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EATS BEAT * Square 1682 - American Kitchen & Cocktails (121 S. 17th St., 215-563-5008, square1682.com) has a summer happy hour, 4-7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays through Aug. 30. Wednesdays from 5-7 p.m. is Center City SIPS day. Expect $5 wines

EATS BEAT

* Square 1682 - American Kitchen & Cocktails (121 S. 17th St., 215-563-5008, square1682.com) has a summer happy hour, 4-7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays through Aug. 30. Wednesdays from 5-7 p.m. is Center City SIPS day. Expect $5 wines, $3 beers and seasonal $7 libations, like mint juleps and Collins variations with bartender Chauncey Scates' fresh-fruit syrups. And don't miss the $5 Booty-Call-Its contest. Chef de cuisine Caitlin Mateo's happy-hour menu includes Housemade Tots with bourbon BBQ and spicy cheddar sauce and House Jerky.

* More reasons to get happy can be found at American kitchen and bar Pennsylvania 6 (PE6) (114 S. 12th St., 267-639-5606, pennsylvania6philly.com). Chef Marc Plessis has a new happy-hour menu, 5-7 p.m. weekdays, plus lunch hours from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays. Happy hour drinks include $5 Bubblys, such as Southern Belle, with strawberry, peach and mint, and The Raven, with absinthe wash and hibiscus water. Bar snacks include Spicy Maple Bacon Peanuts and Crispy Pig Ears with hot and sour sauce.

* Fete de la Musique, a French-spawned, now-global live-music celebration, gets a nod here at 7 p.m. June 21 in a culinary kind of way with a three-course dinner at Chez Colette in Sofitel Philadelphia (120 S. 17th St., 215-569-8300, sofitelphiladelphia.com). Students from Curtis Institute of Music will perform. $55 a person; benefits Curtis.