Issue date: 4/12/06 Section: Feature

Media Credit: Kyle Akers

Media Credit: Kyle Akers

You close the door to your car and breathe a huge sigh of disgust about the crappy day you just had. You still have to work on a presentation tonight with the group that's landed all of the responsibility on you, and there's only one thing that can ease your pain at the moment. Or at least for the next few hours. That's right, happy hour has finally arrived and you're ready for something tall and strong.

For most Wright State students, there are five locations in the immediate area that they just can't get enough of.


El Rancho Grande

Perhaps the most popular spot for WSU students, El Rancho Grande offers happy hour on Monday through Thursday from 3-6 p.m. All drinks are half off. On Sundays from 4-8 p.m., regular margaritas, all beers and wine are all half off as well.

"The most popular drink (for Wright State students) is draft beer, like Bud Light and Miller Light. Some of them drink margaritas too," said El Rancho Grande employee Arturo Magana.

Junior electrical engineering major Sean Kitchen loves to go El Rancho for some Bud.
"I get the $2.95 32-ounce Bud Lights. They have the best happy hour around," he said.


Quaker Steak & Lube

With pool tables, a fooseball table, two dart boards and various video games, Quaker Steak & Lube is another place where students frequent for happy hour. On Monday through Friday from 4-7 p.m., students can enjoy $1.25 domestic drafts, $2 long islands and $3 margaritas. Half-sized appetizers are also $2.99, and the nachos are probably the most popular among WSU students, said manager Heath Trester.


Cadillac Jack's

From 3-7 p.m. all week, domestic draft beer is $2.75 and domestic bottled beer is $1.75. All bottom shelf liquor drinks are $2.50. Sex on the Beach is a popular drink, said manager Jessica Whitaker. Big Beer Night is every Wednesday from 7 p.m. to close where domestic drafts are $1.25. Get your wings in eight different flavors for only 30 cents, and watch the game on one of the many big screens.


BW3's

B-Dubs is another popular place for happy hour. With dart boards, big screens and trivia games, this sports bar has plenty to do while you wait. Wings in 14 different sauces are 35 cents all day on Tuesday, and domestic drafts are 75 cents off from 3-9 p.m. from Monday through Saturday.

"I like to go to B-Dubs because of the sports atmosphere and the beer," said Dustin Shadoan, a junior majoring in nursing.


TGI Friday's

Happy hour at Friday's is Monday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. where all drinks are $1 off and 16 ounce Bud Light drafts are only $1. All day on Tuesday and Sunday, all alcohol is $1 off except for the 16 ounce Bud Lights. But, all day on Wednesdays, 16 ounce Bud Lights are only $1.

"Pretty much all the appetizers except the sampler platter are roughly half-off, and the half-order of skins or fried mozzarella are the most popular appetizers," said bartender Scott Christian. As expected, the Bud Light deal is the most popular feature during happy hour at Friday's.


For some students, there's really not much of a preference. "I'd go wherever if I didn't have to work during happy hour. It's all alcohol," said Kelly Stemble, a senior majoring in sociology. But with all of these places to choose from, it'll be 5 o'clock somewhere sooner than you can pop a top.

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