East Austin
264 places · 16 verified happy hours
East Austin has 264 places on People of Austin, mostly restaurant (45), bar (29), food truck (12), coffee (12). Start with Franklin Barbecue, la Barbecue, Micklethwait Craft Meats. 16 happy hours here are verified on the venue's own site.
Today in East Austin
- Uptown Sports Club happy hour 2pm to 6pm: $8 martinis, $6 spritzes, $10 shrimp cocktail, $13 smoked trout dip
- Sour Duck Market happy hour 3pm to 6pm: $6 single / $9 double burgers, $6 palomas and mules, $4 select lager pints, $6 t
- El Chile Cafe y Cantina happy hour 3pm to 5:30pm: $6 house margaritas, discounted appetizers
- Hillside Farmacy happy hour 3pm to 5pm: Half off sharing menu items, oysters, wine bottles and draft beers
- They Might Be Giants · Fri, Nov 6 · See venue · Emo's Austin
- Cyclovia ATX · Sat, Nov 7 · 10am-2pm · Windsor Park Branch Library
- Rival Sons with The Blue Stones · Mon, Nov 9 · See venue · Emo's Austin
- Sew Much Fun: Pocket Frog and Toad Plushies · Tue, Nov 10 · 4pm-5:30pm · Ruiz Branch, Austin Public Library
Franklin Barbecue
Line up before 9am with a lawn chair and a cooler of beer; by the time you reach the counter, the fatty brisket has earned its cult status.
la Barbecue
The Mueller family's East Cesar Chavez smokehouse earned a Michelin star for peppery brisket and beef ribs, served counter-style with free beer while you wait.
Micklethwait Craft Meats
A vintage trailer parked on Rosewood Avenue turns out house-made sausages, brisket and jalapeno-cheese grits with picnic-table seating under the trees.
Nixta Taqueria
Edgar Rico nixtamalizes heirloom corn in-house for tortillas that carry duck carnitas and beet tartare tostadas, earning a James Beard award and a Michelin value pick.
Cuantos Tacos
Mexico City-style street tacos on tiny tortillas, with suadero and cabeza from a trailer that earned a Michelin value pick in the first Texas Michelin guide.
Suerte
Fermin Nunez's East Sixth dining room grinds its own masa for suadero tacos and the goat-barbacoa tetela that put it on national best-new-restaurant lists.
Este
Suerte's seafood-focused sibling brings Mexican coastal cooking to Manor Road with aguachiles, whole grilled fish and a mezcal list worth lingering over.
Joe's Bakery & Coffee Shop
Four generations of the Avila family have served bacon-fried-crispy breakfast tacos and pan dulce on East Seventh since 1962, now with a Michelin mention.
Cisco's Restaurant Bakery & Bar
LBJ cut deals over migas in this East Sixth diner, which still serves huevos rancheros and biscuits in the same wood-paneled room since 1950.
Juan in a Million
Juan Meza greets regulars with a handshake and the Don Juan taco, a mountain of eggs, potato, bacon and cheese that has defeated many a challenger.
Launderette
A converted laundromat in the Holly neighborhood does Mediterranean-leaning plates, a killer burger and weekend brunch that regulars plan their Sundays around.
Justine's Brasserie
Steak frites and escargot until late in a candlelit 1937 bungalow, with DJs and a fairy-lit yard that turns dinner into an East Austin night out.
Birdie's
Order at the counter, grab a natural wine and wait for handmade pasta and vegetables at this East 12th spot named Food & Wine's best new restaurant.
Canje
Tavel Bristol-Joseph cooks the Guyanese and Caribbean food of his childhood, from jerk chicken to pepperpot, with rum cocktails to match on East Sixth.
Dai Due
Jesse Griffiths sources only from Texas, so the butcher case and menu run to venison, wild boar and Gulf fish cooked over a wood fire.
Kemuri Tatsu-ya
The Ramen Tatsu-ya crew mashed a Texas smokehouse into a Tokyo izakaya, with brisket tsukemen, smoked fish and highballs in a taxidermy-filled room.
Bird Bird Biscuit
The Queen Beak biscuit, fried chicken with bacon-infused chipotle mayo, draws a Manor Road line every morning to this cheerful yellow bungalow.
Paperboy
What began as a breakfast trailer now serves Texas-hash bowls and sweet-potato biscuits on a shaded East 11th patio with a strong coffee program.
Sour Duck Market
Odd Duck's all-day bakery and beer garden turns out kolaches, sourdough and smoked-meat sandwiches with a wide gravel patio on MLK.
Comadre Panaderia
Mariela Camacho's James Beard-nominated panaderia reimagines conchas and empanadas with heirloom corn and Texas ingredients from a small East Austin shop.
Fleet Coffee
A tiny Webberville Road shop where the baristas invent seasonal signature drinks like the mole latte and pull carefully sourced espresso for the neighborhood.
Figure 8 Coffee Purveyors
A converted Chicon Street house with a big front porch, where East Siders settle in with laptops, a pour-over and a Comadre pastry.
Cenote
A restored 1887 house on East Cesar Chavez serves coffee, breakfast tacos and beer from morning to night on a wraparound porch.
Whisler's
An old East Sixth grocery turned cocktail bar with a leafy patio, an upstairs mezcaleria and a burger stand outside for the late crowd.
Nickel City
A cheap-beer-and-shot neighborhood dive with real bartending chops, a jukebox and a Sidecar Tempeh food truck out back on East 11th.
Lazarus Brewing Co.
A former pastor brews hazy IPAs and sours in an East Sixth taproom that doubles as a coffee shop, with tacos and a shady patio from morning to night.
