Best Happy Hours

Where to drink in Dallas right now: 5 best new happy hours for January

Why get one when you can get two. At Thomas Avenue Beverage Co.

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This January 2026 edition of our monthly Where to Drink column departs a little from the standard happy hours. This is not to say that the list does not include happy hours. News about new happy hours is always welcome, because who doesn't like a bargain cocktail. But there is also one entry that does not even feature cocktails at all.

Here's where to drink in Dallas in January 2026:

Andreas Prime Steaks & Seafood
Eponymous steakhouse from chef Andreas Kotsifos has launched an impressive happy hour with discounts on drinks and a menu of upscale bites: oysters Rockefeller 3 for $9, filet mignon sliders 3 for $12, calamari for $12, lamb meatballs with sofrito sauce for $10, fried cheese ravioli with spicy marinara for $12, bacon-wrapped dates stuff with blue cheese for $10, and more. Cocktails and wine by the glass are $2 off, beer is $1 off. The happy hour is offered Sunday-Friday from 5-7 pm at both locations: Allen and Dallas where it just opened in Uptown in the former Morton's Steakhouse space in November.

Fortune House
Acclaimed Chinese restaurant known for its soup dumplings, noodles, and Shanghainese dishes, has two locations: the original in Irving and a spinoff in Dallas — both of which host a happy hour daily from 3-6 pm with 50 percent off house cocktails, sake, and wine by the glass, as well as a few small plates including soup dumplings, pork buns, wontons, and eggrolls. The Dallas location on Greenville Avenue also does an amazing reverse happy hour from 9 pm-12 am with the same half-off drinks plus a late-night menu featuring chicken wings and $1 egg rolls.

Hillside Tavern
East Dallas restaurant-bar, which won Culture Map's Tastemaker Award in 2022 for Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year, has expanded its happy hour offering — now including $6 draft beers, $7 wines by the glass, and 1/3 off every bottle of wine. There are $7 cocktails including old fashioned, daiquiri, margarita, French 75, Manhattan, martini, sazerac, bees knees, Aperol spritz, negroni, and vesper martini. Plus food: chips & queso, wings, pimento cheese plate, lettuce wraps, Caesar wraps, double cheeseburger, patty melt, truffle Fries, & cheddar fries. It runs Tuesday-Thursday from 4-6 pm and Friday from 3-6 pm.

NADC Burger
Burger chain with semi-celebrity ties — it's a partnership between Austin chef Phillip Frankland Lee and professional skateboarder Neen Williams — is known for having a menu with just two items: Wagyu cheeseburger and fries. They've just introduced what they're calling a Happy Hour, offering a burger & fries combo for $18 from 3-5 pm and 9-11 pm. The price is regularly $21, so it's not much of a discount, but $3 off is $3 off. Calling it a Happy Hour is perhaps misleading, since those words generally imply "discount drinks," and the Uptown Dallas location does not serve alcohol; but NADC is far too hip to call it $3 off.

Thomas Avenue Beverage Company
Long-cherished Uptown Dallas bar was revived in 2024 by legendary mixologist Eddie "Lucky" Campbell, a hospitality veteran whose portfolio of bars (Standard & Pour, The Parliament) shows he knows what makes Uptown tick. The happy hour offering at TABC runs generously into the early evening from 4-7 pm every day, with half-price appetizers including sliders, chips & queso, fried green beans, plus $10 flatbreads. On Mondays, the happy hour extends from 4 pm to midnight. They also do generous daily specials such as smashburgers & fries on Tuesdays for $9.

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Taking the field

Dak Prescott-backed Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux kicks off in Wylie

Photo courtesy of Walk-Ons

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux is opening in Wylie on August 10.

A Louisiana sports bar chain that counts Cowboys QB Dak Prescott as a partner continues to build its fan base in Dallas-Fort Worth: Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux is set to open a new location in Wylie on Monday, August 10.

Announced earlier this year, the restaurant is at 906 FM 544, near the intersection of Highway 78 and FM 544. The opening marks the chain's 20th Texas location and its second operating restaurant in the DFW area.

Founded in Baton Rouge in 2003 by former LSU basketball "walk-ons" Brandon Landry and Jack Warner, Walk-On's has grown to more than 80 locations nationwide. The company is co-owned by former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (an Austin native), and franchise partners include Prescott, along with former NFL player Derrick Brooks, and college football coach Dabo Swinney.

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux Wylie The new Walk-On's is at 906 FM 544, Wylie.Photo courtesy of Walk-On's

The menu is centered on seafood and classic Louisiana dishes: fried seafood platters, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, po'boys, fried oysters, gumbo, fried alligator, and boudin balls. Prices range from $10 to $20.

Starters include waffle cheese fries, fried pickles, boneless wings, cheeseburger sliders, spinach-artichoke dip, and venison nachos. They have a bread pudding made with Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

There's also a plentiful selection of beers on tap, plus margaritas and other crafty-ish cocktails.

The Wylie restaurant is owned by franchisee Cooper Thomson, who says the community made the city an appealing place to expand.

"I am thrilled to expand Walk-On's presence in Dallas, and particularly in the community of Wylie," Thomson says in a release. "To be a part of the growth in this area - to serve families and be a place where little league teams celebrate and football fans cheer on their team - is such a special opportunity."

Although Walk-On's has been in the DFW market since pre-pandemic times, Wylie will be its second restaurant in DFW open currently, joining a location at Grandscape in The Colony. Earlier Dallas-area locations in Irving and Arlington have closed, although the company has previously said it plans to reopen the Arlington restaurant at a new location.

The Wylie restaurant features a sports bar with dozens of TVs, a large outdoor patio, and a family-friendly dining room designed for game-day crowds.

Grand opening festivities will kick off at 10:30 am on Monday, August 10, with a ceremony featuring Walk-On's founder Brandon Landry, franchise owner Cooper Thomson, Wylie Mayor Matthew Porter, city officials, and representatives from Wylie High School and Wylie East High School.

The celebration will include donations to the two schools' athletic departments, followed by a ribbon-cutting at 10:45 am. Doors open to the public at 11 am, and the first 100 guests to dine will have a chance to win free Walk-On's for a year.

Walk-On's will be the second sports bar concept with celebrity cred to open in DFW within a few days' time. Shark Club, from Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi, opened Friday, August 7 in Northlake.

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