The State of Happy Hour 2026
When and where happy hour runs, from every window we list. Each one says where its time came from and the day someone last checked it, and so does every number here.
Updated November 3, 2026
United States
- Venues
- 2,768
- Cities
- 145
- Weekly windows
- 3,278
Outside the US
- Venues
- 225
- Cities
- 21
- Weekly windows
- 360
When happy hour runs
Venues by day, US
Thursday is the biggest happy hour day in the US, with 2,645 venues running one, 2.9 times as many as Sunday.
- Monday
- 2,249
- Tuesday
- 2,535
- Wednesday
- 2,636
- Thursday
- 2,645
- Friday
- 2,452
- Saturday
- 931
- Sunday
- 911
Start times, US
4pm is when US happy hours most often start: 35% of them begin in that hour.
- midnight
- 3
- 8am
- 1
- 10am
- 3
- 11am
- 46
- 12pm
- 33
- 1pm
- 13
- 2pm
- 266
- 3pm
- 1,005
- 4pm
- 1,080
- 5pm
- 366
- 6pm
- 20
- 7pm
- 12
- 8pm
- 45
- 9pm
- 95
- 10pm
- 72
- 11pm
- 16
Where it runs
Most listed venues, in the US
New York, NY has the most listed happy hours in the US, with 183 venues.
- New York, NY
- 183
- Chicago, IL
- 166
- Houston, TX
- 94
- Dallas, TX
- 88
- Brooklyn, NY
- 79
- Denver, CO
- 76
- Miami, FL
- 69
Most listed venues, outside the US
Vancouver, Canada has the most listed happy hours outside the US, with 47 venues.
US city rankings
US cities with at least 10 listed venues. The drink price needs 5 venues whose well-drink price says what it costs.
Earliest median start
Albuquerque, Charlotte, Cincinnati, and 7 more start earliest: the typical venue's happy hour begins at 3pm.
| # | City | Median start |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albuquerque, NM | 3pm |
| 2 | Charlotte, NC | 3pm |
| 3 | Cincinnati, OH | 3pm |
| 4 | Dallas, TX | 3pm |
| 5 | Denver, CO | 3pm |
| 6 | Detroit, MI | 3pm |
| 7 | Fort Worth, TX | 3pm |
| 8 | Honolulu, HI | 3pm |
| 9 | Houston, TX | 3pm |
| 10 | Kansas City, MO | 3pm |
Most late-night windows
New York, NY has the most late-night happy hours, with 14 windows still running after 10pm.
| # | City | Windows after 10pm |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York, NY | 14 |
| 2 | Minneapolis, MN | 12 |
| 3 | Seattle, WA | 9 |
| 4 | Denver, CO | 8 |
| 5 | Brooklyn, NY | 7 |
| 6 | Portland, OR | 7 |
| 7 | Miami, FL | 6 |
| 8 | Philadelphia, PA | 5 |
| 9 | Dallas, TX | 4 |
| 10 | Nashville, TN | 4 |
Most weekend coverage
Portland, OR is the best city for a weekend happy hour: 83% of its venues run one on Saturday or Sunday.
| # | City | Open at the weekend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portland, OR | 83% |
| 2 | Honolulu, HI | 73% |
| 3 | Santa Fe, NM | 73% |
| 4 | Tempe, AZ | 70% |
| 5 | Seattle, WA | 63% |
| 6 | Phoenix, AZ | 60% |
| 7 | Denver, CO | 58% |
| 8 | Miami, FL | 55% |
| 9 | Tampa, FL | 53% |
| 10 | Minneapolis, MN | 51% |
Cheapest median well drink
Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and 1 more pour the cheapest happy hour well drink, at a median of $4.
| # | City | Median well drink |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin, TX | $4 |
| 2 | New Orleans, LA | $4 |
| 3 | San Antonio, TX | $4 |
| 4 | St. Louis, MO | $4 |
| 5 | Dallas, TX | $5 |
| 6 | Houston, TX | $5 |
| 7 | Kansas City, MO | $5 |
| 8 | Minneapolis, MN | $5 |
| 9 | Oklahoma City, OK | $5 |
| 10 | Columbus, OH | $5.50 |
The chains
The Cheesecake Factory has the most locations on Happy Hour Hawk, with 74.
- North Italia
- 22
- Postino
- 17
- McMenamins
- 13
- Ocean Prime
- 13
- Twin Peaks
- 13
- Earls
- 12
Every number here counts windows a listing can carry: published, and verified, stated by the venue, or backed by a page we stored. A venue whose times nobody has checked is on its own page and in none of these counts.