Friday Happy Hours in Chicago
There are 162 spots on Spotd known to run happy hour on Friday in Chicago right now, spread across 37 neighborhoods.
Standouts include After, Andie's Restaurant, Andy's Jazz Club, Anelya and 158 more. Recent deals: High-craft, low-key cocktail menu at After; No happy hour window advertised; what to order: classic saganaki, the dip sampler, seasonal homemade pasta specials at Andie's Restaurant.
Tap any spot below for its full deal list, hours, reviews and map. Happy hour times change often, so always verify directly with the venue before you head out.
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162 spots with Friday happy hour in Chicago
- After 🍹 High-craft, low-key cocktail menu
- Andie's Restaurant 🍹 No happy hour window advertised; what to order: classic saganaki, the dip sam…
- Andy's Jazz Club 🍹 Three live jazz sets nightly featuring local and visiting musicians; bar seat…
- Anelya 🍹 Beet kvass craft cocktails
- Archie's Iowa & Rockwell Tavern 🍹 Weekday happy hour: $2 Hamm's cans
- Ascione Bistro 🍹 Crafted cocktails
- Avondale Music Hall 🍹 Full bar open on all show nights
- Bangers & Lace 🍹 $5 craft beer
- Bar La Rue 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm
- Bar Roma 🍹 Happy hour Tue-Sun 4pm-6pm in the tavern and patio
- Bárbaro Taquería 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 3pm-6pm
- Basant Modern Indian 🍹 Happy hour Tue-Fri 4pm-6pm
- Beatrix River North 🍹 Happy hour daily
- Begyle Brewing 🍹 What to order: rotating taster flights of the broad-ranging draft list plus s…
- Bernice's Tavern 🍹 Cheap beer and the jukebox; cash goes a long way here
- Best Intentions 🍹 The calf liver mousse and matzo ball soup are some of the best bar snacks in…
- Big Jones 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 4:30pm-6pm
- Big Star 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Thu 4-6pm: half-price nachos, $12 margaritas, $8 Ranch Water,…
- Blind Barber 🍹 Barbershop by day, cocktail lounge by night
- Brownstone Tavern & Grill 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Thu 5-7pm, $15 food and drink combos
- Bub City 🍹 $5 beer
- Buddy Guy's Legends 🍹 Blues performances every night open; cover charge $15 weeknights, $25 Fri-Sat…
- Butch McGuire's 🍹 $4 wells
- Cariño 🍹 Latin-inspired tasting menu
- Casa Yari 🍹 Signature coconut flan
- Central Park Bar 🍹 Mon-Fri 4-7pm: half-price drinks
- CH Distillery & Cocktail Bar 🍹 House vodka, aquavit, fernet and limoncello
- Clara 🍹 Craft cocktails and natural wine
- Cobra Lounge 🍹 Burger and Dog of the Month rotating special
- Cole's Bar 🍹 Free weekly comedy open mic, Wednesdays at 8pm, no cover
- Conte Di Savoia 🍹 What to order: The Contessa sandwich, The Frank Italian sub, classic Italian…
- Delilah's 🍹 $3 PBR
- District Brew Yards 🍹 40 self-pour taps charged by the ounce
- Dorian's 🍹 Italian hi-fi system for vinyl DJ nights
- Dorothy 🍹 Rotating craft cocktail menu; signature Dorothy Martini and Liquid Gold with…
- Double Fun 🍹 Daily specials Mon-Thu 4-6pm and Fri-Sun 2-5pm
- Dugan's on Halsted 🍹 24 taps of craft and classic beers; free popcorn at the bar all night
- Edelweiss Tavern 🍹 Free pool Sun-Mon
- Elixir Andersonville 🍹 Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm
- Elske 🍹 Bar open until 2am nightly, 3am Saturdays
- Emporium Arcade Bar 🍹 $5 craft beer
- Estelle's 🍹 $3 PBR
- Estereo FM 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 3-6pm: $10 Paloma, $10 Frozen drink, $10 Breezy, $10 Medal…
- EZ Inn 🍹 Old Style and Malort on tap
- Forbidden Root 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Thu 4pm-6pm, Fri 3pm-5pm: $5 draft beer, $10 house flight, $8…
- Fox Bar 🍹 Seasonal craft cocktails
- Glascott's Groggery 🍹 Weekly trivia night
- Gman Tavern 🍹 Happy Hour Mon-Fri 3-6pm (not valid on Cubs home games): $2 off all drafts an…
- Grapes & Grains 🍹 Live piano Thu-Sat 8pm-11pm
- Greek Islands 🍹 Flaming saganaki cheese
- Half Acre Beer Co 🍹 $4 pints
- Happy Camper Wrigleyville 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 3pm-6pm
- Hideout 🍹 $3 Old Style
- Hopsmith Tavern 🍹 Daily 4:30-6:30pm: $5 You Call It drinks and $15 domestic beer pitchers
- House of Blues Chicago 🍹 $5 wells
