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.

11 nights that work

  1. 2Bears Tavern Uptown → Meeting House Tavern

    17:00–19:30 2Bears Tavern Uptown, Uptown · 21:00–23:30 Meeting House Tavern, Andersonville (20 min walk), after 70 min with nowhere to be

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

    No cover, weeknights and Friday from 5pm · $8 WYNK and $6 Premium Well cocktails, Fridays 9pm to 2am

  2. Carol's Pub → Meeting House Tavern

    16:00–18:30 Carol's Pub, Uptown · 21:00–23:30 Meeting House Tavern, Andersonville (10 min walk), after 140 min with nowhere to be

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

    Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot · $8 WYNK and $6 Premium Well cocktails, Fridays 9pm to 2am

  3. Carol's Pub → 2Bears Tavern Uptown

    16:00–16:50 Carol's Pub, Uptown · 17:00–19:30 2Bears Tavern Uptown, Uptown (10 min walk)

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

    Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot · No cover, weeknights and Friday from 5pm

  4. Carol's Pub → Meeting House Tavern

    16:00–16:50 Carol's Pub, Uptown · 17:00–19:30 Meeting House Tavern, Andersonville (10 min walk)

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

    Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot · $4 Old Style, PBR and Hamm's beers all day and night

  5. Carol's Pub → Meeting House Tavern

    16:00–16:50 Carol's Pub, Uptown · 17:00–19:30 Meeting House Tavern, Andersonville (10 min walk)

    $13 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot · $5 Jager, Fireball and Malort shots all day and night

  6. 2Bears Tavern Uptown → Meeting House Tavern

    17:00–17:45 2Bears Tavern Uptown, Uptown · 18:05–20:35 Meeting House Tavern, Andersonville (20 min walk)

    $4 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    No cover, weeknights and Friday from 5pm · $4 Old Style, PBR and Hamm's beers all day and night

  7. 2Bears Tavern Uptown → Meeting House Tavern

    17:00–17:45 2Bears Tavern Uptown, Uptown · 18:05–20:35 Meeting House Tavern, Andersonville (20 min walk)

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

    No cover, weeknights and Friday from 5pm · $5 Jager, Fireball and Malort shots all day and night

  8. 2Bears Tavern Uptown → Carol's Pub

    17:00–17:45 2Bears Tavern Uptown, Uptown · 17:55–20:25 Carol's Pub, Uptown (10 min walk)

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

    No cover, weeknights and Friday from 5pm · Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot

  9. Carol's Pub → Port & Park Bistro

    16:00–16:45 Carol's Pub, Uptown · 17:05–18:30 Port & Park Bistro, Wrigleyville (20 min walk)

    $13 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot · 8 plates for $8, $8 cocktails, $7 wine, $5 drafts, Wednesday to Sunday 4 to 6.30pm

  10. Carol's Pub → Bar Roma

    16:00–16:45 Carol's Pub, Uptown · 16:56–18:00 Bar Roma, Andersonville (11 min walk)

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

    Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot · Happy hour, Tuesday to Sunday 4 to 6pm, tavern and patio

  11. Carol's Pub → The Ravenswood Tavern

    16:00–16:45 Carol's Pub, Uptown · 17:02–18:00 The Ravenswood Tavern, Lakeview (17 min walk)

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

    Friday drink specials, $8 Old Style and a shot · $4 Fireball and Miller Lite, $6 Chicago Hand Shake, Monday to Friday 3 to 6pm

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.