Sip, sip, hooray! Across St. Louis, top-notch restaurants and bars offer happy hour featuring an assortment of specials. From local beer, wine flights and house Margaritas to cheese curds, chicken wings and fish tacos, the affordable menu items will undoubtedly delight your taste buds.
Looking for an escape? Head to Art Bar on the roof of the Angad Arts Hotel, where craft cocktails, seasonal fare and continuous creativity set the scene. Throughout the week, guests can take advantage of various specials such as drinks at reduced prices alongside lawn games and live music. While you’re here, don’t miss the local art on multiple floors of the hotel.
Italian-inspired and locally sourced, the made-from-scratch dishes at Basso heighten the dining experience at The Cheshire, a boutique hotel on the edge of Forest Park. Get a taste of the cuisine during happy hour Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. Menu items include cannellini dip with preserved lemon, basil oil and hearth bread ($7) and margherita pizza with mozzarella, tomato and basil ($7). You can also raise a glass with a $5 City Wide, $7 Aperol Spritz, $8 Manhattan or $7 Pinot Grigio, among other specially priced drinks.
In Webster Groves, Big Sky Cafe has a delectable variety of dishes, some of which appear on the happy hour menu. Snag a seat on the patio or at the bar to enjoy $7 small plates such as avocado and pancetta deviled eggs, Ozark Forest Mushroom bruschetta, Gruyère and spinach grilled cheese, pan-seared crab cakes and salmon pastrami. You can also toast with $7 batch cocktails, including the Purple Sky with tequila, crème de cassis, fresh lime and Sprite and the Elderflower Gimlet with gin or vodka, elderflower liqueur and fresh lime juice. Happy hour runs Tuesday to Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Big Sky Cafe.
Some locals say that Broadway Oyster Bar serves the best gumbo in town. Its version of the classic Cajun soup features andouille, chicken and seafood. Try it for yourself alongside a few freshly shucked oysters. During happy hour, Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., take $1 off draft beers, well drinks and certain wines; then, stick around for live music from local and national bands.
Cardinals Nation, a high-energy, memorabilia-filled restaurant across from Busch Stadium, offers 25 percent off appetizers during happy hour. Available Wednesday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m., the joyous occasion also includes various drink specials such as $5 frozen spiked lemonade and $5 souvenir drafts.
Known for its custom-built tacos and tequila-infused cocktails, Condado Tacos has found a perfect home in Ballpark Village. The intoxicating experience becomes even more affordable during happy hour, Monday to Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. Drink specials include $8 house Margaritas, $8 frozen Margaritas and $1 off all draft beer. Feeling peckish? Dig into tacos, nachos or a trio of dips with housemade chips.
Eleven Eleven Mississippi serves rustic Tuscan cuisine with New World influence in Lafayette Square. During happy hour from Tuesday to Friday, though, the focus is half-price domestic beer, wine by the glass and specialty cocktails – plus, pizza. On Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m., you can also score half-price bottles of wine. Bottoms up!
Happy hour at Hamilton’s Urban Steakhouse & Bourbon Bar will lift your spirits. Served Tuesday to Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. in the bar, the menu features $1 off bottled beer and $2 off wine by the glass. Nightly specials from 3 p.m. to close also include half-price appetizers (Tuesday), $15 flights (Wednesday) and half-price bottles of wine less than $75 (Thursday).
This ain’t no disco; it ain’t no country club either. This is Hidden Gems, sisters Amanda Helman and Susan Logsdon’s version of a dive bar. Featuring 50 shades of pink and more than 30 disco balls, the Midtown bar hosts fabulous events such as drag bingo, DJ nights, weekday karaoke and, of course, happy hour. Available Tuesday to Friday from 4 to 7 p.m., spectacular steals include $2 off specialty drinks, 50 percent off wines, $3 beers and $4 mystery shots. Everyone is welcome, including your four-legged friends!
Coming straight outta the 80s, Hot Pizza Cold Beer is a family-friendly pizza joint, complete with arcade games for endless entertainment. Located a stone’s throw from America’s Center Convention Complex, it’s a great place to enjoy happy hour after a meeting or convention. Available Monday to Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., specials include $2 off draft beers and half-price appetizers – don’t sleep on the stuffed zucchini flowers and the roasted garlic hummus!
