Italian
Bar La Grassa
The North Loop happy hour by which all others get measured. Half-price bruschetta board, five-dollar wines by the glass, a bar room that fills exactly at 4pm for a reason. The soft egg and lobster bruschetta has earned a place on a thousand best-bites lists.
Gavin Kaysen, upscale
Spoon and Stable
Gavin Kaysen’s flagship turns into the best deal in the metro from 4 to 5:30. Dollar oysters, half-priced burger, half-priced wines and beers. Fine-dining service at bar-tab prices for ninety minutes a day.
Eastern Mediterranean
Saffron Restaurant
Sameh Wadi’s long-running Mediterranean restaurant runs a happy hour built around the bar menu’s mezze board. Half-priced glasses of natural wine, lamb sliders, and hummus that has ruined every other hummus for you.
Cocktails and bar snacks at Butcher & the Boar
Char Bar
Daily happy hour at the small bar inside the Butcher & the Boar building. Four to six, every day, including weekends. Reasonable cocktails, snacks built for the program, and a room that knows exactly what it is.