Best New Happy Hours

Best new Dallas happy hours for cheap eats and drinks

Everyone loves happy hours, and what's not to love? You get food and drink at a discounted rate, as long as you're willing to consume them at a set time. That time is usually in the late afternoon, before dinner, when the establishment in question is not already besieged by customers.

It's a stretch on your part, to have to start your snacks and cocktails a little earlier. Sometimes these are the sacrifices you must make.

Dallas has many classic happy hours, from Bolsa to Chuy's to Parliament. Who doesn't have a happy hour? But this list is all about the newest ones, the happy hours that are just announced.

Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Hard Hat Days offer a subtle wink to the ongoing construction on Houston Street. (The city is installing a bicycle lane.) Hard Rock has created two specialty cocktails inspired by the construction at a discounted price. The Hammer Time Martini features vodka, triple sec and lemon juice; the Wrecking Ball Sour features Midori melon liqueur and house-made sweet and sour mix. Both are served Monday through Friday in August, 11 am to close, for $5.50.

The Mitchell
Swanky bar in downtown Dallas offers handy spot for the office crowd and downtown dwellers to stop in. The latest gambit is irresistible: oysters on the half shell for $1 each, every day from 5-7 pm. Another round of oysters for my friends! Accompanying drink specials are on the money. You can get a gin and tonic or other specialty cocktails for $5, and a glass of house wine or champagne for $6.

Paul Martin's American Grill
Newly opened restaurant at Turtle Creek Village is introducing itself to the locals with a daily happy hour that runs from 3-8 pm with specialty bites that are available only during happy hour. There's some incentive. Dishes include maple cider chicken skewers for $5 and St. Louis style pork ribs with pesto slaw for $9. A few $13 entrees — burger, pork sandwich, or fish and chips — come with house fries and choice of craft beer . Cocktails include a $5 raspberry martini and a $9 lemon-ginger punch.

Quarter Bar
Quarter Bar often makes "best happy hour" lists, and part of the way it stays on top of its game is to rotate in new specials. The current one is a Friday promotion featuring '80s music and movies from 11 am-2 am. Drink specials run from 11 am-7 pm and include $2 domestic beers and well drinks and $4 glasses of Tinto Negro Malbec and Sincerely Chardonnay.

Trinity Groves
Trinity Groves has no shortage of happy hour offerings. Some of the newest are at Resto Bistro, where draft beer specials are $3. These are not just any beers: Currently, it's Dechutes Mirror Pond from Oregon, and the rotating tap is Staycation, a saison from Karbach Brewery. Select cocktails are $5 and $6, including the spicy shishito margarita and Resto mule. At Sushi Bayashi, you can beat the heat with an ice-cold sake happy hour featuring sakes for $6 Monday through Friday from 5-7 pm.

Villa-O
Thursday night's Girls and Guys Night Out features food and drink specials from 4 pm to close: Bellinis, sfuzzis and other specialty cocktails for $7, as well as $4 well drinks, $4 beer, $6 premium beer and $7 wine. Appetizers such as mussels, calamari, bruschetta and portobello mushroom fries are 50 percent off.

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Charitable Event

Volunteers wanted for H-E-B's free holiday feast at Fair Park Dallas

Photo courtesy of H-E-B

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H-E-B and its family of brands, including Central Market, Joe V’s Smart Shop, and Favor, will bring back the annual Feast of Sharing dinner this holiday season to both Dallas and Fort Worth.

The two events are as follows:

Dallas Feast of Sharing is on Thursday, November 20 from 3-7 pm at Centennial Hall in Fair Park
Fort Worth Feast of Sharing is on Wednesday, November 12 from 3-7 pm at Dickies Arena

Both events will feature a Texas-style holiday meal alongside a festive celebration complete with a kid’s zone, live entertainment, health and family services, Santa greetings, and more. Meals are FREE and open to the public (first come first serve).

Anticipate preparations to serve meals to 10,000+ people, music, family activities, wellness screenings, and visits from Santa.

Volunteers
The organizers are seeking 1,000 volunteers in each city to assist with serving meals, clearing tables, hosting, and supporting the kid’s zone area during the four-hour events. All businesses, civic organizations, churches and schools are encouraged to sign up at www.centralmarket.com/community.

“We couldn’t bring this event to life without the dedication of our volunteers,” said Mabrie Jackson, managing director of public affairs, H-E-B/Central Market. “The holidays are about giving and community, and this year we’re proud to make a meaningful difference by sharing a delicious holiday meal with more families.”

The event, which has been held in Dallas since 2006 and Fort Worth since 2011, typically serves 10,000-15,000 residents in each city. In addition, more than 40 social service agencies are on hand with representatives to provide information and resources.

Since 1989, Central Market’s parent company, H-E-B, has invited people to celebrate the holidays with food, music, and good cheer at its Feast of Sharing events. The free holiday feasts, which are held in more than 34 cities in Texas and Mexico, bring together family, friends, and neighbors, and provides H-E-B an opportunity to give thanks to its loyal customers, regularly serving more than 340,000 meals.

In the more than three decades H-E-B has held these celebrations, more than 375,000 volunteers have helped serve nearly four million meals. This initiative is a part of H-E-B’s Hunger Relief Program, which works year-round to prevent hunger in the more than 300 communities H-E-B serves. Last year, H-E-B’s Hunger Relief Program donated 33 million pounds of food to families in need. Since 1982, the year the program was founded, H-E-B has donated more than one billion pounds of food to 5,500 non-profit organizations in Texas and Mexico.

Dallas Feast of Sharing – 19th Annual Holiday Dinner. Thursday, November 20, 2025, 3-7 pm, Fair Park – Centennial Hall, 1001 Washington St.
Fort Worth Feast of Sharing – 13th Annual Holiday Dinner. Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 3-7 pm, Dickies Arena (Lower level – southeast side of arena)1911 Montgomery St.

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