McCormick & Schmick's

McCormick & Schmick's - A Pacific Seafood Grill
Two Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
310-859-0434
Happy Hour 4:00-6:30
$2.50 minimum beverage purchase per person

Food - 5
Prices - 9
Service - 8
Bonus points - +5 for two hours of free valet parking in the building; +2 for great people watching outside at Two Rodeo
Total 29 out of 30 (free valet parking in LA? You bet it's worth five bonus points!)

Best deal - 1/2 pound burger and fries for $1.95

Nope, that is not a misprint. The prices at this particular happy hour are GREAT. Wish I could say the same for all of the food (although the burger ordered medium rare is quite good).

I've been to this one twice - once with a friend and once with my husband. With the friend, we got the vegetable eggrolls (a bit greasy), the sweet potato fries (delicious), two glasses of wine and two lemonades for a grand total of $21. The food wasn't perfect, but you can't beat that deal with a stick. Happy hour wine is $4.50 a glass, but it's pretty mediocre wine. The lemonade was $3.25 and does NOT include free refills.

When I went with my husband, we had the burger (mighty tasty), the buffalo wings (very dry and tough, but decent flavor and a good-sized portion), the roasted garlic (great for putting on the burger, and with a very nice garnish of feta and roast pepper tapenade) and the calamari with fries (all fries and almost no calamari - which was average anyway). I can't remember what we had to drink, but there was no alcohol and the total was $19 and change ($25 after tip - because you should always take great care of the server). We left full, not thrilled about the quality, but when we find ourselves in Beverly Hills during the early dinner hour and want a good, cheap burger, this will be the place.