New Orleans doesn't need a happy hour, which is exactly why the ones it runs are worth knowing. over 200 bars list windows, a dollar off all drinks is the most common print by a wide margin, and the 4 PM open dominates here more completely than in almost any other city in our data. The real value sits off Bourbon Street: $3 tacos, $5 boilermakers, $5 glasses of wine, $3.75 doubles.
This guide covers over 200 bars in New Orleans, Louisiana, with over 200 listed happy hour deals. All data is from Happy Hour Map, updated regularly.
Magazine Street is the single densest corridor — around 30 listings running from the Lower Garden District up through Uptown, with Barrel Proof's $5 boilermakers, Juan's Flying Burrito, and The Rum House's $4-$9 specials along the way. The French Quarter gathers on Decatur, Chartres, Bienville, Toulouse, and Iberville: Beachbum Berry's Latitude 29, Chartres House's $5 wells, Patrick's Bar Vin's $3 domestics, Batture Bistro's all-beer-$5. The CBD and Warehouse District run Poydras, Baronne, Tchoupitoulas, and Julia — Tacos Del Cartel on Girod, Briquette on S Peters, the Peacock Room on Tchoupitoulas, Tsunami Sushi's $5 wells on Poydras. Uptown splits between Freret Street and Oak Street, and Mid-City gathers around N Carrollton Avenue and Bayou St. John.
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Skip Bourbon Street for happy hour — it prices for visitors and rarely discounts. Magazine Street and the CBD hold the actual windows, and since the 4 PM open is close to universal here, arriving at 3 buys you nothing. The taco deals are the sleeper value: Felipe's runs $3 tacos at its French Quarter, Mid-City, and Uptown locations, Espíritu Mezcaleria matches the price downtown, and Tacos And Beer lists $1 tacos on Tuesdays. Weekday afternoons carry the great majority of the over 200 deals in town.
$3 taco windows, $5 boilermakers and wells, the Magazine Street crawl, French Quarter afternoons off Bourbon, and CBD after-work drinks.
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This article covers the highlights, but there are over 200 happy hour spots in New Orleans total. Download Happy Hour Map to browse them all on a map with live hours, "happening now" filters, and one-tap directions.
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