In Force · Chicago

From 16:00 · CT

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.

201 nights that work

  1. GoodFunk West Town → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:59 GoodFunk West Town, West Town · 17:00–19:30 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (1 min walk)

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

    26% off the entire menu · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  2. Oggi Trattoria → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:57 Oggi Trattoria, West Town · 17:00–19:30 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (3 min walk)

    $43 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $10 spritzes, $8 bites, half-price pizzas, weekdays 3 to 6pm · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  3. Diego → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:45 Diego, West Town · 17:01–19:31 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (16 min walk)

    $38 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $3-4 tacos, $10 margaritas, palomas and cantaritos, Tuesday to Friday 4 to 6pm · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  4. The Dandy Crown → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:45 The Dandy Crown, West Town · 17:03–19:33 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (18 min walk)

    $40 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $10 classic cocktails, $8 wine, $5 drafts, $5 sliders, weekdays 3 to 6pm · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  5. Clover Sports & Leisure → Rebel & Rye

    16:00–16:45 Clover Sports & Leisure, West Town · 16:46–19:16 Rebel & Rye, West Town (1 min walk)

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

    Friday, employee pricing on drinks, 3 to 6pm · 20% off all drinks, seven days a week

  6. Rebel & Rye → Rebel & Rye

    16:00–16:45 Rebel & Rye, West Town · 16:46–19:16 Rebel & Rye, West Town (1 min walk)

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

    50% off drinks, Fridays 3-7pm · 20% off all drinks, seven days a week

  7. PERILLA fare → Rebel & Rye

    17:00–17:45 PERILLA fare, West Town · 17:51–20:21 Rebel & Rye, West Town (6 min walk)

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

    $21 Chimaek fried chicken and beer, plus $5 to $12 happy hour bites and drinks, Mon to Fri 5 to 6pm · 20% off all drinks, seven days a week

  8. The Dandy Crown → Rebel & Rye

    16:00–16:45 The Dandy Crown, West Town · 16:55–19:25 Rebel & Rye, West Town (10 min walk)

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

    $10 classic cocktails, $8 wine, $5 drafts, $5 sliders, weekdays 3 to 6pm · 20% off all drinks, seven days a week

  9. Diego → Rebel & Rye

    16:00–16:45 Diego, West Town · 16:58–19:28 Rebel & Rye, West Town (13 min walk)

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

    $3-4 tacos, $10 margaritas, palomas and cantaritos, Tuesday to Friday 4 to 6pm · 20% off all drinks, seven days a week

  10. Clover Sports & Leisure → Celeste

    16:00–16:45 Clover Sports & Leisure, West Town · 17:03–19:33 Celeste, River North (18 min walk)

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

    Friday, employee pricing on drinks, 3 to 6pm · Rooftop happy hour, Wednesday to Friday 5 to 8pm

  11. Rebel & Rye → Celeste

    16:00–16:45 Rebel & Rye, West Town · 17:03–19:33 Celeste, River North (18 min walk)

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

    50% off drinks, Fridays 3-7pm · Rooftop happy hour, Wednesday to Friday 5 to 8pm

  12. Rebel & Rye → Celeste

    16:00–16:45 Rebel & Rye, West Town · 17:03–19:33 Celeste, River North (18 min walk)

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

    20% off all drinks, seven days a week · Rooftop happy hour, Wednesday to Friday 5 to 8pm

These are the top 12. 189 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.