Salty Sow

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Seven days a week is the detail that separates Salty Sow from most of the East Austin pack. Happy hour runs daily from 4 to 6pm: $2 off cocktails, $1 off draft beers, and house wine specials by the glass and bottle. No day-of-week homework required.

This is a whole-animal kitchen with a serious bourbon-and-cocktail program, so $2 off lands on drinks that were built with intention. The smart move is a marked-down cocktail next to an order of the duck fat fries with their poached egg on top, which remain one of the better bar snacks in the city at any price.

Salty Sow happy hour pulls Manor Road regulars, early dinner movers, and people who learned the hard way that the dining room fills by 7. The patio out front catches good late-afternoon light, and the two-hour window is long enough to not feel rushed. Weekend happy hours are scarce in this part of East Austin. This one shows up every single day, same time, same deal.