In the nick of time for the weekend and beyond, it’s the latest edition of Where to Drink, CultureMap’s monthly roundup of the best new happy hours to get a drink (and maybe a bite) at a discount. For June, the list stretches from downtown Dallas to McKinney, from $12 cocktails to cheap beer at a would-be dive bar.<\/p>\n
Here’s where to drink in June 2026:<\/p>\n
Crown Block<\/a> Elle on Ross<\/a> Maroma<\/a> Union Bear<\/a> Uptown Dumpling
Michelin-recommended restaurant atop Reunion Tower has launched “Tower Hour,” a new summer happy hour available daily June 1-August 31 from 5-6:30 pm. Served in the Bar & Lounge only, it spotlights new martini-focused offerings including the TIni Tower, a two-tier tower with food & drink. The bottom tier has shellfish including oysters, crab claws, and lobster. The top tier has martinis and fixings, including a martini carafe, olives & other accoutrements, and martini glasses face down on crushed ice. Festive! They’re also pouring $12 classic martinis with choice of Townes Vodka or Greenhouse Gin.<\/p>\n
For cheap beers near downtown Dallas, hit this dive bar next to the former<\/a> XOXO Dining Room (and from XOXO’s owners Gap Concepts AKA Veeral Rathod and Obi Ibeto), which comes with pool table, arcade, TVs, and a happy hour offering<\/a> every day, weekends included. Hours are Monday-Friday from 6-9 pm, Saturday-Sunday from 2-6 pm, when cocktails are $10, well drinks are $6, and beers are $4. Food consists of $8 dips and bites including sliders and wings.<\/p>\n
Upscale Mexican seafood restaurant which opened<\/a> in May in the Design District has now introduced its happy hour, with a selection of bites and cocktails all priced at $12, served daily from 2-6 pm at the bar. Bites include calamari frito, green chili burguesa, and smoked beef cheek barbacoa sope. Plus oysters for $3. Drinks include the Maroma Paloma with Mi Campo tequila blanco and Fever Tree grapefruit soda; martini with choice of Citadelle Gin or Tito’s Vodka; Mexican martini with castelvetrano olive juice; Muchacho margarita, rocks or frozen; and Corona y Ca\u00f1a with rum & pina colada candy floss. Plus house sparkling, red, and white wine. <\/p>\n
Small local craft beer chain has three locations including Plano and Denton, but it’s the McKinney outlet where you’ll find the cool two-part happy hour: There’s a “social hour” on weekdays from 3-6 pm, and then a second late-night happy hour daily from 9-11 pm with food, cocktails, wine, and beer. The food includes green chile pork rinds for $6, chips & queso for $6, pretzel bites for $8, and flatbreads for $13. Union Bear brews including IPA, amber, lager, blonde, & light are $4. House wine and well liquors are $7.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Chic Asian restaurant with California roots opened<\/a> recently in North Dallas with a focus on xiao long bao, the famed soup dumplings, as well as Peking duck. But they also offer a happy hour with some real deals: Monday-Friday from 4-6 pm they become a “$5 sanctuary,” with drinks and bites for $5 that include their signature Uptown Dragon \u2014 an intoxicating elixir containing rum, passionfruit, dragonfruit, lemon juice, and orange juice; plus margaritas, draft beer, house wines & sake. Their $5 snacks include edamame, spring rolls, cheese wontons, and fried popcorn chicken.<\/p>\n