Our Favorite Happy Hours

Pop Champagne & Dessert Bar
It's champagne! So pop your cork for the hell of it with a $4 mimosa or white peach Bellini (regularly $6-$7) Wednesdays through Sundays, 4-7 p.m., when you can consult with the on-site sommelier about the more than 200 varieties of champagne. If the bubbly's not your thing, be a poseur and suck up the champagne of beers — Miller High Life — for $3, draft beers (Chimay White, Negra Modelo) and two rotating imports (usually Belgian or German) for $4, and wines and sparkling varieties by the glass for $5 (regularly $6-$13). $4- $10 appetizers like Brie toast with chardonnay-soaked raisins, deviled eggs, and prosciutto with Medjool dates and melon are pared 20 percent. On Thirsty 33 Thursday, it's 33 percent off all bottles. 33 E. Union St., Pasadena. (626) 795-1295, popchampagnebar.com.

Weiland Underground
"Bartenders are rude at the Standard" (which doesn't have a happy hour, by the way). So says a handsome Weiland bartender, who requests to remain unnamed. If that's your take, double your pleasure with two happy hours Mondays through Saturdays, 3-7 p.m. and 10 p.m. until close, as well as Sundays, 5 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. until close, in this cool, clean hang underneath the Paul Hastings building, where their own specialty ales, ambers and blonds are served at $2.50 a crack. Corporate and law types face off against downtown locals for Thursday Trivia Night, which extends happy hour until 8 p.m. due to fierce competition for Weiland gift certificates and free drinking rounds. 505 S. Flower St., No. B-410, dwntwn. (213) 622-1125. For other locations, visit weilandbrewery.net.

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The Must Bar

118 W. Fifth St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Category: Restaurant > Gastro Pub

Region: Downtown

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Chaya Venice

110 Navy St.
Venice, CA 90291

Category: Restaurant > American

Region: Out of Town

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El Conquistador
Key to surviving hard times: food. That's why in-the-know Silver Lake–sters and outlying bargain-hunters manage to drag their hungry bods upstairs to the festive and colorful bar of this friendly Mexican cantina Mondays through Thursdays, 4-6:30 p.m. The food is free. And stockpiling is unnecessary. If you finish your quesadillas, chorizo nachos, chips and salsa, you can get more. But, of course, you are obligated to invest in some kind of spirit, possibly a 17-and-a-half-ounce margarita, made with Reposado tequila for $7.50 (regularly $9.75), or Tecate, Corona, Heineken, Bud, MGD and Miller for $4 (all regularly 75 cents more), or house wines at $4.50 (regularly $7). And did we mention the free food? 3701 W. Sunset Blvd., L.A. (323) 666-5136, elconquistadorrestaurant.com.

Bar 210
Top Chef runner-up Marcel Vigneron, sought out for his culinary creations at Bazaar, is now satisfying foodie fans here at the former site of the much-missed Trader Vic's at the Beverly Hilton. There's nary a tiki in sight, but the room looks swell, with a gigantic gold chandelier and rich fabrics draped over come-hither lounges. On Thursdays and Fridays, 7-9 p.m., you can sample what Vigneron calls "modern global tastings," which include $6.50 Kusshi oysters, $7 pork-belly sliders, $4 peewee potatoes with chlorophyll mayo, and $8 vadouvan lamb. Bud, Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite, Heineken and Coronas are $5, but delve into a $14 specialty cocktail for half off, like the Farmers Market with Dewar's 12, lime juice, agave nectar, orange bell pepper and basil. One swig, and you'll pronounce the bar's name correctly: two-one-oh! 9876 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 887-6000.

Shellback Tavern
Duuuuuude ... this is the place where real surfers and wannabes hang 10 after catching waves. Between the effects of the sun and the weekday deals 4-7 p.m., the usually rowdy patrons may appear somewhat semiconscious inside this rockin', ramshackle beach shack at the pier. Bikini-topped girls are everywhere you turn sucking up $3.25 well drinks, $2-off beer pitchers and $1-off drafts. Half-price appetizers include $3.50 wings and jalapeño poppers, calamari rings and fried clam strips at $3.65. And on Sunday and Wednesday nights there's all the $1.95 tacos you can shove in your pie hole. There's also the beach equivalent of the Vodbox (see Nic's review), a 28-degree cooler called the Blizzard system to keep beer at its peak temp. 116 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach. (310) 376-7857, shellbacktavern.com.

The Edison
The rumors about this bar's happy-hour specials are out of control. No, there are no more 35-cent drinks, no more free grilled cheese with a martini. But on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 5-7 p.m., you can plunk down $1 for a cocktail special, which changes nightly. It could be a Gin Ricky, Moscow Mule or funky daiquiri, no strings attached. Aside from that, it's a whopping 40 percent off cocktails (regularly $13), wine (typically $10-$16), beer (regularly $6-$10 including the ultrapopular Edison light) and wells. 108 West 2nd St., dwntwn. (213) 613-0000, edisonbardowntown.com.

Red Lion Tavern
German expats and Silver Lake locals with a hankering for frauleins bearing free food seek out this gasthaus und biergarten weekdays, 3-6 p.m., when 15 German beers, including Bitburger Pilsner, Hofbrau Lager, Oktoberfest Marzen and Spaten Optimator Doppelbock, are available by the half-liter for $5 (regularly $6.50). All libations are $1.50 off, however (priced $6-$8.50 during un–happy hours), giving you an approximate 20 percent off everything. The free grub changes daily and often includes lentil soup with German-style crackers and cream-cheese dip, chicken wings and chili 'n' onions. 2366 Glendale Blvd., Silver Lake. (323) 662-5337, redliontavern.net.

Cha Cha Lounge
After your German beers, end your day the multicultural way by stumbling across the street for a little Polynesian party at this happy, hippie hang, where local art is strewn across the walls and everyone kind of shows up as they are, even in PJs. The deals suit the starving artists, musicians and poets who come here, especially all night on Sundays, when the citrus Bloody Marys are $3.50, Mondays, when margaritas are $3, Tuesdays, with free foosball and $2 PBR, and every night 5-9 p.m., with $2 PBR and $2.50 wells. 2375 Glendale Blvd., L.A. (323) 660-7595, chachalounge.com.