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Bars in Chicago, IL

What things cost at the bars we track in Chicago: each venue's own menu prices, and what people actually paid wherever receipts are in.

Typical prices at bars in Chicago

Beer$7.70
Wine$12.64
Cocktail$13.81
Spirit$13.82
Hard seltzer$8.16
Cider$7.80
Shot$7.84
Coffee & tea$5.00
Soda$4.19
Juice$5.75
Water$6.00
Appetizer$12.80
Entrée$15.50
Pizza$19.09
Side$8.24
Dessert$10.00
Other drink$8.50

The middle of these venues' own average menu prices, for categories at least 3 of them list: list prices, not what anyone paid.

Venue by venue

Average price by category at each of the bars we track in Chicago
VenueBeerCocktailEntrée
2Twenty2 TavernBar—$15.00$19.80
After LoungeBarHappy hour$9.20$19.20$18.50
Alarmist Brewing & TaproomBrewery · Bar$8.48$15.15—
Alulu Brewery & PubBarHappy hour$8.18$14.25$20.33
Avenue Tap and KitchenPub · Bar$6.56$12.56$15.33
Avondale TapBarHappy hour$7.71$12.53$16.81
BanditBarHappy hour$7.49$12.32$15.43
Bangers & LaceBarHappy hour$9.50$14.43$11.15
Bar SottoBarHappy hour$10.18$17.36$24.33
BeatnikMediterranean · BarHappy hour$10.00$17.00$21.28
Bernie's TavernBarHappy hour——$17.17
Big City TapBarHappy hour——$14.83
Big Hill Bar & GrillBar——$19.63
Big Mini Putt ClubBarHappy hour——$14.00
Billy SundayBar$9.71$15.69$22.43
BisousBarHappy hour$11.40$16.21—
Bitter PopsBar—$14.71$11.18
Boulevard Sports LoungeBarHappy hour$6.92$12.25$12.28
Broken HeartsBar———
Brudders Bar and GrillBarHappy hour$5.57$9.63$14.79
Bucktown PubBar$5.00$12.00—
Burke’s Public HouseBarHappy hour$7.75$11.06$15.50
Buzzed by ZeaBarHappy hour—$16.33—
California ClipperBarHappy hour$6.50$15.00—
Cantina RosaBarHappy hour$7.33$16.82—
Casa ChiJapanese · BarHappy hour—$14.80$22.88
Central Park BarBarHappy hour$7.50$14.00—
Cheesie's Pub & GrubBar——$8.00
City Winery at the Chicago RiverwalkBar$9.20$16.33$24.00
Consignment LoungePub · Bar$7.33$12.64—
Corcoran's Grill & PubBarHappy hour$8.55—$17.52
Corridor Brewery and ProvisionsBar$13.67$12.58$17.13
D4 Irish Pub & CafeBarHappy hour$8.60$14.00—
DSTRKT Bar & GrillAmerican · BarHappy hour$6.50$14.08$15.50
Declan’s Irish PubBarHappy hour$7.11$13.40$15.63
Del ToroMexican · Bar$7.06$13.80$8.90
DiegoMexican · BarHappy hour$5.75$11.75$11.29
DorothyCocktail Bar · BarHappy hour$6.60$13.75—
Duffy's Tavern & BarBar—$15.13$11.72
ERIS Brewery and Cider HouseBarHappy hour——$15.61
EZ InnBar$6.35$11.88—
Easy BarBarHappy hour$7.20$13.08—
Easy Does ItBarHappy hour$7.67$12.40—
EscoBarHappy hour$8.00$17.78$22.11
EstereoBarHappy hour$8.00——
Fat CatBarHappy hour$8.75$15.88—
First DraftBarHappy hour——$12.19
Floyd's PubBar$6.67$11.56$12.14
Four Moon TavernBar$7.09—$13.50
Galway ArmsBar$7.86$12.56$21.76
George Street PubBarHappy hour$6.52$8.00$15.52
Gracie O'Malley'sBarHappy hour$6.24$13.88$14.07
Greenlight Korean Pub & KaraokeBar—$9.86$15.59
Harrigan’sBar$4.84—$12.75
Harry Caray's TavernBar$7.71$14.92$109.80
Hopleaf BarPub · Bar$12.05—$14.45
Horse Thief HollowBar$18.94$12.00$16.04
Joe’s On Weed StBar——$14.00
Kelly's PubBar——$12.50
Kelsey'sBar——$10.74
Kibbitznest Books, Brews & BlarneyBarHappy hour$7.75$12.85—
KumikoBar$13.25$23.94$26.29
Larry'sCocktail Bar · Bar$6.50$13.90—
Lincoln KaraokeBarHappy hour———