Chef Nick Bognar has designed a ridiculously delicious “social hour” menu, available every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. at Indo as well as Sado. Guests can indulge in expertly crafted small plates, in which Bognar’s culinary skills shine. At Indo, feast on the crispy, crunchy salmon rice bowl topped with eel sauce and spicy mayonnaise; refreshing chirashi packed with a variety of sashimi; and seasoned salmon skin chips. At Sado, chow down on maguro maki, poke bowls, bang bang shrimp and a selection of nigiri. We predict that you’ll become obsessed with Bognar’s inventive, multilayered, flavor-packed cuisine, so don’t forget to peek at the restaurants’ regular menus while you’re there.
A staple of St. Louis Union Station, Landry’s Seafood House offers a variety of specially priced cocktails, wines and beers as well as light bites – think mini crab cakes and New Orleans-style crawfish bread – for happy hour, which is Monday to Friday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. While you’re at St. Louis Union Station, explore the on-site attractions such as the St. Louis Aquarium, the St. Louis Wheel and the Grand Hall, where a 3D light show runs every day on the hour from 5 to 10 p.m.
This bustling neighborhood haunt offers friendly service, a warm ambience and an intimate setting – plus, a fantastic happy hour at the bar. Available Sunday to Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m., the menu features $2 oysters, $9 hamburgers with griddled beef, dill pickles, onion and white American cheese and $10 baked clams with hoisin-sambal mayonnaise and sesame-scallion crunch, among other delectable dishes. Pair the food with $6 draft beer, $8 house wine, a $9 Old Fashioned or a $9 Daiquiri.
Secure inside The Pennywell Hotel, Pennydrop Bar + Kitchen mixes unique cocktails with clever names such as Dark Money, Pure Gold and Safe Word, which pay homage to the building’s rich history as the former Merchants-Laclede National Bank of St. Louis. During “Banker’s Hour,” Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m., you can savor a $10 Money Tree featuring Woodford Reserve bourbon, Amaro Montenegro, cinnamon and lemon, alongside discounted appetizers. Pennydrop Bar + Kitchen also offers rotating beer, wine and cocktail specials – plus, live music from local artists in the lobby Thursday to Saturday from 9 to 11 p.m.
Robie’s Restaurant & Lounge recently revealed a revamped menu at the Magnolia Hotel St. Louis. Seated in the historic space, treat yourself to an elegant meal, alluring cocktails and live music. If your visit coincides with happy hour, which runs Sunday to Thursday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. and Friday to Saturday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., you can also indulge in $5 draft beers, $8 house wines and $8 featured cocktails.
Join the party at Rosalita’s Cantina. Happy hour runs Monday to Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., and it includes tempting drink specials such as $6 Margaritas, $4 well drinks, $3.50 draft beers and $3 off appetizers. Make sure to ask your server for more details.
Session Taco, formerly Mission Taco Joint, has a killer happy hour menu, available Monday to Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. at all eight locations. The West Coast-style street food concept now offers weekday drink specials such as $5 draft beers, $3 canned beers and $3 tequila shots. Visiting with a group? You can get $10 off all Margarita pitchers as well as $2 off all individual Margaritas. When you get hungry, nachos, tostadas and taquitos await.
This immersive art lounge serves creative cocktails alongside high-fidelity audiovisuals. Operated by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, Sophie’s Artist Lounge also offers happy hour on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Specials vary but generally include discounted house cocktails, glasses of wine and local beers.
Housed in a lushly renovated Victorian factory, SqWires Restaurant & Market uses locally sourced ingredients to make exquisite American cuisine. Everyone can enjoy the fine-dining experience during happy hour on select days.
Buzzing with excitement at all hours, this casual corner tavern welcomes guests with rustic plates, clever cocktails and live music on Friday and Saturday. If you’re in search of happy hour in St. Louis, you’ve come to the right place. Available Monday to Friday from 2 to 6 p.m., the menu ranges from a beer and bratwurst combination ($7) to fried cauliflower ($7) and deviled eggs ($6) to a snack flight with housemade beef jerky, smoked mixed nuts and pickled vegetables ($7). From the bar, you can get $6 craft drafts, $6 house wines, $7 spritzers and more.
Nestled in Hotel Saint Louis, Union 30 offers a daily happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. in a retro-chic setting. Imbibers will enjoy $3 off all drinks, from a lavender French 75 to an elevated Long Island. Pair the splendid sips with baked goat cheese, housemade meatballs, steak taco flatbread and more. As an added bonus, every purchase comes with two hours of free valet parking!
Let the good times flow! Happy hour at Winnie’s Wine Bar runs from 3 to 6 p.m., with half-price bottles of wine less than $75 on Tuesday; buy one small plate, get one for 50 percent off on Wednesday; and $3 off wine flights, $2 off wines by the glass and cocktails and $1 off bottle and draft beers on Thursday.