- Hugo's Frog Bar & Fish House 🍹 Mr. Frog's Happy Hour Sun-Thu 3-6pm (bar only): half-price oysters, half-pric…
- Humble Bar & Lounge 🍹 $3 beers and cans all day
- HVAC Pub 🍹 Happy hour: $4 High Noons, $6 Casamigos shots, $7 frozen cocktails, half off…
- Inkwell 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri until 6pm: $5 Bar Mix, $5 Olives, $12 Classic Cocktails
- Inner Town Pub 🍹 Domestic pints at dive bar prices all night
- Jackhammer 🍹 Free pool and free darts every night; late-night dancing until 4am (5am Satur…
- Jefferson Tap & Grille 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Thu 3pm-6pm, Fri 3pm-5pm: cocktail deals
- King of Cups 🍹 Happy hour daily Sun-Thu 5pm-7pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-7pm
- Kingston Mines 🍹 Domestic beers at honest prices; cover charge applies most nights
- Kumiko 🍹 2025 James Beard Award, Outstanding Bar
- Lazy Bird 🍹 Seasonal cocktails and rotating spirit specials
- Lizzie McNeill's Irish Pub 🍹 Guinness pints and Irish whiskey
- Loafers 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 4-7pm: discounted drinks
- Lone Wolf 🍹 Strong rotating beer selection
- Lottie's Pub 🍹 $3 PBR
- Lula Cafe 🍹 What to order: seasonal market-driven brunch dishes and the rotating weekly d…
- Maria's Packaged Goods 🍹 $3 PBR
- Mariscos San Pedro 🍹 Daily 5-6pm specials (closed Wed): $40 margarita pitcher, $12 cocktail of the…
- Marty's Martini Bar 🍹 Classic martinis and specialty cocktails from the premium spirits list
- Martyrs' 🍹 Live music shows most nights open, no cover for many local acts
- Marz Community Brewing 🍹 $4 pints
- Matchbox 🍹 $5 wells
- Miller's Pub 🍹 Daily drink specials all day: $8 Tom Collins, Pina Colada, Mojito, White Russ…
- Monarch & Lion 🍹 Happy hour daily 3-5pm: $2 Blue Point oysters, $2 chicken wings, $5 Miller Hi…
- Montrose Saloon 🍹 Live music on weekends; cold beer and spirits at neighborhood prices since 1976
- Moody's Pub 🍹 Charbroiled burgers and a covered beer garden open seasonally; cold drafts fr…
- Mordecai 🍹 Ask the bartender about the whiskey program before you order
- Murphy's Bleachers 🍹 $3 Old Style
- Nia 🍹 Curated wine-by-the-glass list
- Nick's Beer Garden 🍹 No cover for live music on Fridays and Saturdays; rotating craft taps all night
- Nisei Lounge 🍹 $3 Old Style
- NoMI Lounge 🍹 Wednesday Golden Hour on the NoMI Garden rooftop terrace, 5-7pm (seasonal)
- O'Donovan's 🍹 Stewpendous Trivia every Thursday at 7:30pm
- Phyllis' Musical Inn 🍹 Tuesday open mic (poetry/spoken word/slam)
- Piece Brewery 🍹 $4 pints
- Platform 47 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 3pm-7pm, Sat 12pm-4pm, and all day Sunday
- Pleasant House Pub 🍹 Tuesday Burger Day: any burger + Veltins Pilsner draft for $17
- Pompei 🍹 No happy hour; what to order: Italian bakery-style square pizza (recipe since…
- Pops for Champagne 🍹 Weekday happy hour 3-6pm; nearly 250 champagne and sparkling wine selections
- Punch House 🍹 Punches by the glass from $8, carafe or communal bowl available for groups
- Queen Mary Tavern 🍹 Rum, Scotch, and fortified wines from a well-chosen maritime-themed list
- Rainbo Club 🍹 Cash-only bar with some of the lowest drink prices in the city -- cheap beer…
- Reed's Local 🍹 Cheap beers and bar whiskey; the bubble hockey table is always open
- Remedy 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 4pm-7pm, half off the full menu
- Ricochet's Tavern 🍹 Cheap drinks and free darts all night; neighborhood dive staple for over 40 y…
- RJ Grunts 🍹 Happy Hour Thu-Sat 8-10pm: $5 classic cocktails, beers, and wine
- Rogers Park Social 🍹 $7-$8 cocktails and $5 draft beers all night
- Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar 🍹 Half-off wine
- Roscoe Village Pub 🍹 Rotating craft beers on tap and board games to keep you there longer
- Rossi's Liquors 🍹 $3 PBR
- RPM Italian 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm at the bar
- Schubas Tavern 🍹 Chicago craft beers on draft; daily cocktail specials in the tavern
- Sepia 🍹 Front-of-house marble bar seats 30
- Seven Ten Social 🍹 Blue Island Ice Tea (vodka, rum, tequila, gin, blue Curacao, lemon, ginger al…
- She-nannigans 🍹 $3 beer
- Sheffield's Wine & Beer Garden 🍹 $6 featured drafts all month (rotating Brewery of the Month selection)
