Happy Hour Meals

[Complete2L]

One of my favorite meals is the happy hour special at World Famous in Pacific Beach. Tuesday nights, shrimp tacos (Baja style) for $1 and Wednesday nights lobster tacos (also Baja style) for $1.50. Three or four of those with a couple of Pacificos watching the surf role in (and the scantily clad women walking the boardwalk) is one of my favorite meals. During the winter you can usually walk right into the bar and get a table, but the summer brings lines. Fortunately World Famous lets you drink in line as it runs along and through the restaurant side of the establishment. (The bar specials are not available in the main restaurant though where you will pay 5 times the price for the same food.)

Living in a beach community I’ve made many a meal on happy hour specials and am always looking for new ones. What are your favorite happy hour meals? (And if anyone mentions ½ priced appetizers, please go to your nearest dive bar and self flagellate with a deep fried mozzarella stick.)

[GordonCooks]

The olives located at the bottom of a dirty martini

[Carolyn Tillie]

Pretty interesting discussion. When I lived in San Diego, I would frequent some of the bars (now lost to bad memory and too many drinks) in Ocean Beach, Carlsbad, and Encinitas.

In my later life, living in Redondo Beach, there were a number of bars in Hermosa and Manhattan Beaches that had *okay* happy hours, but I think I got a bit jaded in the culinary habits and found the food pretty mediocre.

I've heard good things about the Happy Hours at McCormick & Schmicks and regretted never hitting one before heading up north...

[Varmint]

My favorite happy meal is the 4 piece McNuggets, fries, and a Hi-C with a cool Shrek toy. Oh, you said happy hour meal. Sorry.

[hollywood]

The olives located at the bottom of a dirty martini

I'll eat to that.

[mongo_jones]

father's office still around?

[Carolyn Tillie]

father's office still around?

Yep - did they have a good happy hour?

[mongo_jones]

dunno about happy hour but they have great food.