Credit: JOSEPH HARMON

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JOSEPH HARMON

As I write this column in the late afternoon, the temperature outside is inching closer and closer to 100 degrees. I’m counting the minutes, though, because luckily, the hottest hour is also happy hour.

I don’t know if it’s climate change or the economy, but it seems like most new places come out of the gates with a happy hour, and now even many of the fancy spots and the old guard are catering to the sweating five o’clock masses. The planet might be totally screwed, but at least people keep finding new ways to feed each other during the warmest part of the day. Here are some hot (read: cool) spots with new or updated happy hours.

Thomas Ross writes about art and booze, and edits fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Tin House.