Launderette

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One hour is all Launderette gives you, Monday through Friday from 5 to 6 PM, but they pack a lot into that window. $5 off the snacky bits and plancha burgers on the food side, and half-price beers, cocktails, and wines by the glass. When you consider that Launderette's cocktails are already well-built, half price makes them a genuine steal.

The space on Holly Street in East Austin was a laundromat in a previous life, and the conversion kept some of that character while adding a real kitchen and a wine program that punches hard. The plancha burger is one of the better burgers in the neighborhood, smashed and crispy in the right ways. Get it at $5 off and you're eating really well for not much money.

Launderette happy hour draws a crowd that skews creative and local, the kind of East Austin regulars who've been coming since the place opened. The one-hour window keeps things focused. Show up right at 5, order fast, and enjoy the fact that you're getting a legitimately great restaurant at bar prices. It doesn't last long, so don't waste it.