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Bars with live music in Chicago, IL

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

Typical prices at bars with live music in Chicago

Beer$7.90
Wine$13.63
Cocktail$14.86
Spirit$14.65
Hard seltzer$7.00
Soda$5.25
Appetizer$12.04
Entrée$18.74
Side$8.75
Dessert$12.45
Other drink$8.55

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 with live music we track in Chicago
VenueBeerAppetizerEntrée
Bitter PopsBar—$7.66$11.18
Broken HeartsBar———
Brudders Bar and GrillBarHappy hour$5.57$10.75$14.79
Caffè OlivaRestaurantHappy hour$8.96$15.13$20.01
California ClipperBarHappy hour$6.50——
City Winery at the Chicago RiverwalkBar$9.20$24.60$24.00
Galway ArmsBar$7.86$11.63$21.76
Harrigan’sBar$4.84$7.38$12.75
Joe’s On Weed StBar—$12.44$14.00
Mom's Place - A Chicago Gathering SpotBar—$11.00$12.11
Nick’s Beer GardenBar$7.90——
Shaw’s Crab HouseRestaurantHappy hour$7.25$24.46$32.89
State and Lake Chicago TavernAmerican · RestaurantHappy hour$9.41$17.71$18.74
The Boss BarBar—$10.57$13.15
The Butcher’s TapBarHappy hour—$12.96—
The Great American BagelAmerican · Restaurant—$9.99$11.63
The Redhead Piano BarBarHappy hour$9.34—$27.20
Tortoise Supper ClubAmerican · RestaurantHappy hour$8.25—$30.08
Untitled Supper ClubAmerican · RestaurantHappy hour$8.17$21.38$58.00
aliveOneBarHappy hour$7.26——

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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