Bars and Clubs or Neighborhood Restaurants

Gaslight Bar & Grille -

2426 N. Racine Ave. - Chicago (Lincoln Park)

While the bar borrows its name from Chicago's famed Gaslight Club, a popular men's club in the '30s and '40s, don't expect any scantily clad...

Deals & Specials:

• $5 grape bombs, $5 Miller Lite stadium cups, $6 Effen bloody marys, $7 nacho platters, $7 horseshoe sandwiches with fries
• $3 burger with first beer purchase, $4 bombs, $12 Goose Island 312 buckets

The Ledge Bar & Grill -

1745 W. North Ave. - Chicago (Bucktown/Wicker Park)

With a simple, value-driven menu focused on burgers, fries and beer, this neighborhood bar in the former Parlor space isn't reinventing the wheel --...

Deals & Specials:

• $2 High Life drafts, $6 48-ounce Miller Lite and High Life mugs, $8 Miller Lite and High Life pitchers, $5 burgers, $6 nachos, $12 racks of ribs
• 25 cent wings, $2 Miller High Life drafts, $6 48-ounce Miller Lite and High Life mugs, $8 Miller Lite and High Life pitchers, $12 racks of ribs

Clybar and Grille -

2417 N. Clybourn Ave. - Chicago (Sheffield/De Paul)

Located on a relatively quiet stretch of the Clybourn Corridor, this sports bar shows off its Purdue allegience with paintings of campus landmarks,...

Deals & Specials:

• $3 you-call-its, half-price wraps
• $2 Bud products, half-price wings

The Beetle -

2532 W. Chicago Ave. - Chicago (Humboldt Park)

Humboldt Park bar and grill

WestEnd Bar & Grill -

1326 W. Madison St. - Chicago (West Loop)

This West Loop bar and restaurant is brought to you by the Four Corners Tavern Group, which is also behind Kirkwood Bar & Grill, Schoolyard Tavern &...

Deals & Specials:

• $3 burgers with beer purchase, $5 Jager bombs, $14 Bud product buckets
• $1 tacos, $3 all drafts, $4 Jose Cuervo silver shots, $4 margaritas

Reagle Beagle -

160 E. Grand Ave. - Chicago (Streeterville)

Nick at Nite fans will have no trouble identifying the inspiration for the name of this afterwork spot that features '70s and '80s music and TV theme...

Deals & Specials:

• $3 all domestic beers, $6 bartender's call drinks, $5 wings
• $5 vodka lemonades

Murphy's Bleachers -

3655 N. Sheffield Ave. - Chicago (Wrigleyville)

Packed to the rafters with beer-swilling baseball fans during and after Cubs games, this open-air bar across the street from Wrigley Field also...

Deals & Specials:

• $3 Malort shots, $4 sloppy joes, $5 bloody marys, $15 Miller family buckets
• $4 British beer drafts and bottles, $4 North Shore cocktails, $6 fish and chips, $10 Leinenkugal Oktoberfest pitchers, karaoke (9:30 p.m.)