Tonight

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.

50 nights that work

1. 255 min
   Park & Field → The Whistler

   16:00–17:45 Park & Field, Logan Square · 18:00–20:30 The Whistler, Logan Square (15 min walk)

   $30 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

   Friday, $30 bottomless beers, cocktails and a Park Burger, 4 to 6pm · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

2. 230 min
   Lula Cafe → The Whistler

   16:30–17:50 Lula Cafe, Logan Square · 18:00–20:30 The Whistler, Logan Square (10 min walk)

   $5 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

   $5 drafts, $9-12 cocktails, $10 wine, daily 4.30 to 7pm in the bar · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

3. 223 min
   Park & Field → Cole's Bar

   16:00–17:13 Park & Field, Logan Square · 17:30–20:00 Cole's Bar, Logan Square (17 min walk)

   $30 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

   Friday, $30 bottomless beers, cocktails and a Park Burger, 4 to 6pm · Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm

4. 210 min
   Scofflaw → Cole's Bar

   16:00–17:00 Scofflaw, Logan Square · 17:30–20:00 Cole's Bar, Logan Square (17 min walk), after 13 min with nowhere to be

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

   $8 cocktails Friday-Sunday 3-5pm · Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm

5. 210 min
   Federales Logan Square → Cole's Bar

   16:00–17:00 Federales Logan Square, Logan Square · 17:30–20:00 Cole's Bar, Logan Square (8 min walk), after 22 min with nowhere to be

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

   Friday 3-5pm happy hour · Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm

6. 210 min
   Scofflaw → The Whistler

   16:00–17:00 Scofflaw, Logan Square · 18:00–20:30 The Whistler, Logan Square (17 min walk), after 43 min with nowhere to be

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

   $8 cocktails Friday-Sunday 3-5pm · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

7. 210 min
   Federales Logan Square → The Whistler

   16:00–17:00 Federales Logan Square, Logan Square · 18:00–20:30 The Whistler, Logan Square (3 min walk), after 57 min with nowhere to be

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

   Friday 3-5pm happy hour · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

8. 209 min
   The Welcome Back Lounge → The Whistler

   17:00–17:59 The Welcome Back Lounge, Logan Square · 18:00–20:30 The Whistler, Logan Square (1 min walk)

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

   Happy hour, weekdays 5 to 7pm · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

9. 204 min
   The Crab Pad → The Whistler

   17:00–17:54 The Crab Pad, Logan Square · 18:00–20:30 The Whistler, Logan Square (6 min walk)

   $1 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

   Happy hour wings and tacos from $1, weekdays 5 to 6.30pm · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

10. 196 min
    Lula Cafe → Cole's Bar

    16:30–17:16 Lula Cafe, Logan Square · 17:30–20:00 Cole's Bar, Logan Square (14 min walk)

    $5 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $5 drafts, $9-12 cocktails, $10 wine, daily 4.30 to 7pm in the bar · Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm

11. 195 min
    The Whistler → Cole's Bar

    18:00–18:45 The Whistler, Logan Square · 18:50–21:20 Cole's Bar, Logan Square (5 min walk)

    $0 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am · Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm

12. 195 min
    Cole's Bar → The Whistler

    17:30–18:15 Cole's Bar, Logan Square · 18:20–20:50 The Whistler, Logan Square (5 min walk)

    $0 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    Never a cover, weeknights from 5.30pm · Live music, no cover, from 6pm to 2am

These are the top 12. 38 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.