Ask the readers: Who has the best happy hour?

Bad times make for good deals, as restaurants and bars try to woo customers with great happy-hour deals. For example, at Emilio's Super Chef, 338 East Colfax Avenue, you can get a "Fiesta Bucket" with five full-size Mexican beers for just $10 bucks from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through...

By Patricia Calhoun

April 27, 2009

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Bad times make for good deals, as restaurants and bars try to woo customers with great happy-hour deals. For example, at Emilio's Super Chef, 338 East Colfax Avenue, you can get a "Fiesta Bucket" with five full-size Mexican beers for just $10 bucks from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

That's a cool deal at a place with a cool history: The owners had run a loncheria before they decided to ditch the truck and took over this corner of Cool-fax -- where they uncovered the old Super Chef sign, and decided to add it to Emilio's.

But Emilio's Fiesta Bucket isn't the only bargain out there, of course. Can you beat it? Post your happy-hour suggestions below, and help everyone have a much better week.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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