California Pizza Kitchen - Fashion Show Happy Hour. The Strip

Order the $9 personal pizza and draft beer combo. It is the smartest thing on the happy hour menu here, since a single cocktail at the casino bars across the Strip costs nearly that on its own. The personal pizzas are a real size, not a sad flatbread, so the BBQ chicken or margherita plus a beer adds up to an actual meal.

Happy hour runs Monday through Friday, 3 to 6pm. Beyond the combo, drafts and bottles are $5, well drinks $6, wine $7, and cocktails $8. Appetizers land between $5 and $8 if you want to round out the table.

This CPK sits on the upper level of Fashion Show Mall, which means easy in-and-out without crossing a casino floor, clean bathrooms, and seating that rarely fills during the afternoon. The mall connects toward the north Strip and has its own parking, so it works whether you walked over from your hotel or drove in.

It suits anyone in shopping clothes or fresh off the pool who needs food between lunch and dinner without a reservation or a dress code. Weekday afternoons stay quiet, so you can usually walk in, grab a bar seat near the TVs, and be eating within minutes. Not a special-occasion meal, just a dependable, cheap one in a central spot.