A historic German beer garden, a moonshine patio and a vinyl-and-comedy bar on Congress Avenue: downtown's happy hours start early and wrap up before the night crowd arrives.
Nothing on our sample is pouring right now. Most start again tomorrow afternoon — the app's On now filter tracks all 35.
Most of these start around 3 PM and run until about 5:30 PM. 1 of the 3 also run on the weekend.
The beer garden German immigrant August Scholz opened in 1866, with $5 appetizers and draught beer $2 off on weekday afternoons.
The original Moonshine, in a historic mercantile building on the Waterloo Greenway, with $8 bourbon slushes and cathead biscuits on Monday-to-Thursday afternoons.
A Congress Avenue bar for vinyl nights, open jams and comedy, whose $10 'Happy Meal' bundles a Saturn Ripper, fries, a shot and a High Life.
With every deal, the On now filter and the whole of Austin on your own map — 35 happy hours in all.
Add all 35 to your Whosly mapEvery one lands on your own map in a tap — save them, rate them, plan around them. City Packs are included with Planner Pro.
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Downtown is walkable and served by most CapMetro buses, and the MetroRail Red Line ends at Downtown Station on 4th Street.
Sixth Street and the Warehouse District hold most of the bars, and the after-work crowd heads out early. On festival weekends like ACL or SXSW, go early or expect a wait.
Close enough to walk between — tap a marker to see which one it is.
This page is a sample. The Austin Happy Hour pack in Whosly has every one of the 35 — 146 deals with their prices and times — and tells you which are pouring right now.
Or search “Whosly: Plans, Places & RSVPs” on the App Store
“Whosly: Plans, Places & RSVPs”.
The happy hour packs are included with Planner Pro. Starting a plan and RSVPing are free, always.
The essential spots, mapped — free to save in the app.
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