Velveteen Rabbit Happy Hour. Downtown

Velveteen Rabbit is the Arts District bar that made Main Street cool before the rest of the block caught up. Doors open at 5 pm, and the first two hours are what they call magic hour, with cheap punch and house wine plus a Montucky-and-rye-shot combo for the beer drinkers. The real draw is the seasonal cocktail list; the current Conspiracy Theory menu has drinks named Birds Aren't Real and Moon Landing Hoax, and the taps lean local with Neon Desert and Melvin on rotation. Servers bring drinks to your table, so grab a seat instead of hovering at the bar.

If it's not too hot out, head straight for the pink back patio with its mural and umbrellas. It's a cocktail bar, not a kitchen, so eat before you come.