Zilker Brewing Co.
Three brothers brew Marco IPA and Coffee Milk Stout in a garage-door taproom on East Sixth that spills onto a dog-friendly patio with food trucks.
Central Machine Works
A 1930s machine shop in Govalle became a huge indoor-outdoor brewery with pizza, lawn games and lagers that families and dogs claim every weekend.
Austin Bouldering Project
A huge Springdale Road warehouse of rope-free climbing walls, plus a dedicated kids' zone, yoga studio, and cafe, where day passes bring in families and first-timers.
Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park
A 1,200-acre reservoir park east of the airport where locals launch kayaks, fish for bass, and swim off the grassy shoreline without the Lake Travis crowds.
Happy hours in East Austin
| Venue | Days | Hours | Deals | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sour Duck MarketEast Austin · $3 Lone Star cans all day every day | SMTWTFS Today |
3pm to 6pm | $6 single / $9 double burgers, $6 palomas and mules, $4 select lager pints, $6 tiny frozen cocktails, $3 snaquiri shots, $1 off wine and draft beer Low-carb lane: wine by the glass, spirits and highballs |
Venue-confirmed source |
| Salty SowEast Austin · Website header says 4-6pm; menu page says 4:30am-6:30pm | SMTWTFS Today |
4:30pm to 6:30pm | $2 off cocktails, $7 rotating house wines ($28 bottles), discounted plates $5-$15 (duck fat fries $10, deviled eggs $8, fried chicken $13) | Venue-confirmed source |
| LaunderetteEast Austin | SMTWTFS Today |
5pm to 6pm | Half-price beers, cocktails and wines by the glass; $5 off snacky bits and plancha burgers | Venue-confirmed source |
| El Chile Cafe y CantinaEast Austin | SMTWTFS Today |
3pm to 5:30pm | $6 house margaritas, discounted appetizers | Venue-confirmed source |
| EsteEast Austin · Fri-Sun happy hour runs 12pm-5pm | SMTWTFS |
5pm to 6pm | $8 fish tacos, $10 margaritas, 25% off wine bottles, $25 off seafood towers Low-carb lane: wine by the glass |
Venue-confirmed source |
| Bar TotiEast Austin · Made a permanent daily deal as of Sept 2026 | SMTWTFS Today |
5pm to 6pm | $5 off aperitivos and select signature cocktails, $2 off snacks, half-price smashburgesas | Venue-confirmed source |
| Uptown Sports ClubEast Austin | SMTWTFS Today |
2pm to 6pm | $8 martinis, $6 spritzes, $10 shrimp cocktail, $13 smoked trout dip Low-carb lane: shrimp, martinis |
Press-confirmed source |
| Il BruttoEast Austin · Monday window is 5pm-6pm per Tribeza; Infatuation lists Sun-Thu 5-6pm and Fri-Sat 4-5pm, so confirm hours | SMTWTFS Today |
4pm to 6pm | 50% off all cocktails, wine and beer; $15 pizza at the bar Low-carb lane: wine by the glass |
Press-confirmed source |
| Licha's CantinaEast Austin | SMTWTFS Today |
4pm to 6pm | $8 cocktails and bites, $12 32oz beers | Press-confirmed source |
| BufalinaEast Austin · No reservations during happy hour (per site) | SMTWTFS Today |
4pm to 5:30pm | Half-price select pizzas, half off wine bottles under $100 Low-carb lane: wine by the glass |
Press-confirmed source |
| Hillside FarmacyEast Austin · Thursday also has an all night happy hour in the bar area (hours not posted). Dog friendly patios. | SMTWTFS Today |
3pm to 5pm | Half off sharing menu items, oysters, wine bottles and draft beers; champagne excluded Low-carb lane: oysters, wine bottles |
Venue-confirmed source |
| SuerteEast Austin · Called Lucky Hour on the venue site; weekends run 3pm to 5pm (Sat Sun). Hours confirmed on venue site, deal specifics from a July 2025 guide. | SMTWTFS Today |
5pm to 6pm | $10 signature cocktails, $2 off wine glasses and drafts, 25% off wine bottles, 50% off select agave pours Low-carb lane: wine by the glass, agave pours |
Press-confirmed source |
| HolidayEast Austin · Source is a July 2025 guide; not confirmed on venue site. | SMTWTFS Today |
5pm to 6pm | Half off fries and frozen cocktails | Press-confirmed source |
| De Nada Cantina (East Cesar Chavez)East Austin · Source is a July 2025 guide; not confirmed on venue site. | SMTWTFS Today |
3:30pm to 6:30pm | Discounted appetizers and bites, classic margaritas from $10 Low-carb lane: house margaritas |
Press-confirmed source |
| LoudmouthEast Austin · Source is a July 2025 guide; not confirmed on venue site. | SMTWTFS Today |
5pm to 7pm | $1 off beers, $2 off wine glasses, frozen cocktails, 25% off select apps and wings Low-carb lane: wine by the glass |
Press-confirmed source |
| Casa BiancaEast Austin · Site says every day 4-6pm but restaurant is listed closed Mondays, so Monday omitted. Confirm Monday before relying on it. | SMTWTFS Today |
4pm to 6pm | Raw oysters $1.50; half dozen broiled oysters $20; confit and fried wings with Calabrian chili jam $10; fingerling potatoes with Caesar dip $7; pasta sopressinese with mussels $16; $2 off wine by the glass; $10 cocktails including Aperol Spritz, Gin Negroni, Espresso Martini, Paloma Low-carb lane: Raw oysters, Broiled oysters, Confit and fried wings |
Venue-confirmed source |