Charming Pacific Palisades wine bar Enoteca 5 does happy hour Tuesday through Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., with $9-10 wines and pizzettes.

Santa Monica’s handy wine bar Esters, located next to Cassia, has some upscale happy hour picks like charcuterie, cheese, and burrata with crostini, plus $10 glasses of wine, $5 beers, and $10 bartender’s choice cocktail from 4 to 6 p.m. daily. It’s one of the rare weekend happy hours in Santa Monica.

Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger’s return to Santa Monica also brought a fantastic happy hour back to the Westside, with freshly made $8 cocktails and tasty $5 tacos and more from 3 to 6 p.m., Wednesday to Saturday. Taco Tuesday also runs basically all day with $4 tacos and discounted drinks.

Silver Lake’s sceney new plant-based Mexican-inspired restaurant has a daily happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. on weekdays selling $12 margaritas, $10 wines, and $5 Boomtown lager beef, plus $12 guacamole, $9 trumpet mushroom ceviche tostada, and $8 mulitas.

Sawtelle’s little bungalow has seen so many different restaurants over the years, but Hermanito has endured as a neighborhood favorite serving easy Mexican fare and stellar cocktails. Dubbed “Off Hour Menu,” from 3 to 5 p.m., there’s $10 cocktails, plus tacos, nachos, wings, and guac for $10.

A rowdy spot for affordable tacos and strong margaritas, this Valley Mexican restaurant has a daily happy from 4 to 7 p.m. with two for one drinks (well, 25 cents for the second drink). On Taco Tuesdays, there’s $5 margaritas, $3 tequila, and $2 tacos.

The patio, the vegan food, the tequila… it all times up perfectly for happy hour at Gracias Madre, where options like $9 nachos and $6 draft beers are the norm. A $9 margarita, $8 house wine, and some plant-based tacos are other options. Happy hour runs 3 to 5 p.m. on weekdays only.

Sceney Greek restaurant Theia has a handy happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday, with $10 cocktails, moderately priced mezze like baba ganoush and spanikopita, as well as $5-6 wines and beer.

Inglewood’s hit for barbecue and beats sure knows how to throw a party, with all-day prices like $8 margaritas, $5 domestic beers, $10 top chef cocktails, sliders, brisket fries, and fried zuccini, plus Friday DJ sets to complement the mood.

Happy hour runs 3 to 6 p.m. at all three Madre locations (including West Hollywood and Palms), with room for $9 cocktails, snacks like tasajo tacos, quesadilla de hongos, and carnitas tacos for around $5, and more.

Downtown’s busy historic hotel has a great weekday happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. with affordable bites like hummus, cauliflower drizzled with smoky honey sriracha, and tuna tartare tostadas. Cocktails are a step above the average hotel bar, with the Eden mixing gin, chamomile-infused sherry, lime, guava, and cucumber.

Peruvian taco spot Little Llama has a diverse happy hour set of chips, salsa, elotes, shrimp ceviche tostada and pork belly tacos from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Happy hour also has draft beer and draft wine specials.

Redbird, one of LA’s best restaurants period, offers a strong happy hour with snacks like shishito peppers, caledonian prawns with chipotle mole grits, and beef tartare for $10, plus $10 cocktails and wines.

Happy hour at Guerrilla Tacos means buy one, get one tacos, $7 quesadilla, $10 cocktails, plus an $11 boilermaker with an oyster. The special runs 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday to Sunday (closed Tuesdays).

Highland Park’s enduring sports bar that happens to have excellent food has a daily happy hour from 3 to 5:30 p.m., plus a late night happy hour from Monday to Thursday at 10 p.m. (until 11 p.m.), with boneless or veggie wings, personal pizza, fries, and $8 well drinks, wine, or $6 draft beer.

This bustling Colombian and pan-South American-inspired Long Beach restaurant has a happy hour situation from Wednesday to Sunday, 4 to 6 p.m., with $5 house wine, $2 off specialty drinks, plus $7 arepas, $12 ceviche, and $9 chicken “wangs.”