Finding a solid neighborhood happy hour doesn't have to take a day's work.
There are an array of Atlanta restaurants offering food and libations —on the cheap — that will hit the spot after a long day at the office.
Here is a sample of some of the best happy hours and food and drink deals around Atlanta:
NORTH FULTON
4969 Roswell Road, Atlanta
404-250-8949
Head over to Cibo E Beve and take advantage of its drink specials from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. $20 bottles and $5 glasses of wine along with three $5 cocktails, Apple Martini, Cibo Gimlet, and Pomegranate Martini.
Both of the restaurant's locations, Buckhead and Roswell, offer half-off a dozen oysters from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Not a happy hour, but The Big Ketch guests can take advantage of a great deal on peel and eat shrimp on Mondays when you get a pound at the half pound price.
6649 Roswell Rd, Unit 30, Sandy Springs
404-705-8873
Visit the Abernathy Square location of Dantanna's in Sandy Springs for happy hour deals from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Get half-off appetizers such as pan charred okra, baked goat cheese, peppered calamari and many other tasty choices. Dantanna's Sandy Springs also has all day deals on Tuesday with half-off high gravity brews and half off the entire wine list on Wednesdays.
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COBB
730 Concord Road SE, Smyrna
678-888-3649
Swing by what's known as "Smyrna's oldest neighborhood tavern" for their "seafood happy hour" from 4-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday for $4 crab legs (per cluster), 40-cent shrimp and 75-cent oysters (prices offered all day on Fridays). On Mondays, enjoy $2.50 domestic pints, 50-cent wings and $5.99 spaghetti plates. Tuesdays feature $5.99 burgers and Bud/Bud Light bottles for $2.50. Hawaiian BBQ sliders are $1.50 and all well drinks are $3.99 on Wednesday. Try $1 tacos and $3 margaritas on Thursday.
2500 Cobb Place Lane NW, Kennesaw
770-429-2500
Get $7 Deep Eddy martinis, $3 shorties, $4.50 pints and $15.75 pitchers of all Monday Night Brewing beers and $2.50 High Life 16-ounce cans throughout the week. More deals for VIP members (it's free): On Mondays, $4 off all burgers. Get 2-for-1 appetizers on Tuesday, and free desserts with Big Plate or dinner specials over $11.95 on Friday.
2460 Cumberland Pkwy, Atlanta
770-433-2398
Thursday Night Pints: Buy a pint of the "beer of the month" & keep the glass. After taking in a Braves game, don't forget to bring your game-day ticket for 25 percent off the entire bar menu. Outspoken Mondays features $2 Miller High Life, $7 Coors Light/Miller Lite pitchers and $4 red or white sangria. Join them for Ladies Night every Wednesday and enjoy $5 martinis and half-priced bottles of wine. Look for great specials on their calendar throughout the month.
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GWINNETT
15 Jones St. NW, Norcross
770-248-0052
On Tuesdays, enjoy Tecate beer for $2 and tacos for $2.
350 Town Center Ave, Suwanee
678-985-4377
Enjoy $2.50 Coors Light all day, Monday-Friday.
On Tuesdays Ippolito's offers half-price appetizers, $3 drafts and $10 pitchers.
Mall of Georgia
3333 Buford Drive NE, Buford
770-831-4710
4-6 p.m. Monday to Friday in the bar: A wide variety of appetizers for $5.95, including Tex Mex or avocado eggrolls, sweet corn tamale cakes, chicken pot stickers, made-to-order guacamole and much more. Drink deals on cocktails, wine and beer too.
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DeKalb
303 East Howard Ave, Decatur
404-378-3502
Raw Bar Happy Hour, 5-7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Pay half the regular price for a wide array of oysters from around the country at Kimball House.
254 West Ponce De Leon Ave, Decatur
404-373-5507
To wet your whistle, Whiskey Wednesdays at the Pinewood features half-priced whiskey cocktails. Stop in to find your favorite brand and enjoy.
437 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta
404-500-4942
Meet up at "Atlanta's Favorite Dive Bar" for $5 margaritas, $4 well drinks and shots, $3 16-oz. PBRs and $2 PBR drafts all day Monday through Saturday.
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