San Jose Happy Hour: Pedro's Restaurant & Cantina

Posted by Katie

Pedro's happy hour resulted in quite a few firsts for me: 1) First happy hour with the mom and sis (sister just turned 21 in April and until recently neither of us have been home at the same time), 2) first happy hour in San Jose, and 3) first happy hour with free food!

That's right, FREE food. And we didn't even need to say we were reviewing the place or flirt with anybody to get it!

Ok, so you did have to buy an alcoholic drink, but we were planning on doing that anyway. And so, with our $5.25 house margaritas in hand, we were able to help ourselves to endless chips and salsa, beans and rice, and beef fajitas.


Mom and I decided we should get a little something else too since all appetizers are half-off during happy hour (4-7pm everyday or 4-close for ladies on Thursdays). We went for the sampler platter ($5.50) which had quesadillas, chicken flautas, a corn tamale and chimichangas. We liked the tamale and chimichangas best.


Even though my sister disagreed (she is a bit of an amateur after all), my mom and I thought that the house margaritas were a little weak so we each ordered a top shelf margarita ($7.50). Much stronger and much better!

San Francisco Happy Hour: Bacar

Posted by Katie

Happy hours are apparently few and far between in San Jose, but such is not the case in San Francisco, thank god. Doug and Rachel (shout out to one of our few known readers) were in the city for a few days so we decided to go to happy hour before hitting up a Giants game.

Doug and Rachel chose Bacar, a swanky restaurant about halfway between their apartment in Union Square and AT&T Park. In an unusual happy hour move (at least for kel and me), we each chose our own dish. Rachel went with the goat cheese dip ($5), Doug chose the sliders with grilled onion and jack cheese ($5.50) and I decided on the flatbread and hummus with olive oil & sea salt ($4). The flatbread and hummus was my favorite and it would definitely be a great choice for sharing with others as Bacar does not skimp on the flatbread. Doug and I also decided to forgo fancy drinks for $2 PBRs. Again, not the usual, but it seemed more appropriate for pre-baseball game drinking.



While I was writing this post, my friend Lindsey reminded me of a happy hour worthy of mention, even if Kel and I visited there almost a year ago. That is 540's $1 well-drinks on Mondays from 10pm-2am. Cheap drinks, fun crowd, do it.

Vegas Happy Hour: Paris

Posted by Katie

Looking for a cheap(er) cocktail in Vegas? Check out the 1/2 price ($6) martinis at the bar near the lobby at Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from 4-7pm. We tried the chocolate martini and the lemon drop. Avoid the bitchy waitress if possible.