In Force · Chicago

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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.

68 nights that work

  1. Tanuki → Big City Tap

    16:30–19:00 Tanuki, Lakeview · 19:30–21:30 Big City Tap, Lakeview (5 min walk), after 25 min with nowhere to be

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

    Bring your own bottle, dinner Friday and Saturday · Friday, $3 Miller Lite pints 7.30 to 9.30pm

  2. Lincoln Tap Room → Big City Tap

    16:00–18:30 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview · 19:30–21:30 Big City Tap, Lakeview (15 min walk), after 45 min with nowhere to be

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

    $3 Revolution cans, $5 call shots on Fridays · Friday, $3 Miller Lite pints 7.30 to 9.30pm

  3. Lincoln Tap Room → Lincoln Tap Room

    16:00–17:59 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview · 18:00–20:30 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview (1 min walk)

    $8 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $3 Revolution cans, $5 call shots on Fridays · $5 Three Olives vodka cocktails every day

  4. George Street Pub → Lincoln Tap Room

    16:00–17:42 George Street Pub, Lakeview · 18:00–20:30 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview (18 min walk)

    $9 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $4 Miller Lite, $5 Stella, $6 wine and well drinks, $6.95 bites, weekdays 3 to 6pm · $5 Three Olives vodka cocktails every day

  5. Clover Lincoln Park → Lincoln Tap Room

    16:00–17:40 Clover Lincoln Park, Lakeview · 18:00–20:30 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview (20 min walk)

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

    Half-price drinks for Friday Afternoon Club members, 3-6pm · $5 Three Olives vodka cocktails every day

  6. Clover Lincoln Park → Big City Tap

    16:00–18:00 Clover Lincoln Park, Lakeview · 19:30–21:30 Big City Tap, Lakeview (15 min walk), after 75 min with nowhere to be

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

    Half-price drinks for Friday Afternoon Club members, 3-6pm · Friday, $3 Miller Lite pints 7.30 to 9.30pm

  7. George Street Pub → Big City Tap

    16:00–18:00 George Street Pub, Lakeview · 19:30–21:30 Big City Tap, Lakeview (13 min walk), after 77 min with nowhere to be

    $7 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $4 Miller Lite, $5 Stella, $6 wine and well drinks, $6.95 bites, weekdays 3 to 6pm · Friday, $3 Miller Lite pints 7.30 to 9.30pm

  8. Wilde Bar & Restaurant → Big City Tap

    16:00–18:00 Wilde Bar & Restaurant, Lakeview · 19:30–21:30 Big City Tap, Lakeview (12 min walk), after 78 min with nowhere to be

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

    $3 PBR, $4 Tecate, $5-8 wine, $7-12 appetizers, weekdays 4 to 6pm · Friday, $3 Miller Lite pints 7.30 to 9.30pm

  9. Tanuki → Lincoln Tap Room

    16:30–17:49 Tanuki, Lakeview · 18:00–20:30 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview (11 min walk)

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

    Bring your own bottle, dinner Friday and Saturday · $5 Three Olives vodka cocktails every day

  10. Figo Wine Bar → Lincoln Tap Room

    16:00–17:00 Figo Wine Bar, Lakeview · 18:00–20:30 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview (16 min walk), after 44 min with nowhere to be

    $14 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $10 cocktails and $9 wine, Friday 4 to 5pm · $5 Three Olives vodka cocktails every day

  11. Tuco & Blondie → Lincoln Tap Room

    16:00–17:00 Tuco & Blondie, Lakeview · 18:00–20:30 Lincoln Tap Room, Lakeview (10 min walk), after 50 min with nowhere to be

    $11 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $6 mini tacos, margaritas, drafts and frosé, weekdays 3 to 5pm · $5 Three Olives vodka cocktails every day

  12. Tuco & Blondie → Finley Dunne's Tavern

    16:00–16:49 Tuco & Blondie, Lakeview · 17:00–19:30 Finley Dunne's Tavern, Lakeview (11 min walk)

    $10 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $6 mini tacos, margaritas, drafts and frosé, weekdays 3 to 5pm · $4 High Life drafts, all day every day

These are the top 12. 56 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.