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Brooke Olsen

Cheers to crowd-pleasing happy hour specials in LA

by Eater Staff Updated Apr 15, 2024, 3:24pm PDT

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Those looking for more flexible happy hours can come to Esters on Sunday or Monday, when the specials run all day. From Tuesday to Saturday, happy hour at this swanky Santa Monica wine bar only run from 4 to 6 p.m. with $3.50 oysters, $15 snacks, and $23 charcuterie plates. There’s also a $14 daily co*cktail special and three kinds of wine by the glass for $10 each.

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From 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. every evening, Venice steakhouse Charcoal has a happy hour at the bar with all dishes priced at $14 or under, plus co*cktails like Smoke & Fire or the Clash for just $12 apiece. The Charcoal burger, petite steak frites, and coal-roasted cabbage toast are menu highlights.

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Charcoal

For just one hour between 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, Austrian restaurant Lustig serves a special with three kinds of sausages, plus either a kaiser roll or pretzel. A bosna sandwich features Nürnberger bratwurst, ketchup, mustard, onion, and curry powder in a sourdough roll. Draft 10 ounce pours of beer are $7 to go along with with the sausage specials.

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Wonho Frank Lee

One of the rare late night happy hours in town, Tesse offers $5 glasses of Provence rose, plus $10 duck fat fries, and a $14 espresso martini to help cap off the night. There are plenty of other discounted drinks and bites starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, and starting at 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Those who eat earlier shouldn’t fret: there’s a Sunset happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends.

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This breezy rooftop bar and restaurant in Mid-Wilshire has an “Work Drinks”-inspired co*cktail menu available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. The specials include $12 co*cktails named after email lingo like Per My Last Email (a sweet-spicy mule), EOD (a zero-proof margarita), and Circling Back (Tom Collins). The Just Checking In is just an old fashioned, something that helps answer that dreaded office phrase.

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Roberto Amado-Cattaneo

Monday to Friday, this warehouse-style restaurant in Hollywood with a bumpin’ soundtrack has a happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. inspired by aperitivos. Think $10 slushies, $10 Aperol spritzes, and $12 draft Negroni with $6 pizza slices and marinated olives to help soak up the booze.

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Wonho Frank Lee

From 3 to 6 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday, Silver Lake’s handy All Day Baby has a special mid-day menu with loaded nachos, Chinese chicken salad, and a chili cheese burrito, along with $11 co*cktails like the Fig’s Triumph with bourbon and pear liqueur. $10 shots and a beer or glasses of wine are available too.

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Wonho Frank Lee

Downtown’s ground-floor hotel restaurant Moonlark’s Dinette features mid-day refreshments from 2 to 6 p.m. with discounted co*cktails (try the Strawberry Negroni) and a very solid burger to help escape the busiest traffic times of the day. Available Monday to Friday.

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Wonho Frank Lee

The happy hour situation at Little Fish changes every week on Tuesday, with a small set of menu items listed on the restaurant’s Instagram. Though the restaurant is normally closed, examples of the happy hour dishes include grilled sea bass collar with citrus and chile or beet carpaccio with fried green garlic. Available from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with no reservations.

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Wonho Frank Lee

Steve Samson’s Pizza Happy Hour runs daily from 5 to 6 p.m. with a choice of either a pepperoni or margherita Superfine pizza and plus a drink for $25. Drink choices include spritzes, Negroni, martini, Manhattan, or mojito. There are also bites priced between $6 and $14, with $5 mocktails and $12 glasses of wine.

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Wonho Frank Lee

This sleek Modern Mexican restaurant from famed chef Enrique Olvera offers a new happy hour on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the bar and communal dining area with a small menu of drinks like margarita or beer. Snacks include a chef’s choice of tlayuda, endive salad with truffle lemon vinaigrette, and a $12 duck carnitas taco, for those who don’t need to order the entire entree.

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Araceli Paz

This Neapolitan pizzeria served in Pasadena’s Playhouse District for a decade before recently moving to its North Lake Avenue location, which has large windows facing the street and a gorgeous brick-lined interior. Happy hour specials run daily from 3 to 6 p.m., with $3 off co*cktails, discounted beer and wine, and $10 mini pizzas, with five topping combinations to choose from.

