on this roll! This is a must get. We want to try more!

Will we see you there for a sushi roll and a happy hour Martini?