- Shinnick's Pub 🍹 Cash-only bar with beers averaging $3.50 -- among the cheapest pints in Bridg…
- Simon's Tavern 🍹 $3 PBR
- Skylark 🍹 $4 wells
- Sleeping Village 🍹 56 beer and cider drafts on tap; live music and comedy shows in the back venu…
- Sluggers World Class Sports Bar 🍹 $4 domestic beer
- Sparrow 🍹 Mon-Fri 4-7pm: $5 draft beers and $10 wines by the glass
- Spiteful Brewing 🍹 $4 pints
- Sportsman's Club 🍹 $5 wells
- Stella's Tap 🍹 Polish beer selection including Okocim
- Streeter's Tavern 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 3pm-5pm: $5 Yuengling, $8 Jameson
- Thalia Hall 🍹 $5 draft beer
- The Aberdeen Tap 🍹 Daily specials: Sun $5 Bloodies and Mimosas; Mon $4 Bells Beer and $8 Bangers…
- The Alderman 🍹 Rotating seasonal cocktail menu with original recipes and classic riffs
- The Atlantic Bar & Grill 🍹 Friday Fish Fry: all-you-can-eat for $10 every Friday
- The Bad Apple 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 3pm-6pm: $10 apps, $6 taps, $3 off wine, $5 off cocktails
- The Bar on Buena 🍹 19 taps and 100+ bottled beers
- The Beetle Bar and Grill 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm
- The California Clipper 🍹 Live music nearly every night from jazz to electronic
- The Charleston 🍹 $3 PBR
- The Cubby Bear 🍹 Game day drink and food specials during Cubs home games
- The Dugout 🍹 Full liquor rooftop, one of the only in Wrigleyville serving hard drinks
- The Globe Pub 🍹 Happy hour Mon-Fri 4-6pm
- The Heavy Feather 🍹 The velvety amaretto sour and grasshopper ice cream cocktail are the house sp…
- The Hi-Lo 🍹 Happy hour specials available; $8 beer and shot combo mentioned by regulars
- The Hideout 🍹 Cheap drinks and live music most nights; no cover for many shows
- The Lodge Tavern 🍹 $4 wells
- The Long Room 🍹 Ever-changing beer list with local and craft selections; coffee program open…
- The Loyalist 🍹 Happy Hour Mon-Thu 5pm-6pm: $11 cocktails and discounted bar bites
- The Map Room 🍹 $4 craft beer
- The Meadowlark 🍹 Creative seasonal cocktails in a space designed for lingering
- The Owl 🍹 $5 wells
- The Publican 🍹 $5 draft beer
- The Rabbit Hole 🍹 Happy hour Tue-Fri 4pm-7pm
- The Ravenswood Tavern 🍹 Daily 3pm-6pm: $4 Fireball shots, $4 Miller Lite pints
- The Revel Room 🍹 The Reveller: Stiegl radler, Malort and honey
- The Rosebud 🍹 Happy Hour Mon-Fri 3pm-5pm at the Main Bar, discounted drinks and appetizers
- The Whistler 🍹 $7 cocktails
- Tin Roof Chicago 🍹 50% off wings, tenders, nachos, and loaded tots before every Cubs home game
- Trader Todd's 🍹 $5 tiki drinks
- TRUCE 🍹 Sunday happy hour, 4pm to close
- Tufano's Vernon Park Tap 🍹 No happy hour; signature picks: Lemon Chicken Vesuvio, Eggplant Parmesan, Fri…
- Tuman's Tap and Grill 🍹 Happy hour Tue 4-9pm, Fri 3-6pm, Sun 6-10pm
- Tweet 🍹 $5 wells
- Twin Anchors Restaurant & Tavern 🍹 No dedicated happy hour; Illinois-legal all-day special: 15 beers on draft wi…
- Untitled 🍹 $9 cocktails
- Uvae Kitchen & Wine Bar 🍹 Globally inspired shareable plates
- Village Tap 🍹 Rotating craft taps and a beer garden worth sitting in
- Warlord 🍹 Ever-changing live-fire tasting menu
- Weather Mark Tavern 🍹 Daily 4-6pm happy hour; bottomless mimosas Sat-Sun $25 with food purchase
- Z Bar 🍹 Signature cocktails $24; Anniversary Collection cocktails $25 with portion be…
- Zakopane 🍹 Heavy-handed vodka drinks
Frequently Asked Questions
How many happy hour spots are in Chicago?
Spotd lists 162 Friday happy hour spots in Chicago right now, each with up-to-date deals and hours.
What time does happy hour start in Chicago?
Most happy hours in Chicago start around 4pm, with some kicking off as early as 4am. Each spot's exact window is listed on its page.
Which spots have Friday happy hour in Chicago?
After, Andie's Restaurant, Andy's Jazz Club, Anelya, Archie's Iowa & Rockwell Tavern and 157 more all run a Friday happy hour in Chicago.
What are the best happy hour deals in Chicago?
Popular picks include Havana Nights summer series with bottle service VIP sections; Sunday brunch 10am-2pm; over 100 rum varieties for tastings at 14 Parish Restaurant & Rhum Bar; $4 Old Style, PBR and Hamm's every night at 2Bears Tavern Uptown; 9 Muses Burger $18 at 9 Muses Bar & Grill. Browse every deal on the spots below.