Little ToastedBreakfast · Bar$7.10$15.81$15.29
Lizzie McNeill‘s Irish PubBarHappy hour$8.49$12.57$18.72
Lone OwlBarHappy hour$7.03$15.20$17.06
Lone WolfMexican · Bar$8.20$14.17—
MCM Pub and EateryBarHappy hour——$8.79
Mac's Wood GrilledBarHappy hour$6.87$5.83$16.91
Marge’s StillBar$8.32$11.25$20.72
Matisse Tavern & GrillBarHappy hour$8.22$14.00$21.45
Middle Brow BungalowPizza · BarHappy hour$7.80$13.57$11.35
Mom's Place - A Chicago Gathering SpotBar——$12.11
MoonflowerAmerican · Bar$5.45$13.63$14.57
Mother Hubbard's Sports PubBarHappy hour——$16.70
My Buddy’sBar——$11.11
New Line TavernBarHappy hour$7.92$13.91$17.33
Nick’s Beer GardenBar$7.90——
Nobody's DarlingBarHappy hour$7.58$9.25—
O'Callaghan'sBar$7.87$13.57$15.72
O'Shaughnessy'sBarHappy hour$8.24$10.56$16.48
Offshore ChicagoBar$8.70$18.33$24.88
Output Lounge & Sports BarBarHappy hour$6.08$13.82$14.82
Park TavernBar$8.25$13.70$16.59
Parson’s Chicken & FishBar$6.92$11.76$14.52
Pippin's TavernBarHappy hour$8.55—$19.70
Pleasant House PubBarHappy hour—$11.86$13.33
Point & FeatherAmerican · Bar$8.85$17.18$16.43
Punch HouseCocktail Bar · Bar$6.50$9.33—
Quality TimeBarHappy hour$6.18$12.40—
Queen Mary TavernSeafood · BarHappy hour—$16.30—
R Public HouseBarHappy hour——$17.67
Rabbit’s Bar and GrillBar——$8.98
Randolph TavernAmerican · Bar$8.71—$18.93
River ShannonBarHappy hour$7.65$14.00—
Sakura Karaoke BarBar——$12.75
Schubas TavernBarHappy hour$8.16$12.00—
Shakers On ClarkPub · Bar$7.87$15.58—
Simone’sBarHappy hour$6.36$11.46$14.18
Sluggers World Class Sports BarBar——$11.47
Small BarBarHappy hour$7.14$12.00$7.33
South BranchBarHappy hour$16.82—$20.25
SparrowBar$9.00$15.55—
Streeter's TavernBarHappy hour$7.48$11.60—
TRUCECoffee · Bar—$9.00—
The Aberdeen TapBarHappy hour$8.50—$17.43
The Barn Hockey BarBar$6.55$14.43$15.08
The Beetle Bar and GrillBarHappy hour$6.84$12.77$12.99
The Berkshire RoomBar———
The Boss BarBar——$13.15
The Butcher’s TapBarHappy hour———
The Dandy CrownBarHappy hour$7.38$16.25$11.40
The Garage Bar & SandwichesBar—$7.80$14.79
The Globe PubAmerican · Bar$7.96—$17.62
The Harding TavernBurgers · Bar—$15.13$16.80
The Hi-LoBar$7.40$14.07—
The J. ParkerBar$6.33$15.00$22.14
The KerrymanBarHappy hour——$17.88
The Lodge TavernBarHappy hour$7.68$13.75—
The Long RoomBar$9.00$8.75$13.35
The Map RoomBar$6.51——
The Nest Bar & EateryBar$5.63—$13.60
The OwlBarHappy hour$7.73$13.00—
The Pearl ClubBar—$16.14—
The Redhead Piano BarBarHappy hour$9.34—$27.20
The Revel RoomBar$7.56$15.00—
The RevelerBarHappy hour——$15.62
The StaleyBarHappy hour$7.77$14.29$16.55
The University of Chicago PubBar$5.29$8.36$9.07
Toons Bar & GrillBar——$14.42
Tripoli TapBarHappy hour$7.67—$13.81
Tuman’s Tap and GrillBar—$12.75$11.94
Utopian TailgateBar$9.25$13.13$23.25
Vintage BarBarHappy hour$7.35$9.67$36.06
Wax Vinyl Bar and Ramen ShopJapanese · Bar$9.44—$22.06
Whale TaleBar$6.45—$8.84
WhirlyBallBar—$15.00$15.44
Wild Blossom Meadery & WineryBar$9.00$14.86—
Will's Northwoods InnBar$6.48$9.30$10.63
Z BarBar$8.89$23.94—
aliveOneBarHappy hour$7.26$14.00—
inkwellBarHappy hour—$16.00—

Average listed price per category, from each venue's own menu. Where we have no menu figure but people have split bills there, the average they paid, marked “paid”.

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