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Oola la: $1 oysters join $5 glasses of wine at Friday happy hour.

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Each week, we bring you our top picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in SF.

5 years in business means $5 glasses of wine at Luella.

Each week, we bring you our top picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in SF.

Your first drink is on Tweservation when you hit Coda this Wednesday.

1. Half-Off at Bar 888 Tonight: Social networking is apparently so popular at Bar 888 that they slash their prices at the mere mention of it. Name-drop Twitter or Facebook and get 50% off your entire bar bill: drinks, bites, the works. It's like a big, Silicon Valley-shaped hug. (Tonight, Thursday, February 25, 11 am-12 am, at Bar 888, Intercontinental Hotel, 888 Howard St., SOMA.)

We assume this is how Delica will look after you hit their new happy hour.

Each week, we bring you our picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in San Francisco.

Watch strangers get married as you sip free champagne at UrbanDaddy's pop-up chapel.

1. UrbanDaddy's Pop-Up Wedding: We knew that the guys at UrbanDaddy liked typical guy stuff (sports, meat, booze), so we have to admit some surprise that they're turning Valentine's into an all-out celebration of matrimony. Couples can have an impulsive wedding, renew existing vows, or join the singles sipping on free champagne and fighting for the giveaway vibrators from Jimmyjane. Ah, love. RSVP here. (Sunday, February 14, 4-7 pm, at W Hotel, 181 3rd St., SOMA.)

Sake bombs are $4 at Jippidy's happy hour.

Each week, we bring you our picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in SF.

Madrone Lounge celebrates a year of great parties with a happy-hour blowout.

Each week, we bring you our picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in SF.

Nick's Crispy Tacos come with 50-cent margaritas in one magical half-hour.

Each week we bring you our picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in SF. 

$1 margaritas on Fridays are a magnet for Lexington Club's lesbian patrons.

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Each week, former sf.myopenbar.com editor Allie Pape brings you her picks for the best places to booze on the cheap in SF. This week: Three classy deals, two trashy deals. Have an event coming up? Want to share a tip? E-mail her.