What’s Happy Valley without happy hours? Penn State is known for having plenty of bar options for those who want to unwind with a drink or two. However, drinks can get expensive and as college students, it’s much wiser to go to bars during their happy hours.

A few years back, we compiled downtown State College’s bar specials. However, in the years that have passed, many of those bars have changed their specials or disappeared entirely. With that in mind, it was time for an updated list.

Each bar downtown has its own unique set of happy hours, all with their own deals and specials. So, if you don’t know where to start, we’ve got you covered!

Champs Downtown

Starting with a heavy hitter, Champs offers consistent happy hours from 10 p.m. to midnight every day of the week aside from Sunday. On Thursdays, happy hour is extended by one hour, starting at 9 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.

This happy hour deal includes half-priced mixed drinks and beers throughout the week as well as $2 dirty sprites on Thursdays. There are also additional deals such as 50-cent wings from 4 to 11 p.m. on Thursday and Monday, $1 KLYR cans on Tuesday, and $3 brunch boxes on Sunday

Best Deal: $2 Dirty Sprites

Brothers Bar & Grill

Right across the street from Champs, is Brothers Bar and Grill. It’s a nice place if you’re looking to drink while watching some sports. Brothers has varying happy hours starting from 9 to 11 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, happy hours are extended from 9 p.m. to midnight. Finally, on Fridays and Saturdays, Brothers has happy hour from 10 p.m. to midnight.

In terms of specials, Brothers has consistent specials on its Long Island iced tea pitchers throughout the week. You can buy a 32oz Long Island pitcher for $5 on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday before that price increases to $6 on Friday. On Tuesday, you can buy a Long Island pitcher for half-price, which makes for a great deal.

Aside from the pitchers, you can also buy $4 lemon drop shots on Fridays, $3 wine on Mondays, $1 well mixers on Thursdays, $7 double vodka Red Bulls on Saturdays, and many more!

Best Deal: $5 32oz Long Island pitchers

The Phyrst

Moving on to the most popular bar for first-time legal bargoers, The Phyrst offers happy hours from 10 p.m. to midnight from Sunday to Thursday and from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Some of these deals include $5 well pitchers on Fridays, $3 Long Islands on Wednesdays, $8 purple Gatorade pitchers on Thursdays, and half-off everything on Sundays. The Phyrst also has all-day everyday specials such as $3 skinny margaritas, $5 Irish trash cans, and $6 Irish car bombs.

With such a wide variety of deals, you really can’t go wrong in choosing a time to go to the Phyrst.

Best Deal: Half-off everything on Sundays

The Lion’s Den

If you ever feel so inclined as to visit The Den, its happy hours are consistently from 9 to 11 p.m. except on Tuesdays when happy hour is extended to midnight. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Den has $2 U-Call-Its specials.

On Fridays and Saturdays, The Den has a variety of $3 drink specials including brat juice, dirty shirleys, tequila shots, Corona, white tea shots, and Long Island iced teas. If you’re looking for the best bang for your buck, we’d suggest going to the bar on a Tuesday to take advantage of the extended happy hours and drink specials.

Best Deal: $2 U-Call-Its

The Shandygaff

The Shandygaff has one of the more consistent happy hour schedules from 9 p.m. to midnight from Wednesday to Saturday. Some of its happy hour deals include $3 Jolly Rancher shots on Wednesdays, half-off well drinks and beers, mixed shots on Thursdays, and $3 tequila shots on Saturdays.

The Gaff also has its everyday specials of $5 24oz tall boys and $6 liquor pitchers. Considering the regular availability of these specials, we’d say that the $6 liquor pitchers would give you the best bang for your buck.

Best Deal: $6 liquor pitchers

Bill Pickle’s Tap Room

Bill Pickle’s Tap Room is one of the more popular bars in town and we can see why due to its happy hour schedule. Its happy hours are from 10 p.m. to midnight from Tuesday to Saturday where it offers specials on well liquors for $3 and a variety of shots for $3 or $4 depending on which one you get.

