Sugarcane Raw Bar & Grill Happy Hour. The Strip

Sugarcane is in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian, 3355 S Las Vegas Blvd, reachable from the casino floor or the Palazzo parking garage. The raw bar is the draw, and the bar seats give you the best view of the shucking plus quicker access to the bartenders, so head there first if you are solo or in a pair.

Happy hour runs Sunday through Thursday, 3 to 6pm, with a late-night window the same nights from 10pm to close. No weekend afternoon deal, which matters if you are only in town Friday and Saturday. Oysters are the headline at $2.50 each, a genuine deal on the Strip for fish this fresh. Order a dozen with mignonette, add a few appetizers from the $5 to $9 range, and you have eaten well for the price. Draft and canned beer are $7, wine $8, and cocktails $10, with the cocktail list running tropical and rum-forward.

The food leans seafood across the board, with bright ceviches and poke alongside the raw bar. If uncooked seafood is not your thing, this is not the stop for you.

This is a sharp pre-dinner move before a show, since oysters will not fill you up. The crowd is a mix of hotel guests, locals, and people who track down the better raw bars in town. The oyster bar fills up around 5pm, so come earlier in the window for elbow room.