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Happy Hour Tips from LAist Readers: The Live Chat Edition

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Did you check out the LAist Live Chat this afternoon? Well if you did, you spoke to us about your thoughts on foie gras, supergraphics, public transportation, and most importantly, where to get the cheapest booze and eats in the city. Here are some happy hour tips from you, our dear readers!

Here are some of the tips collated from the raw chat below that we could confirm...

  • 35-Cent Martinis at The Edison on Thursdays from 5 to 7 p.m.
  • Six Tapas for $6 plus $3 for Sangria and Stella at Bar Pinxto
  • $3.60 martinis at Bar 360 in Beverly Hills
  • Yard House has a happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m.
  • Cheap tacos starting at $1 at Malo in Silver Lake.
  • En Sushi has happy hour daily from 5 to 7:30 p.m. and "late night" happy hours on 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. and on Sundays from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.

And a portion of the chat in raw form...

TheGoodGuy: where is a good happy hour in downtown?

Zach@LAist: If 35-cent drinks [martinis] are still happening at the Edison on Thursdays, that's a good one

LAistCarrie: redwood bar downtown has a good happy hour

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LAistCarrie: that place rocks

Rinkrat: The Yardhouse in LA Live has half price appetizers (great pissa and seered albacore) and cheap drinks 3-6pm

Rinkrat: pizza

meekorouse: rinkrat that's good to know about Yardhouse

chopkickchop: wow yardhouse at la live thats awesome

bastard: where am I? I clicked on a link in a tweet and now I'm here

bastard: yardhouse is great

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quarrygirl: the yardhouse has the best beer...and what a selection

Zach@LAist: I forget, did the yardhouse already open?

Rinkrat: yeah it's open

chopkickchop: BEER!!!

quarrygirl: speaking of pizza, i just went to mozzafor the first time. wowowowow

(1:21 PM) meekorouse: well i hope the beers are cheaper than the Library Bar

(1:21 PM) GPro: MOZZA!!

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(1:21 PM) meekorouse: god I spent more on the 2 beers I had than the sliders geez

(1:21 PM) ndevelopment: where is mozza?

(1:21 PM) LAistCarrie: mozza is on highland and melrose? I think

(1:21 PM) meekorouse: I've never been to mozza or that one place.. formosa (i hear it's fantastic)

(1:22 PM) GPro: Formosa is ok

(1:22 PM) Zach@LAist: at Library Bar, $4 for a Sprite, wow no liqour

(1:22 PM) ekotone: formosa?... its avg

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(1:22 PM) GPro: Mozza pizza is awsome

(1:22 PM) LAistCarrie: how about we all just sneak flasks into restaurants

(1:22 PM) LAistCarrie: it'll be a "new thing we do"

(1:22 PM) chopkickchop: bar eats, this is a great chat

(1:22 PM) GPro: a flask isnt enough

(1:22 PM) Zach@LAist: here's your Mozza tip: go at 11:45 right before the kitchen closes

(1:22 PM) quarrygirl: formosa has tap problems, the beer tastes like cleaning fluid

hollywoodhea: I love mozza

ndevelopment: anyone try daily grill downtwn happy hour? 1/2 price appetizers i think

quarrygirl: im in a mozza coma

Zach@LAist: usually guaranteed seating at the bar and as long as you order before 12, you can chill as long as you want

meekorouse: ohh! gross about the tap

quarrygirl: what happens at 11:45? is it empty?

Alli411: food is better than pizza at mozza

Zach@LAist: Mozza is not empty at 1145pm, but you don't usually ever need a reservation, so it's great after a show at El Rey or something

Alli411: you can also call in last minute. i've scored resos that way.

ekotone: fyi; En Sushi has a great happy hour... on Santa Monica, west of 405

LAistCarrie: wokcano has $3-4 sushi & rolls and half price drinks for happy hour

Zach@LAist: i like En Sushi, good plum wine

GPro: Dolce Enoteca has half price mondays if anyone was wondering, its pretty good stuff

quarrygirl: i ate at the bar...

Alli411: bar pinxto 6 tapas for $6

chopkickchop: happy happy joy joy,taking note

LAistCarrie: and Hungry Cat has half price on their (delicious) specialty cocktails, wine, and beer
LAistCarrie: and the oyster plate I had the other day was amazing
LAistCarrie: oysters are really fat and juicy right now

quarrygirl: red rock on sunset has a really cheap happy hour

ekotone: how cheap quarry?

LAistCarrie: oh man I want to go to bar pinxto

Alli411: then theres the 3.60 martini at bar 360 in bh

quarrygirl: erm i think beers are like $2.50

LAistCarrie: that's a great price for bar 360

GPro: all this cheap drink talk makes me concerned about driving drunk

Alli411: bar pinxto is 2nd best tapas in la. first of couse is the bazaar.

LAistCarrie: that's a good point
LAistCarrie: more public transportation!

quarrygirl: gpro, TAXI

LAistCarrie: taxis!
LAistCarrie: sober boyfriends!

quarrygirl: i wanna go to monday night at malo, can't believe i haven't been there yet.

Alli411: sober husbands!

LAistCarrie: we had an LAist get-together at Malo

ekotone: choose weed instead!

GPro: rehab!!

LAistCarrie: good cocktails and salsa

quarrygirl: ahaha

najicalove: very optimistic carrie

najicalove: but it just ain't gonna happen

quarrygirl: $1 vegan tacos!

Alli411: umami burger was amazing yesterday!

chopkickchop: with all these great happy hours this city needs great public transport

LAistCarrie: http://laist.com/2008/06/18/malo_restaurants_new_and_tasty_cock.php

(1:27 PM) quarrygirl: http://laist.com/2008/10/27/malo_in_silver_lake_introduces_most.php
hollywoodhea: I really need to get to umami burger

hollywoodhea: they're gonna have a scallop burger soon no?

ekotone: Carrie - fyi, En Sushi's happy hour is 7 days 5.30-7 and Thrs 9.30-11.30... awesome sauteed shishito

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