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. Easy Bar → Dorian's

    16:00–17:50 Easy Bar, Wicker Park · 18:00–20:00 Dorian's, Wicker Park (10 min walk)

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

    Half-price happy hour, $9 beer and shot combos · Happy hour nightly 6 to 8pm, no prices claimed

  2. Little Wok → Dorian's

    16:00–17:50 Little Wok, Wicker Park · 18:00–20:00 Dorian's, Wicker Park (10 min walk)

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

    $5 Asahi and sake bombs, $6 wine and Aperol Spritz, Monday to Friday 3 to 6pm · Happy hour nightly 6 to 8pm, no prices claimed

  3. Little Wok → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:45 Little Wok, Wicker Park · 17:05–19:35 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (20 min walk)

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

    $5 Asahi and sake bombs, $6 wine and Aperol Spritz, Monday to Friday 3 to 6pm · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  4. Easy Bar → Hiro Izakaya

    16:00–16:45 Easy Bar, Wicker Park · 17:04–19:34 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (19 min walk)

    $44 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    Half-price happy hour, $9 beer and shot combos · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  5. Valedor → S&T Steakhouse

    17:00–17:45 Valedor, Wicker Park · 18:01–20:31 S&T Steakhouse, Bucktown (16 min walk)

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

    $12 cocktails, $8 tapas, daily 5 to 7pm, closed Monday · Bring your own bottle, Tuesday to Friday from 5pm

  6. Dorian's → S&T Steakhouse

    18:00–18:45 Dorian's, Wicker Park · 19:03–21:33 S&T Steakhouse, Bucktown (18 min walk)

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

    Happy hour nightly 6 to 8pm, no prices claimed · Bring your own bottle, Tuesday to Friday from 5pm

  7. Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park → Hiro Izakaya

    17:00–17:45 Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park, Wicker Park · 18:05–20:35 Hiro Izakaya, West Town (20 min walk)

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

    Happy hour pours and bites · $35 weekday bar tasting of house beer, gyoza, edamame, hand roll and yakitori

  8. Easy Bar → Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park

    16:00–16:59 Easy Bar, Wicker Park · 17:00–19:00 Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park, Wicker Park (1 min walk)

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

    Half-price happy hour, $9 beer and shot combos · Happy hour pours and bites

  9. Little Wok → Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park

    16:00–16:59 Little Wok, Wicker Park · 17:00–19:00 Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park, Wicker Park (1 min walk)

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

    $5 Asahi and sake bombs, $6 wine and Aperol Spritz, Monday to Friday 3 to 6pm · Happy hour pours and bites

  10. Valedor → Dorian's

    17:00–17:58 Valedor, Wicker Park · 18:00–20:00 Dorian's, Wicker Park (2 min walk)

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

    $12 cocktails, $8 tapas, daily 5 to 7pm, closed Monday · Happy hour nightly 6 to 8pm, no prices claimed

  11. Valedor → Ipsento 606

    17:00–17:45 Valedor, Wicker Park · 17:55–20:00 Ipsento 606, Bucktown (10 min walk)

    $18 printed across both, before tax, tip and anything else.

    $12 cocktails, $8 tapas, daily 5 to 7pm, closed Monday · All cocktails $10, Fridays 5 to 8pm

  12. Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park → Dorian's

    17:00–17:49 Fatpour Tap Works Wicker Park, Wicker Park · 18:00–20:00 Dorian's, Wicker Park (11 min walk)

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

    Happy hour pours and bites · Happy hour nightly 6 to 8pm, no prices claimed

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.