North of the river along the lake: steak and seafood rooms around Rush and Oak Streets, Old Town's taverns along Wells, and Streeterville's dining rooms off Michigan Avenue — where happy hour is often the friendliest price on the menu.
Most of these start around 3 PM and run until about 6 PM. 3 of the 5 also run on the weekend. 4 have an oyster deal.
A glamorous second-floor Gold Coast room led by Michelin-starred chef Soo Ahn: handmade pastas, Caesar tossed tableside, a Sunday supper prix fixe. Weekday happy hour, 4 to 6 at the bar, has $2 oysters.
The seafood house that shares a kitchen with Gibsons next door, famous for its frog legs and king crab; its shrimp DeJonghe, the garlicky Chicago-born classic, is one of the city's best.
The Irish dive that opened on Rush in 1974, now in a bigger room off Michigan Avenue with a sidewalk patio and food that surprises.
A Peruvian spot on Wells from the team behind New York's Mission Ceviche, where leche de tigre gets its own spotlight and weekends turn loud.
The Rooh team's London-style pub in Streeterville, mixing British Indian dishes (tikka masala, a shepherd's pie made with lamb keema) with gin cocktails.
With every deal, the On now filter and the whole of Chicago on your own map — 265 happy hours in all.
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Take the Red Line to Clark/Division for the Gold Coast and Rush Street, or the Brown or Purple Line to Sedgwick for Old Town; Streeterville is a short walk east of the Red Line at Grand or Chicago.
Rush and Oak Streets get loud after work on Thursdays and Fridays. Old Town is calmer and sits around The Second City on Wells Street, so a happy hour there before a show makes an easy night.
Close enough to walk between — tap a marker to see which one it is.
This page is a sample. The Chicago Happy Hour pack in Whosly has every one of the 265 — 1,669 deals with their prices and times — and tells you which are pouring right now.
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The happy hour packs are included with Planner Pro. Starting a plan and RSVPing are free, always.
