"When: Monday-Friday, 3-6pm Santería, a Mexican cocktail bar and restaurant in the Castro, has a full dinner and brunch menu, but we like casually dropping in to play catch-up with friends over shareable bites and cocktails. There’s a ton of elbow room on the front patio, lots of comfy seating inside, and a great Happy Hour. The drinks are pretty standard, $9 margaritas and $5 beers, and they also like to keep things simple with food specials: everything is $9, from the nachos with carnitas to the flautas and quesadillas." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez