Now that the sun’s staying out later these days, we thought it was about time break out of our funk and meet up with some friends after work for some great food and cocktails. 

Beginning June 1, PLRG will be hosting Alchemy every first Monday of the month at Spring in Bucktown. For those not familiar with Spring, you are in for a very pleasant surprise. Located in the building formerly know as the North Avenue Baths, just west of the El, entering Spring is akin to leaving the chaos of the urban world when entering a spa. The clean lined, modern decor blends seamlessly with subtle asian touches (like the Zen sand garden that welcomes you to the space). 

This fusion of modern style and asian influence is a careful reflection of the menu offered at Spring. Chef Shawn McClain would call their menu “New American with strong Asian influences,” but we’ll just call it delicious. Their drink menu is as well thought out and as surprising (in a good way) as the food, all made with premium ingredients, like fresh juices and house-made tonic. 

Join us every Monday, 6pm-11pm, when you can cozy up to Spring and get to know them a little better. Each week they’ll be offering their specialty cocktails (usually $12) for just $7, mixed drinks are $7 and beer starts at $4. They will also be offering a small plates menu ($4-$11), which is perfect for sharing and trying different bites with your friends. We’ll also have DJ spinning each week to help set the mood. It’s the perfect way to get acquainted with Spring!

If you’re planning on hanging at Spring with us, let us know on our Facebook Group Page or Facebook Fan Page. We’d love to see everyone there!

10pin Bowling Lounge (330 N. State)
$5 games, $1 shoes, $4 bud & bud Llght 16oz btls, $5 van gogh cocktails

42 Degrees North Latitude Kitchen & Cocktails (4500 N. Lincoln Ave)
$2 miller lite btls

404 Wine Bar (2856 N Southport)
$.50 wings, $10 domestic buckets

Aberdeen (1856 W. North Ave.)
$5 burger baskets, $2 select shots, $3.5 mystery beer night

Ai Japanese Restaurant & Lounge (358 W. Ontario St)
$4 happy hour sushi 5-7pm, $10 select bottles of wine, 1/2 price select appetizers, free valet

A Mano (335 N. Dearborn)
$11.95 lunch time special 11:30-2pm, $2 bottled beer 5pm-close

Aki Sushi (2015 W. Division St)
$7 martinis

AliveOne (2683 N. Halsted)
$4 jameson shots, $2.5 lite, $3 bells

Aperitif 21 (2221 N. Lincoln Ave)
20% off dinner entrees after 4pm

Avenue Tavern (2916 N. Broadway)
$5 blue cheese burger w/side, $3 blue moon drafts

Bar Celona & Grill (3474 N Clark St)
$2 burgers w/ fries, $2 domestic bottles, $3 import bottles

Bar Louie (3545 N. Clark)
Buy one get one entrees and salads, $10 Corona buckets, Half off bottles of wine; 4-7pm half off all apps

Bat 17 (1709 Benson Ave, Evanston)
$4.95 select glasses of wine

Beachwood Inn (1415 N. Wood St)
$2.50 bottles of old style, $3.50 well drinks

Beer Bistro (1061 W. Madison)
$5 pizzas, $2 pbr cans

Between Boutique Cafe & Lounge (1324 N. Milwaukee Ave)
1/2 price dessert & sparkling wine menu

Big City Tap (3474 N Clark St)
$3.50 u call it, $3.50 burgers

The Black Duck Tavern & Grill (1800 N. Halsted)
$4 burgers, $3 drafts

Broadway Cellars (5900 N Broadway St)
$5 burgers, $5 fat tires

Bull & Bear (431 N. Wells)
1/2 price apps & trios (available every weekday)

Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba (2024 N. Halsted St)
$3 tapas, $1 pintxos in bar area from 4-6pm

Cans Bar & Canteen (1640 N. Damen)
$.35 wings, $4 22oz coors light drafts

Catch 35 (35 W. Wacker Dr)
Half-off wine glass pours

Citizen Bar (364 W. Erie)
$1 mini burgers, $2 drafts, $3 soco limes

Cleo’s (2048 W Armitage Ave)
$.10 wings

The Copa Cocktail Lounge (1637 N. Clybourn Ave.)
$10 buckets of bud/bud light, $3 finlandia bombs

Corcorans (1615 N. Wells)
$3.75 Blue Moon & Sierra Nevada Pints, 1/2 off Apps, 1/2 price bottles of wine

D’Agostino’s (752 N Ogden Ave)
$2.75 lite pints, $11 lite pitchers, $14 large thin crusts

Dine (733 W. Madison St)
$3 lite, mgd, & coors bottles

District Bar (170 W. Ontario)
1/2 priced apps 3pm-8pm, 1/2 priced margaritas

Duffy’s Tavern & Grille (420 1/2 W. Diversey)
$2.50 corona, corona light, & pacifico bottles, $4 all wraps, $3 il milagro shots

Dunlay’s on Clark (2600 N. Clark)
1/2 price glasses of wine

Gaslight Bar & Grill (2426 N. Racine)
$12 Goose Island 312 buckets, $3 burgers

The Grand Central (950 W. Wrightwood)
“Miller Mondays”: 5 for $5 Miller bottles, 25 cent wings

Hub51 (51 W. Hubbard)
1/2 off all sushi from 3pm-6pm

Kincade’s Bar & Grill (950 W. Armitage)
$1 burgers and $5 glasses of wine

Kendalls Pub (2263 N. Lincoln)
$1 half pound burgers ($2 with Fries), $3.50 Heineken, Heineken Light & Amstel Light bottles

La Fonda Del Gusto (1408 N Milwaukee)
“Monday’s Mocktails” - Buy one fresh mocktail mixer and get another one on the house. For your friend, of course.

Lucky’s Sandwich Company (3472 N. Clark)
$1 Domestic Bottles

Maeve (1325 W. Wrightwood)
$3 Drafts

Marche (833 W. Randolph St)
$28.95 Prix-Fixe Dinner

Motel Bar (600 W. Chicago)
$2 Miller Lite and Miller High Life $5 Plymouth Gin Cocktails

Mystic Celt (3443 N. Southport)
$3.50 Blue Moon & Half Acre Pints, 1/2 price Apps, 1/2 price Bottle of Wine

N9ne Steakhouse (440 W. Randolph)
$9 bites in the main bar

Nick’s Fishmarket and Grill Chicago (51 S. Clark St.)
1/2 price bottle of wine

The Paramount Room (415 N. Milwaukee Ave)
$10 gets a Kobe beef burger and a pint of beer (available everyday)

Plush (1104 W. Madison St)
$5 pint sized Smirnoff lemonades, half priced salads

The Red Canary (695 N. Milwaukee Ave)
Industry Night: 50% off everything behind the bar, plus $10 sliders, fries & a shake combo.

Rockit Bar & Grill (22 W. Hubbard St)
1/2 off all wine bottles and glass pours

State (935 W. Webster)
$2 Bottles of Bud, Bud Light, $5.95 Sandwiches

Sunda (110 W. Illinois St)
1/2 priced Apps, $20 sake/sushi flights and daily specialty cocktails from 5-7pm

Tapas Valencia (1530 S. State St)
$2 tapas menu from 4-6pm

Taste Food & Wine (1506 W. Jarvis)
Complimentary wine tastings from 6pm-7:30pm.

The Tasting Room (1415 W. Randolph St)
50% off all glasses of wine

Theory (9 W. Hubbard)
$5 burgers & $20 import buckets

Tilli’s (1952 N. Halsted)
1/2 off bottles of wine with purchase of 2 entrees & $3 Drafts

Vaughan’s Pub (2917 N Sheffield Ave)
$3 Blue Moon & Smithwick’s Pints, $5 Mai-Tais, 1/2 price Pizzas ($5)

Vaughan’s Pub (5435 N Northwest Hwy)
$3 Amstel Light Bottles & Well Drinks, 1/2 price Apps, $9.95 Bacon & Cabbage

Villain’s Bar & Grill (649 S. Clark)
$10 gets you a 10-ounce burger with a side and 3 Miller Lite bottles

Vines on Clark (3554 N. Clark)
All Food 1/2 price and $3 you-call-its

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