Mijo Mexican Happy Hour. Southwest

The margarita here carries the restaurant's name. A Mijo Margarita runs $10 during happy hour, alongside house wines at $10 and beers at $6. That puts the drink list squarely in the middle of the road, which fits a sit-down Mexican room inside Durango Casino rather than a quick-and-dirty cheap-drink run. Happy hour lands Monday through Thursday, 4 to 6pm. The weekday-only window is worth noting if you're building a plan around it, because the deal goes quiet for the rest of the week. Where Mijo earns its keep is the $10 food list. Everything sits at the same price, so you can build a small spread without doing math: chicken taquitos, a shrimp coctel, the carne asada tostada, a TJ Caesar salad, chicken quesadilla, or the street corn tostada. Two or three of those plus a margarita makes a respectable pre-dinner stop. Durango sits off the Strip with its own garage, so parking is painless. Go before a dinner reservation or when you want shareable plates over a bare cheap-beer mission. Happy hour menus change often here, so confirm the current deals when you arrive.