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The Best Happy Hours to Hit Right Now: February 2025 Edition

Deal hunter Nikki Bayley is on the case to find you the best happy hour deals in the city right now.

By Nikki Bayley /

If you made it through Dry January, the Inauguration and really, just the endlessness of the worst month of the year, it’s time to celebrate with tariff-blues-busting deals across town. Yes, you may be utterly broke, but you can still go out and enjoy a drink, a snack and a fleeting sense of normality for around $25 including tax and tip. Let’s go!

For A Stellar Post-Work Happy Hour: La Terrazza

If you haven’t been to La Terrazza in Yaletown for a while, immediately make plans for their excellent 5 to 7 p.m. Happy Hour in the lounge and dive into well-priced classic cocktails—margaritas for $10.88, highballs for $6.88 and bottle of ‘premium wine for $65. Nice! Flatbreads, gnocchi, meatballs and bruschetta all come in around the $13 mark, and one delicious bite will tell you why these guys have quietly been in business for so long.

For A Post-Cowdog Drink: Johnny’s On Oak

I headed over the bridge to slurp on ultra-on-trend strawberry matcha at CowDog (so recommended!) and screeched to a halt outside their nearby neighbour, Johnny’s on Oak, when I saw their A-frame advertising wine for 50 percent off on Mondays and Tuesdays. Happy Hour at Johnny’s is a double deal daily: from 3 to 6 p.m. and then 9 p.m. till close. Love that! Another neighbourhood staple, Johnny’s has been in the tasty Greek food game for almost 40 years, and their HH menu is an absolute banger: pita pizzas for $6! Steak and triple-cooked fries for $19! Okanagan wine for $6.25!

 

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For a Tacotastic Happy hour: Barra Gitano

Make for Barra Gitano on Davie for a brace of $8-and-under treats including a $7.50 quesabirria (drool) $6.50 vegan taco with tempura broccolini, and $8 chipotle fries with serrano and garlic aioli. Drinks are all under $10, too, and include a margarita with house-made curaçao, and brandy-spiked sangria.

 

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For Margs and MOre on Main: El Gato Gab Gab

El Gato Gab Gab, from the fine folks at Published and Susu, offers up a 4 to 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to  close Happy Hour 12oz Gato Gab lager for $5, the house margarita for $10 and a shot of El Jimador tequila for $5. Delightfully cheffy snacks such as chicharrones de uruapan—which come with smokey avocado nube, and house spiced catnip, or chicken skin chilaquiles with onsen egg burnt, and eggplant—are 20% off regular price.