Check out these happy hour spots in New Orleans for your next food adventure.
Toups Meatery
Toups Meatery, Isaac Toups’ acclaimed mid-city restaurant, offers Happy Hour Monday-Friday, from 3 PM-5 PM.
The menu features a $7 cocktail special and whiskey, a $5 mystery shot and draft beers, and $6 select wines by the glass.
Small plates include $6 spicy pork rillettes, smokey green pickled quail eggs, and boudin balls; $7 house salad, $5 cracklins, $5/$10/$15 cheeses, $18 marinated crab claws, and $23 meat board.
845 North Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans
Bakery Bar
Hit up Bakery Bar Tuesday – Friday from 4 PM – 7 PM for a deal to make you smile.
$5 Happy Hour libations include Daquiris, Dark & Stormy, Sazerac, and Martinis (vodka or gin), along with select wines and beers.
New to Happy Hour is a rotating selection of discounted snacks from Executive Chef Lydia Solano created to perfectly complement the new seasonal cocktails inspired by the theme “Pretend.”
Expect housemade cracklins, as well as some Latin America-meets-Louisiana munchable.
1179 Annunciation Street, New Orleans
Mister Mao
Mister Mao’s “Here Comes the Chuck Wagon” Happy Hour is available Thursday – Monday from 5 PM – 7 PM with an ever-changing selection of dim sum-style dishes served from roving carts.
Priced from $8 – $12, Happy Hour guests can enjoy dishes like Filipino Chicken Lumpia with sweet + sour Wildcat juice; Covey Rise Sugar Snaps with sesame yum Workhouse sauce; Spicy Chinese Honey Popcorn Shrimp with milk mayo, pumpkin seed, arbol chile; Pork Siu Mai with leek + ginger; Pan Fried Shrimp Ugly Dumplings with tamari + chile oil vinaigrette; Naked Bill’s Huli Hula Meatballs; Bright Side Oysters and Meat on Tiny Sticks with garlic yogurt + cucumber pickles. Many of the cart offerings are gluten-free.
4501 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans (entrance on Jena Street)
The Bower Bar
Available Monday through Saturday, from 4 PM – 6 PM, revelers can enjoy $8 house wine, signature cocktails, and house punch at The Bower Bar.
Food offerings include discounted ($6-12) charcuterie plates, cheese plates, cacio e pepe, crispy cauliflower, whipped feta, and warm Castelvetrano olives.
Framework Building at 1320 Magazine Street, New Orleans
Birdy’s Behind the Bower
Wake up early? Head to Birdy’s Behind the Bower for an Early Bird Happy Hour.
Available Monday – Friday from 8 AM – 10 AM, the indoor/outdoor eatery will give early risers an array of discounted cocktails and brunch dishes.
Enjoy $6 specialty cocktails, and a Benvolio Prosecco Split for only $10.
Food specials include $6 Deviled Eggs with whipped egg mousse, fried Louisiana crawfish tails, and a hot sauce reduction; $12 Classic Breakfast and a Cup of Coffee – two eggs any way, bacon, house-made tots and toast; $9 Kale Caesar (vegan) with mixed farm kale, Parmigiano, crispy spiced chickpeas, avocado, cherry tomatoes and a creamy roasted lemon Caesar dressing, and more.
1320 Magazine Street, New Orleans (behind The Bower restaurant)