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Tonight

Two cheap stops, the walk between them, and the last train home. Pick a start and we’ll line up the night.

Just one place? See what’s cheap near you right now, and how long you’ve got.

The evening

Walks are timed along the grid at an easy 3 mph. Two stops, not three: a third is where a plan becomes a schedule somebody has to obey.

30 nights that work

  1. Remedy → Dorian's

    16:00–17:42 Remedy, Bucktown · 18:00–20:00 Dorian's, Wicker Park (18 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Half-price drinks · Happy hour nightly 6 to 8pm, no prices claimed

  2. Manchamanteles → Cole's Bar

    16:00–17:10 Manchamanteles, Bucktown · 17:30–20:00 Cole's Bar, Logan Square (20 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Classic lime margarita 10 and Modelo or XX Amber 5, Wednesday to Sunday 4 to 6pm · Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm

  3. Manchamanteles → S&T Steakhouse

    16:00–16:57 Manchamanteles, Bucktown · 17:00–19:30 S&T Steakhouse, Bucktown (3 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Classic lime margarita 10 and Modelo or XX Amber 5, Wednesday to Sunday 4 to 6pm · Bring your own bottle, Tuesday to Friday from 5pm

  4. Remedy → S&T Steakhouse

    16:00–16:56 Remedy, Bucktown · 17:00–19:30 S&T Steakhouse, Bucktown (4 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Half-price drinks · Bring your own bottle, Tuesday to Friday from 5pm

  5. Remedy → Ipsento 606

    16:00–16:54 Remedy, Bucktown · 17:00–19:30 Ipsento 606, Bucktown (6 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Half-price drinks · All cocktails $10, Fridays 5 to 8pm

  6. Manchamanteles → Ipsento 606

    16:00–16:51 Manchamanteles, Bucktown · 17:00–19:30 Ipsento 606, Bucktown (9 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Classic lime margarita 10 and Modelo or XX Amber 5, Wednesday to Sunday 4 to 6pm · All cocktails $10, Fridays 5 to 8pm

  7. Chef's Special Cocktail Bar → Cole's Bar

    17:00–17:45 Chef's Special Cocktail Bar, Bucktown · 17:59–20:29 Cole's Bar, Logan Square (14 min walk)

    $6 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $6 Sapporo, $11 cocktails, $9 egg rolls, $12 slow roll, every day 5 to 6pm · Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm

  8. Chef's Special Cocktail Bar → The Whistler

    17:00–17:45 Chef's Special Cocktail Bar, Bucktown · 18:04–20:34 The Whistler, Logan Square (19 min walk)

    $6 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $6 Sapporo, $11 cocktails, $9 egg rolls, $12 slow roll, every day 5 to 6pm · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

  9. Ipsento 606 → S&T Steakhouse

    17:00–17:45 Ipsento 606, Bucktown · 17:51–20:21 S&T Steakhouse, Bucktown (6 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    All cocktails $10, Fridays 5 to 8pm · Bring your own bottle, Tuesday to Friday from 5pm

  10. Chef's Special Cocktail Bar → S&T Steakhouse

    17:00–17:45 Chef's Special Cocktail Bar, Bucktown · 17:54–20:24 S&T Steakhouse, Bucktown (9 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    $6 Sapporo, $11 cocktails, $9 egg rolls, $12 slow roll, every day 5 to 6pm · Bring your own bottle, Tuesday to Friday from 5pm

  11. El Asadero Colombiano #2 → Surge Billiards Logan Square

    16:00–16:45 El Asadero Colombiano #2, Bucktown · 16:46–19:00 Surge Billiards Logan Square, Logan Square (1 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Bring your own bottle, every day 10am to 9pm · $4 bottles, $5 drafts, $8 featured cocktail, weekdays 4 to 7pm

  12. Manchamanteles → Remedy

    16:00–16:45 Manchamanteles, Bucktown · 16:48–19:00 Remedy, Bucktown (3 min walk)

    One of these doesn’t print a price, so there’s no total.

    Classic lime margarita 10 and Modelo or XX Amber 5, Wednesday to Sunday 4 to 6pm · Half-price drinks

These are the top 12. 18 more work too, ranked the same way.

Sorted by time sitting down. Anything that outlasts the last train goes to the bottom, not away: you can still do those, you’re just getting a cab.

What this can’t tell you

Whether there’s a table. Whether the kitchen’s still on. Whether the second place has a line at nine on a Friday. None of that is in any record we can fetch, so none of it is claimed here. A place we can’t put on the map is left out too, because the walk between two stops is the whole trick and a guessed one would still print as minutes. How a deal earns a light.