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.

28 nights that work

  1. Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town → The California Clipper

    16:00–17:42 Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town, Ukrainian Village · 18:00–20:00 The California Clipper, Humboldt Park (18 min walk)

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

    $7 rum punch, $4 Jameson and Red Stripe, Tuesday to Friday 3 to 6pm · $8 cocktails, $5 Chicago Handshakes, $3 PBR, Tuesday to Sunday 6 to 8pm

  2. Boeufhaus → The California Clipper

    16:00–17:30 Boeufhaus, Ukrainian Village · 18:00–20:00 The California Clipper, Humboldt Park (11 min walk), after 19 min with nowhere to be

    $5.50 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $6 draft beer, $8-15 cocktails, $2.50-25 food, daily 3.30-5.30pm · $8 cocktails, $5 Chicago Handshakes, $3 PBR, Tuesday to Sunday 6 to 8pm

  3. Forbidden Root Brewery → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:56 Forbidden Root Brewery, Ukrainian Village · 17:00–19:30 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (4 min walk)

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

    Half off bar snacks, $5 drafts, $10 flight · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  4. Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:45 Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town, Ukrainian Village · 17:03–19:33 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (18 min walk)

    $39 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $7 rum punch, $4 Jameson and Red Stripe, Tuesday to Friday 3 to 6pm · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  5. Yuzu Sushi + Robata Grill → Hiro Izakaya

    16:30–17:15 Yuzu Sushi + Robata Grill, Ukrainian Village · 17:20–19:50 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (5 min walk)

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

    Happy hour, weekdays 4.30 to 6.30pm · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  6. Forbidden Root Brewery → GoodFunk West Town

    16:00–16:45 Forbidden Root Brewery, Ukrainian Village · 16:49–19:00 GoodFunk West Town, West Town (4 min walk)

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

    Half off bar snacks, $5 drafts, $10 flight · 26% off the entire menu

  7. Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town → Dorothy

    16:00–17:55 Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town, Ukrainian Village · 18:00–19:00 Dorothy, Wicker Park (5 min walk)

    $12 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $7 rum punch, $4 Jameson and Red Stripe, Tuesday to Friday 3 to 6pm · $8-10 cocktails and mixed drinks, daily 6 to 7pm

  8. Boeufhaus → Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park

    16:00–16:45 Boeufhaus, Ukrainian Village · 17:00–19:00 Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park, Wicker Park (15 min walk)

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

    $6 draft beer, $8-15 cocktails, $2.50-25 food, daily 3.30-5.30pm · Happy hour pours and bites

  9. Forbidden Root Brewery → Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park

    16:00–16:45 Forbidden Root Brewery, Ukrainian Village · 17:01–19:00 Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park, Wicker Park (16 min walk)

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

    Half off bar snacks, $5 drafts, $10 flight · Happy hour pours and bites

  10. Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town → Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park

    16:00–16:45 Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town, Ukrainian Village · 17:02–19:00 Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park, Wicker Park (17 min walk)

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

    $7 rum punch, $4 Jameson and Red Stripe, Tuesday to Friday 3 to 6pm · Happy hour pours and bites

  11. Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town → GoodFunk West Town

    16:00–16:45 Mr. Brown's Lounge West Town, Ukrainian Village · 17:03–19:00 GoodFunk West Town, West Town (18 min walk)

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

    $7 rum punch, $4 Jameson and Red Stripe, Tuesday to Friday 3 to 6pm · 26% off the entire menu

  12. Boeufhaus → Dorothy

    16:00–17:30 Boeufhaus, Ukrainian Village · 18:00–19:00 Dorothy, Wicker Park (8 min walk), after 22 min with nowhere to be

    $10.50 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $6 draft beer, $8-15 cocktails, $2.50-25 food, daily 3.30-5.30pm · $8-10 cocktails and mixed drinks, daily 6 to 7pm

These are the top 12. 16 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.