BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse Happy Hour. Off-Strip

A five dollar pint of Jeremiah Red is a decent argument for knocking off work early. BJ's brews its own signature lineup, and on weekday afternoons the handcrafted drafts drop to $5 while domestic bottles go for $4, with more discounted food and drinks alongside. The deals run Monday through Friday at all four valley locations: Centennial Hills, Craig Road, West Charleston by Downtown Summerlin, and South Eastern.

These are big, loud rooms built around a long bar and a wall of screens, and the chain is leaning hard into soccer watch parties this summer, so bar seats go fast on match days. The crowd is neighborhood regulars and after work groups rather than tourists, since none of the four sit anywhere near the Strip. Deep dish pizza anchors the menu, and the Pizookie, a hot cookie baked in its own skillet under melting ice cream, is the standard closer. Times can shift a little by location, so check your nearest spot if you are cutting it close to the edges of the 3 to 7 window.