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Those looking for more flexible happy hours can come to Esters on Sunday or Monday, when the specials run all day. From Tuesday to Saturday, happy hour at this swanky Santa Monica wine bar only run from 4 to 6 p.m. with $3.50 oysters, $15 snacks, and $23 charcuterie plates. There’s also a $14 daily co*cktail special and three kinds of wine by the glass for $10 each.

• Open in Google Maps

Wonho Frank Lee

From 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. every evening, Venice steakhouse Charcoal has a happy hour at the bar with all dishes priced at $14 or under, plus co*cktails like Smoke & Fire or the Clash for just $12 apiece. The Charcoal burger, petite steak frites, and coal-roasted cabbage toast are menu highlights.

• Book with OpenTable
• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Charcoal

For just one hour between 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, Austrian restaurant Lustig serves a special with three kinds of sausages, plus either a kaiser roll or pretzel. A bosna sandwich features Nürnberger bratwurst, ketchup, mustard, onion, and curry powder in a sourdough roll. Draft 10 ounce pours of beer are $7 to go along with with the sausage specials.

• Open in Google Maps

Wonho Frank Lee

One of the rare late night happy hours in town, Tesse offers $5 glasses of Provence rose, plus $10 duck fat fries, and a $14 espresso martini to help cap off the night. There are plenty of other discounted drinks and bites starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, and starting at 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Those who eat earlier shouldn’t fret: there’s a Sunset happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Wonho Frank Lee

This breezy rooftop bar and restaurant in Mid-Wilshire has an “Work Drinks”-inspired co*cktail menu available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. The specials include $12 co*cktails named after email lingo like Per My Last Email (a sweet-spicy mule), EOD (a zero-proof margarita), and Circling Back (Tom Collins). The Just Checking In is just an old fashioned, something that helps answer that dreaded office phrase.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Roberto Amado-Cattaneo

Monday to Friday, this warehouse-style restaurant in Hollywood with a bumpin’ soundtrack has a happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. inspired by aperitivos. Think $10 slushies, $10 Aperol spritzes, and $12 draft Negroni with $6 pizza slices and marinated olives to help soak up the booze.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Wonho Frank Lee

From 3 to 6 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday, Silver Lake’s handy All Day Baby has a special mid-day menu with loaded nachos, Chinese chicken salad, and a chili cheese burrito, along with $11 co*cktails like the Fig’s Triumph with bourbon and pear liqueur. $10 shots and a beer or glasses of wine are available too.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Wonho Frank Lee

Downtown’s ground-floor hotel restaurant Moonlark’s Dinette features mid-day refreshments from 2 to 6 p.m. with discounted co*cktails (try the Strawberry Negroni) and a very solid burger to help escape the busiest traffic times of the day. Available Monday to Friday.

• Open in Google Maps

Wonho Frank Lee

The happy hour situation at Little Fish changes every week on Tuesday, with a small set of menu items listed on the restaurant’s Instagram. Though the restaurant is normally closed, examples of the happy hour dishes include grilled sea bass collar with citrus and chile or beet carpaccio with fried green garlic. Available from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with no reservations.

• Open in Google Maps

Wonho Frank Lee

Steve Samson’s Pizza Happy Hour runs daily from 5 to 6 p.m. with a choice of either a pepperoni or margherita Superfine pizza and plus a drink for $25. Drink choices include spritzes, Negroni, martini, Manhattan, or mojito. There are also bites priced between $6 and $14, with $5 mocktails and $12 glasses of wine.

• Book with OpenTable
• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Wonho Frank Lee

This sleek Modern Mexican restaurant from famed chef Enrique Olvera offers a new happy hour on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the bar and communal dining area with a small menu of drinks like margarita or beer. Snacks include a chef’s choice of tlayuda, endive salad with truffle lemon vinaigrette, and a $12 duck carnitas taco, for those who don’t need to order the entire entree.

• Open in Google Maps
• Foursquare

Araceli Paz

This Neapolitan pizzeria served in Pasadena’s Playhouse District for a decade before recently moving to its North Lake Avenue location, which has large windows facing the street and a gorgeous brick-lined interior. Happy hour specials run daily from 3 to 6 p.m., with $3 off co*cktails, discounted beer and wine, and $10 mini pizzas, with five topping combinations to choose from.

• Open in Google Maps

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