Some of the $3 shot options include green tea, pink starburst, pine upside down, and twea shooter. It also has its all-day, every-day bar specials where you can get $3 Long Islands, $4 pickles punch, and $5 32oz pitchers of Busch Light.

Best Deal: $5 32oz Busch pitcher

The Basement Nightspot

The Basement Nightspot is the site of many sorority and fraternity formals, while also being a popular spot if you’re looking for a club scene rather than a bar. The Basement’s happy hour schedule is from 9 p.m. to midnight from Thursday to Saturday.

The Basement offers a variety of drink specials including $1 vodka drinks, $2 Big Basement Teas, $3 U-Call-It well drinks, and $4 Truly cans. We’d suggest the $2 Big Basement Teas as they are 24oz and will hold you over throughout your night of dancing.

Best Deal: $2 Big Basement Teas

Doggie’s Pub

Doggie’s has a wide selection of happy hours that vary throughout the week. On Sundays, Doggie’s has happy hours from 1 to 3 p.m. and from 6 to 10 p.m. From Monday through Wednesday, it has Happy Hours from 6 to 10 p.m.

Finally, from Thursday to Saturday, Doggie’s Pub has happy hours from 9 to 11 p.m. Moving onto its specials, it has a large variety of both drink and food specials.

If you’re looking for drinks, you can have $3 12oz well drinks, $3 24oz Michelob Ultras or Miller Lites, $3 green tea shots, or $4 Jager bombs. On the food side of things, you can buy two slices of pizza for $3, garlic knots for $3, or pretzels for $5.

We’d suggest combining the food and drink options as you can get a decent amount of food to eat before you start your drinking for the night.

Best Deal: $3 24oz Miller Lites and two slices of pizza for $3

Local Whiskey

On E. Beaver Ave., you can find one of the best bars in town: Local Whiskey. Local Whiskey has happy hours from 10 p.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday through Saturday.

Some of the standout deals include 20% off all whiskey on Wednesdays, $5 Suntory Toki Highballs on Fridays and Saturdays, and $6 George Mickel Manhattans on Mondays and Tuesdays with $6 margaritas on Thursdays.

It is also alternating nights of $2 Miller Lite (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) and Yuengling (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday) drafts throughout the week. Simply put, you’d be hard-pressed to walk into Local Whiskey and not walk out with a great deal.

Best Deal: 20% off on all whiskeys

Primanti Brothers

Next up, we have the Pittsburgh classic and your average frat bro’s favorite bar: Primanti Brothers, more affectionately known as Pmans. Pmans has happy hours from 8 p.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday, 10 p.m. to midnight Friday through Saturday, and 4 to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Pmans also has a happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m. on Fridays. The best part about the Pmans happy hour is it offers half-priced drinks on everything behind the bar, a deal you’ll rarely find anywhere else.

You can also find $3 shots of Fireball, $10 domestic beer pitchers, and $2 slices of pizza. In terms of its daily specials, Pmans has $4 Long Island’s on Wednesdays, $7 liquor pitchers on Saturdays, and $4 mimosas on Sundays.

Best Deal: $7 liquor pitchers

Cafe 210

Last but certainly not least, we have Cafe 210. Cafe is a popular spot if you’re looking for a space for great sit-down conversations. Its happy hour schedule is from 9 to 11 p.m. Monday to Thursday and Saturday. On Friday, Cafe’s happy hour schedule runs from 6 to 8 p.m.

When it comes to its deals, Cafe offers a wide variety of $3 shot options including green tea, Jolly Rancher, purple Gatorade, and much more! It also offers half-off on all drafts (starting at $2) and 16oz Cafe teas (starting at $2.50)

Cafe also has daily specials such as their $7 Bacardi pitchers and $5 pork baskets on Bingo Night Wednesdays or $7 Smirnoff pitchers on Karaoke Tuesdays. On Mondays and Thursdays, Cafe offers $5 Cafe tea pitchers.

Best Deal: Half-off 16oz Cafe teas