Neighborhood is at the center of Seafood Sally’s, the new restaurant from the chef/owners of Marjie’s Grill, and its happy hour menu is an extension of that — what better way to draw in neighbors than with $1 oysters? The Buck a Shuck happy hour, which also features $5 bar snacks, $6 cocktails, and $5 glasses of wine, is daily from 4 to 6 p.m.

The chance to nibble on chef Nathanial Zimet’s simply elegant cuisine is reason enough to head to his inviting Uptown restaurant for happy hour Tuesday through Saturday, 5 to 7 p.m. Add in the $5 house wines, $1 off drafts and $7 sazeracs and life is good. Specially priced bites include $10 steamed mussels, $8 for blackened shrimp and grit cake, $5 boudin balls and $4 fries — get the fries — hand cut, fried to order hot and crispy — they are best enjoyed with garlic aioli for dipping.

From the team behind top New Orleans cocktail bar Cure, this renovated service station at the corner of Valence and Freret makes for a hip, casual setting with a sprawling front patio serving regional Mexican specialties, tacos, and a nice menu of agave-based drinks, both margarita and non-margarita. Happy hour is from 4 to 6 p.m. daily., offering a $6 margarita, frozen or on the rocks, and a $5 Modelo and Tapatio tequila shot combo.

Michael Gulotta’s downtown stunner Maypop offers a weekday happy hour menu, offering specials on wine, beer, and two cocktails, as well as food — curry hot wings, pork belly buns, crispy oysters, and more. Try affordable small plates fusing Southeast Louisiana and Southeast Asian flavors like vindaloo curry hot wings and a pork belly steam bun accompanied by wine, beer, and cocktails for less, Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.

Find a top-notch happy hour at CBD wine hub Copper Vine, offered every week day from 2 to 6 p.m. In addition to wine by the glass specials, there are $8 wine flights and $8 local flights of local beer, and snacks like tuna tartare and caviar and bacon-wrapped dates, best enjoyed on the lush courtyard.

Paulie Gee’s Crescent City Slice Shop is doing their part to draw folks downtown, with a great happy hour running 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays oriented towards fellow service industry workers — buy a slice and a local beer from the new, Brooklyn-born shop, and get a free slice with your order.

The owners of French Quarter institution Tujague’s Restaurant opened both Claret wine and cocktail bar and the Bower next door to each other on Magazine Street this year, and for now, the focus is on the outdoor, spacious patio at the Bower. Monday through Friday, a handful of classic cocktails are $7 from 4 to 6 p.m.

The team at Warehouse District food hall Auction House has an on-trend new cocktail menu for the season, and now a great happy hour menu to enjoy in the bright, plant-filled space weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m. Choose from mule variations, classic New Orleans cocktails, and wine and beer, and a mix of food specials from a few of the hall’s vendors.

Vyoone’s is one of the Warehouse District’s best-kept secrets, a romantic French-meets-Creole spot oozing with ambience and serving delicate French starters and contemporary Creole entrees. The happy hour is only two days a week, but it’s a great excuse to have a glass (or bottle) in the lovely courtyard. It’s Thursday and Friday from 5 to 6 p.m.p.m., featuring small plates and deals on house cocktails, wine, local beers, and select bottles of champagne.

Serving extensively researched contemporary Creole cuisine, this French Quarter newcomer is a decidedly dinnertime destination. The restaurant’s new happy hour, however, is good enough to bring diners in early: cocktails like the Paradise Park Beermosa or the Jazz (Sevilla orange Tanqueray gin with hibiscus and rose tea, sugar, and lemon juice) run between $5 and $8; sangria goes for $7, and there are two beer-and-a-shot deals, $6 PBR and Jameson, and $7 peanut butter porter and Chambord. It’s offered Wednesday through Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m.

Featuring a lush back patio, Cane & Table is a tranquil afternoon spot for chatting or solo drinking. Happy hour specials offer a chance to sip originals at half the price of the regular menu, and include an old fashioned, daiquiri, and blue Hawaii; beer and shot combos; as well as wine specials; plus a Caribbean snack menu. 

Anna’s is the reinvention of beloved neighborhood dive Mimi’s in the Marigny, but luckily it’s not too much of a change — the interior is familiar, and the food and drinks are still top-notch. Bar manager Anna Giordano (Jewel of the South, Bar Tonique, and Longway Tavern, among others) offers a robust happy hour menu of cocktails like a Boulevardier pineapple daiquiri, along with beer and wine.

Capulet, the bar and restaurant during the week and event space and popular wedding venue on weekends, is back open after a long pandemic hiatus, and offers a great new happy hour. Monday through Thursday, before live music gets going, discounted drink specials include $2 PBRs, $5 sparkling wine, $5 boozy punch, and $4 PBR and a whiskey shot, 4 to 6 p.m.