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15 Atlanta Restaurants to Partake in Happy Hour Deals

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After a long day at the office, or even working remotely from home, it’s finally time to unwind and take a load off with a cocktail or glass of wine and some snacks. Need suggestions? Here are a few restaurants and bars around Atlanta in which to grab happy hour drinks, oysters, and even chicken wings and wontons stuffed with crab meat after work.

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Cooks & Soldiers

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Cooks and Soldiers offers a weekday happy hour, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The new pintxo pote happy hour features $5 gin tonics with the option to add a pinxto (snack) for an additional $1.

The Iron Works sushi restaurant with its rooftop patio saw the return of its popular happy hour in 2022. Taking place Monday through Wednesday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., O-Ku offers small plates like rock shrimp tempura, dumplings, and half-priced sushi rolls paired with $7 cocktails and special wine deals.

Postino West Midtown

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Both the Marietta Street and Buckhead locations of this wine bar offer a daily happy hour menu until 5 p.m., with food and wine specials.

The Optimist

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Weekday happy hour at the Optimist means sipping on punch or sharing a pitcher with friends while pairing drinks with special oyster deals at the bar.

Bulla Gastrobar

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Midtown tapas restaurant Bulla Gastrobar offers a handful of daily happy hour deals. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., people can order a variety of small plates, like ham croquettes, potato tortillas, or patatas bravas, paired with $8 cocktails and $7 glasses of wine.

Talat Market

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Keep an eye on Instagram for cocktail and wine deals during happy hour at Talat Market, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Make sure to order a basket of freshly fried shrimp chips or oysters, if the latter is on the menu.

Trader Vic's

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Look for Mai Tai specials on Thursdays from this downtown Atlanta institution, along with the occasional happy hour deal throughout the week. Live music takes place on Tuesday evenings now.

Red's Beer Garden

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Expect food and drink deals throughout the week from this beer bar in Benteen Park, especially during special events taking place in the backyard beer garden. Make sure to follow Red’s Beer Garden on Instagram for the latest updates.

El Super Pan Latino Sandwiches & Bar

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Taking place Friday evenings, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Ponce City Market location of El Super Pan features its celebratory La Placita happy hour. Expect a San Juan-style event with the sound system pumping salsa, merengue, and reggae tunes, while folks dance beside the food stall and snack on $5 bar bites and $8 drinks specials, including spicy margaritas.

LLoyd's Restaurant & Lounge

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Happy hour at this DeKalb Avenue pizzeria includes $5 martinis, vespers, and Manhattans from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Look for $3 pizza slices starting at 9 p.m. nightly.

Whiskey Bird

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Happy hour at this Morningside spot takes place on Sundays and Tuesdays through Thursdays, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Look for $4 Sapporos, $8 cocktails and sake juice boxes, and bar bites ranging from crispy tofu bites and okonomiyaki fries to a katsu sando and popcorn chicken.

Wylie & Rum

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This Floribian (Floridan and Caribbean) restaurant and rum bar on Moreland Avenue tends to offer cocktail specials throughout the week, especially on Wednesdays, when rum and rum cocktails might be half priced all day. Follow on Instagram to stay updated.

Yao Atlanta

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Every Tuesday through Friday, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thai-Chinese restaurant Yao offers cocktails, champagne, and sangria priced between $6 and $8 each. Expect happy hour snacks for under $8, too, like shrimp and pork dumplings, crab wontons, and crispy Thai wings.

Poor Hendrix

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While officially not labeled a happy hour, the daily drink deals and bar bites from this East Lake restaurant are hard to beat any day of the week. Sip on $8 glasses of sangria or punch or order a carafe for the table. Then order a few snacks, including shrimp, chicken, or mushroom skewers for $5, a basket of the restaurant’s popular sticky sesame wings for $12, or a bowl of spicy peanut cold noodles for $8.

The White Bull

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Offered daily from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the White Bull in Decatur features a traditional Italian aperitivo hour, complete with cocktail and wine specials, $10 pastas, and snacks like arancini or DIY charcuterie boards.

Cooks & Soldiers

Cooks and Soldiers offers a weekday happy hour, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The new pintxo pote happy hour features $5 gin tonics with the option to add a pinxto (snack) for an additional $1.

O-Ku

The Iron Works sushi restaurant with its rooftop patio saw the return of its popular happy hour in 2022. Taking place Monday through Wednesday, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., O-Ku offers small plates like rock shrimp tempura, dumplings, and half-priced sushi rolls paired with $7 cocktails and special wine deals.

Postino West Midtown

Both the Marietta Street and Buckhead locations of this wine bar offer a daily happy hour menu until 5 p.m., with food and wine specials.

The Optimist

Weekday happy hour at the Optimist means sipping on punch or sharing a pitcher with friends while pairing drinks with special oyster deals at the bar.

Bulla Gastrobar

Midtown tapas restaurant Bulla Gastrobar offers a handful of daily happy hour deals. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., people can order a variety of small plates, like ham croquettes, potato tortillas, or patatas bravas, paired with $8 cocktails and $7 glasses of wine.

Talat Market

Keep an eye on Instagram for cocktail and wine deals during happy hour at Talat Market, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Make sure to order a basket of freshly fried shrimp chips or oysters, if the latter is on the menu.

Trader Vic's

Look for Mai Tai specials on Thursdays from this downtown Atlanta institution, along with the occasional happy hour deal throughout the week. Live music takes place on Tuesday evenings now.

Red's Beer Garden

Expect food and drink deals throughout the week from this beer bar in Benteen Park, especially during special events taking place in the backyard beer garden. Make sure to follow Red’s Beer Garden on Instagram for the latest updates.

El Super Pan Latino Sandwiches & Bar

Taking place Friday evenings, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Ponce City Market location of El Super Pan features its celebratory La Placita happy hour. Expect a San Juan-style event with the sound system pumping salsa, merengue, and reggae tunes, while folks dance beside the food stall and snack on $5 bar bites and $8 drinks specials, including spicy margaritas.

LLoyd's Restaurant & Lounge

Happy hour at this DeKalb Avenue pizzeria includes $5 martinis, vespers, and Manhattans from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Look for $3 pizza slices starting at 9 p.m. nightly.

Whiskey Bird

Happy hour at this Morningside spot takes place on Sundays and Tuesdays through Thursdays, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Look for $4 Sapporos, $8 cocktails and sake juice boxes, and bar bites ranging from crispy tofu bites and okonomiyaki fries to a katsu sando and popcorn chicken.

Wylie & Rum

This Floribian (Floridan and Caribbean) restaurant and rum bar on Moreland Avenue tends to offer cocktail specials throughout the week, especially on Wednesdays, when rum and rum cocktails might be half priced all day. Follow on Instagram to stay updated.

Yao Atlanta

Every Tuesday through Friday, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thai-Chinese restaurant Yao offers cocktails, champagne, and sangria priced between $6 and $8 each. Expect happy hour snacks for under $8, too, like shrimp and pork dumplings, crab wontons, and crispy Thai wings.

Poor Hendrix

While officially not labeled a happy hour, the daily drink deals and bar bites from this East Lake restaurant are hard to beat any day of the week. Sip on $8 glasses of sangria or punch or order a carafe for the table. Then order a few snacks, including shrimp, chicken, or mushroom skewers for $5, a basket of the restaurant’s popular sticky sesame wings for $12, or a bowl of spicy peanut cold noodles for $8.

The White Bull

Offered daily from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the White Bull in Decatur features a traditional Italian aperitivo hour, complete with cocktail and wine specials, $10 pastas, and snacks like arancini or DIY charcuterie boards.

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