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Choose a spot for an early dinner or a bottle with friends. Check the days, times, and specials before you go.
Choose an early bite in your neighborhood, or make a plan across town.
Wednesday · 5 p.m. to close / Thursday to Sunday · 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday happy hour, all night.
Make a midweek dinner of it with cocktails and small plates in Bankers Hill. The happy hour menu also runs early Thursday through Sunday.
Check the current happy hour menu for prices and eligible items.
2202 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Last checkedMonday to Friday · 3 to 6 p.m.
$12 sliders. $9 wine.
$7 draft beers, $8 well spirits, $10 select cocktails, and $10 beef skewers also make the happy hour menu.
Bar and lounge only.
640 10th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Last checkedMission Hills
Every day · 3 to 5 p.m.
Half off appetizers, quesadillas, and alcohol.
Share a quesadilla, order a fresh-squeezed margarita, and settle into the Mission Hills cantina on Goldfinch Street.
Confirm the current discount and eligible items before ordering. Dine in only. Mission Hills accepts reservations.
4020 Goldfinch Street, San Diego, CA 92103
Last checkedDaily · 3 to 6 p.m. / all day Tuesday
$10 slider & fries. $7 pours.
$7 draft beers and select wines, $10 cocktails, and $9 snacks. Fish and chips are $10, too.
Dine in only. The menu lists a 4% credit-card service charge.
3501 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92104
Last checkedMonday to Friday · 3 to 6 p.m.
$10 happy hour plates.
Choose from the current $10 bites, with house wines, sangrias, and select cocktails also on the happy hour list.
The venue also lists a Sunday bar happy hour from 6 p.m. to close.
1557 Columbia Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Last checked@ The Riviera
Wednesday to Sunday · 4 to 6 p.m.
$9 cocktails. $6 house wine.
Choose from the menu cocktails or house red and white wine, with a separate happy hour food menu.
The specials page says daily, but the venue is closed Monday and Tuesday. Check the current hours before going.
7777 University Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91941
Last checkedAmerican Eatery & Lounge
Monday to Friday · 4 to 6 p.m.
Half off your tab downstairs.
An early dinner and drinks in Pacific Beach, with 50% off your tab during weekday happy hour.
Downstairs only. Confirm any exclusions before ordering.
722 Grand Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedShelter Island
Sunday to Friday · 3 to 6 p.m.
A marina-side happy hour.
Stop at the Point Loma location on Shelter Island Drive for an early drink and coastal food by the boats.
This listing is for Point Loma, not Portside Pier. Ask for the current happy hour menu and prices when seated.
2614 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106
Last checkedSunday to Thursday · 4 to 6:30 p.m. / Friday & Saturday · 4 to 6 p.m.
$25 prime steak. $10 ribeye tacos.
A 10 oz. aged prime steak or ribeye bone marrow tacos, with a full menu of other happy hour plates.
Major holidays and special occasion weekends excluded. Bar seating is first come, first served.
555 W Ash Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Last checkedPacific Beach
Monday to Friday · happy hour 3 to 6 p.m. / lunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
$2 off drinks and appetizers.
Take $2 off taps, wine, cocktails, and appetizers. At lunch, choose any two for $12: a half salad, half sub, half pasta, or two pizza slices.
Pacific Beach location. Lunch is dine-in only; meat salads and pastas add $3, and some items are excluded.
1269 Garnet Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedTuesday, Wednesday & Friday · 2:30 to 5 p.m.
A changing menu of $7 tapas.
Try the day's small plates with $7 watermelon soju shots at this corner spot on University Avenue.
The current specials page lists tapas on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Confirm the week’s schedule before going. Wednesday’s separate wine promotion offers a second bottle for 10 cents from 4 to 9 p.m.; ask which bottles can be paired.
3001 University Avenue, San Diego, CA
Last checkedMonday to Friday · noon to 5 p.m.
$2 off beers, wine, cocktails, and appetizers.
An afternoon pizza stop on Garnet, with a long weekday happy hour and room for a group.
Ask about any holiday or special-event exceptions before ordering.
1466 Garnet Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedThursday & Friday · 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
$6 drafts and house wine by the ocean.
The happy hour menu also includes $7 well drinks, an $8 Mai Tai, and food specials at the Santa Monica Avenue beachfront.
Not available on holidays or during special events. The venue lists an October 13 to 15 construction closure without a year; call (619) 955-5475 to confirm before visiting on those dates.
5083 Santa Monica Avenue, Suite 1F, San Diego, CA 92107
Last checkedMonday · 3:30 p.m. to close / Tuesday to Thursday & Sunday · 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. / Friday & Saturday · 3:30 to 6 p.m.
French small plates in Bankers Hill.
Choose $12 beef sliders or calamari, a $14 cheese board, or $16 mussels. The happy hour wine list includes $11 glasses.
Ask for the happy hour seating area. Monday's special runs all evening.
2760 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103
Last checkedDowntown
Every day · 3 to 5 p.m.
Half off appetizers, quesadillas, and alcohol.
Share a quesadilla and a margarita at the original downtown cantina on Fourth Avenue.
Confirm the current discount and eligible items before ordering. Dine in only. Downtown takes walk-ins and does not accept reservations.
560 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Last checkedMission Beach
Every day · 4 to 6 p.m.
$10 steak skewers. $12 Wagyu sliders.
Make an early steakhouse stop with $8 house wine, $6 Mexican lager, and selected cocktails from $9.
Ask for the social hour menu. The separate $35 Happy Meal is Monday to Thursday, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
3768 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedMonday · 3 p.m. to close / Tuesday to Friday · 3 to 6 p.m.
$8 margaritas, mules, and Aperol spritzes.
The weekday menu also has $7 house wine, $2 off draft beers, and $3 off appetizers.
Not available for takeout, on holidays, or during special events.
3714 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedMonday to Friday · 3 to 5 p.m.
An afternoon at the open-air bar.
Stop on Mission Boulevard for tropical drinks and a bite on the patio before a walk along the beach.
Weekdays only. Ask for the current happy hour menu and prices when seated.
3704 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedMonday to Friday · 2 to 5 p.m.
An early start by the beach.
Take a break on Grand Avenue with happy hour food and drinks, a short walk from the boardwalk.
Ask for the current happy hour prices. The separate Wine Wednesday offer covers half-price bottles all day.
721 Grand Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedWednesday & Thursday · 5 to 6 p.m.
Half-price sangria and selected tapas.
Order a few Spanish small plates to share with sangria at Costa Brava on Garnet Avenue.
Walk-ins only for happy hour. Certain holidays are excluded; the discount applies to the selected tapas menu.
1653 Garnet Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedEvery day · 3 to 6 p.m.
Greek small plates from $5.
Start with hummus or tzatziki and pita, then add $7 meatballs or $9 gyros. Selected cocktails are $10; glasses of wine are $2 off.
Dine in only. These are happy hour portions. Selected wine bottles are $10 off.
1846 Garnet Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedAt Belmont Park
Monday to Friday · 2 to 5 p.m.
$2 oysters on the oceanfront rooftop.
Add rolls, sake specials, or a lychee martini during Cannonball's afternoon happy hour at Belmont Park.
Check the current happy hour menu for the day's rolls, drinks, and prices.
Belmont Park, 3146 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92109
Last checkedAll times are San Diego local time. Offers can change; check the linked venue menu before heading out. Prices are before tax and tip.