Bend, Oregon

Built in Bend.
For every kind of happy hour.

Happy Hour Radar started with a simple frustration: showing up somewhere for happy hour only to find it ended at 5pm, the special was sold out, or the deal posted online hadn't been updated since 2022. We live in Bend — a city packed with great spots — and finding one shouldn't feel like a research project.

And here's the thing: a happy hour isn't always about drinks. It's the coffee shop doing half-price pastries at 3pm. It's the taco spot with a $2 menu until 6. It's trivia night, live music, or a pop-up that just needed a reason to get people together. A happy hour is really just any good excuse to gather — and we think those deserve to be easy to find.

So we built the app we actually wanted to use. At venues that have claimed their listing and are actively managing it, deals and events come straight from the owner — always current. For the rest, our community votes on deal accuracy so nothing stays wrong for long.

"A happy hour doesn't need alcohol — it just needs a reason to get out. We built this app to surface all of those reasons, not just the drink specials."
— John Jackson, Founder & Developer

What We Stand For

Three things guide everything we build.

Local First

Built for communities, not just big cities. We started in Central Oregon and we're growing one neighborhood at a time.

Venue Partnerships

Small bars and restaurants are the heart of a community. We give them tools to connect with regulars and grow their happy hour business.

Real Hours, Real Deals

When a venue has claimed their listing and is actively managing it, their deals and events are always current — owner-updated in real time. For unclaimed spots, community deal voting helps surface what's still accurate.

Feature Spotlight

Announcements keep everyone in the loop

Happy hours change. Events come up last minute. Specials run out. Announcements let venues talk directly to the people who care — in the moment, in the app.

For guests

All venue announcements are visible in the app — no subscription required. Subscribe to a venue and you'll also get a push notification the moment something posts, so you never miss a flash special, a new menu, or an event happening tonight.

All announcements visible in the app — no subscription needed
Subscribe to a venue to also get push notifications when one posts
Never show up to a closed kitchen or an ended special again

For venue owners

Post an announcement from your dashboard and it appears in the app for every user browsing your venue — no subscription required on their end. Guests who subscribe also get a push notification. Fill a slow Tuesday, promote an event, announce a menu change — without relying on social media algorithms.