Drinking can be expensive, and even more so if you are a college student on a budget. Whether it is to spare your wallet or to step out of your routine and try a new place, happy hours are the perfect opportunity. Here are some of our favorites.
Theo’s Pizza Uptown: 4218 Magazine St.
- Tuesday: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- $1 draft beers
Bruno’s: 7538 Maple St.
- Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.
- $2 wells, calls, wine, most shots, Crown Royal, domestic beers, Abita Amber, Abita Purple Haze and LA 31. From 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. appetizers are half-off.
The Boot: 1039 Broadway St.
- Tuesday: 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- $.50 well drinks and shots; $1 domestic beers
Cure Uptown: 4905 Freret St.
- Every day from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- $5 classic cocktails
Phillips: 733 Cherokee St.
- Friday: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. to closing
- $4 martinis
The Palms: 7130 Freret St.
- Friday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- “Flip for it” – call the coin and your drink is on the house.
The Bulldog: 3236 Magazine St.; 5135 Canal Blvd.
- All day Wednesdays
- With each draft beer you buy, you can keep the pint glass. If you bring back 10 glasses (The Bulldog takes glasses back every day except Wednesdays), they’ll give you a free T-shirt and donate 10 cents for each glass to their animal shelter of the month.
Columns Hotel : 3811 Saint Charles Ave.
- Monday to Friday: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Half-off domestic beers, house wines and well drinks
Superior Grill: 3636 St. Charles Ave.
- Everyday from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- 2-for-1 or large for the price of small margaritas and mixed drinks