Augustine
377 Santana Row #1000 | augustinerestaurant.com
The Bacchus Management Group’s refined newcomer to Santana Row offers weekday happy hour with craft cocktails and an award-winning wine list.
Birk’s
3955 Freedom Cir., Santa Clara | birksrestaurant.com
This Silicon Valley business-lunch stalwart offers bar bites and drink specials Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 6pm and Saturday from 5 to 7pm. Fridays bring $2 oysters.
Eataly Silicon Valley (Terra)
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara | eataly.com
The rooftop restaurant atop Eataly’s Italian marketplace pours curated Italian wines by the glass ($10) and seasonal cocktails ($10) Monday through Thursday from 3 to 6pm. The Aperol Spritz is, of course, an on-brand seasonal favorite.
EMC Seafood & Raw Bar
378 Santana Row #1100 | emcseafood.com
Happy hour daily from 3 to 6pm. The Santana Row seafood bar slices and shucks well-priced oysters, sushi rolls, wine and small plates.
Jack’s Restaurant
Westgate Center, 1502 Saratoga Ave. | ilovejacks.com/san-jose
Happy hour runs Monday through Friday from 3 to 6pm and returns nightly after 8pm with discounts on beer, wine, cocktails and comfort-food favorites: meatballs, lamb sliders, hot dogs, hot wings, Asian wings, calamari.
JOEY Valley Fair
2855 Stevens Creek Blvd. #1840 | joeyrestaurants.com
Crispy tempura shrimp, roasted corn guacamole, sushi cones and truffle fries anchor this happy hour menu. The lounge, bar and patio host happy hour Monday through Thursday from 3 to 6pm, featuring cocktails, wine, beer and the restaurant’s popular Adult Snack Pack pairings.
Puesto
2752 Augustine Dr. #130, Santa Clara | eatpuesto.com
The happy hour is daily 3-5pm. Half-off tacos fold on Tuesdays from 3 to 9pm, while Thursdays bring half-off margaritas during the same hours.
Straits
333 Santana Row #1100 | straitsrestaurants.com
Santana Row’s Singapore-inspired restaurant offers happy hour Sunday through Friday from 3 to 6pm, although it lasts longer (all night, basically) on Mondays. On Thursdays, happy hour rolls deep from 9pm to closing. Food encompasses a range of shareable menu items, the $15 truffle smashburger and some recently introduced cocktails like a cucumber spritz ($10), a lavender-infused lunar lychee ($10) and a pandan highball ($13).
Yard House
300 Santana Row #101 | yardhouse.com
With more than 100 taps and a scratch kitchen, the Santana Row anchor’s offering calls for half off more than a dozen appetizers and all pizzas plus $2 off beer, wine, spirits and cocktails. Appetizers include four cheese spinach dip, queso dip, poke nachos, crispy brussels sprouts, chicken lettuce wraps and Gardein wings for the meatless among us.
