10pin Bowling Lounge (330 N. State)
$4 coors light drafts

1492 Tapas Bar (42 E. Superior St)
Bottles of the wine of the day for $25-$30

404 Wine Bar (2856 N Southport)
$4 spiked cider

437 Rush (437 N. Rush St)
$7.00 Effen martinis

A Mano (335 N. Dearborn)
$5 pizzas in the bar and lounge, $29 three-course dinner (pizza or antipasti/salumi, pasta, dessert) & $5 bar bites from 5 p.m. to close

Ai Japanese Restaurant & Lounge (358 W. Ontario St)
$4 happy hour sushi 5-7pm, free valet

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

AliveOne (2683 N. Halsted)
$4 jameson shots

The Ashland (2824 N. Ashland)
$8 bud light pitchers, $4 draft pitchers, $4 captain coke/diet, $3 soco lime shots, $3 mystery beer

Avenue Tavern (2916 N. Broadway)
$10 lite pitchers, $12 margarita pitchers, $12 long island iced tea pitchers

Bar Celona (3474 N. Clark St)
$5 martinis, $4 bacardi bombs, $6 paninis

Beachwood Inn (1415 N. Wood St)
$3.50 bottles of bell’s and amstel, $2.50 bottles of pbr

Between Boutique Cafe & Lounge (1324 N. Milwaukee Ave)
$5 guavaritas, $5 stoli cocktails

Big City Tap (3474 N Clark St)
$1 apple pucker shots, $1 jello shots, $6.50 blackened catfish dinner

The Black Duck Tavern & Grill (1800 N. Halsted)
$6 champagne glasses, $6 kir royales’

Branch 27 (1371 W. Chicago Ave)
Half-price flatbreads and starters

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

Citizen Bar (364 W. Erie)
$15 domestic buckets

Cleo’s (2048 W Armitage Ave)
$5.99 fish & chips

The Copa Cocktail Lounge (1637 N. Clybourn Ave.)
$4 finlandia cocktails, $8 bud light pitchers

Corcorans (1615 N. Wells)
$5 all bombs & shots, $4 amstel light bottles, $8.95 fish and chips

Crocodile (1540 N Milwaukee Ave)
Free personal pizzas when you spend $5 on beer, Local Bands & DJs with No Cover

Cuatro Restaurant (2030 S Wabash Ave)
1/2 price select appetizers in the bar area 5-7pm

Cubby Bear (1059 W. Addison St)
$3 Long Island Ice Tea, buy one entree get 2nd at 1/2 price
before 9:00pm

D’Agostino’s (752 N Ogden Ave)
$5 D’Agostinis

Dine (733 W. Madison St)
$6 martini specials, $5 blueberry bombs, $3.50 guinness

District Bar (170 W. Ontario)
3 apps for the price of 2 from 3pm-8pm, 1/2 priced Razz mojitos

Duffy’s (420 1/2 W Diversey Pkwy)
$20 meal package includes buffet, all drafts, well drinks, wine, & soda from 6:30-11pm, free sliders at midnight

Faith & Whiskey (1365 W. Fullerton)
Video Power Hour Fridays at 9pm, $5 Jim Beam shots & free happy hour pizza buffet from 5pm-8pm

The Grand Central (950 W. Wrightwood)
“Five Dollar Fridays”: $5 Absolut martinis, $5 Bacardi bombs

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

Kincade’s (950 W. Armitage)
Free Buffet 5-7pm; $3.50 Dos Equis Drafts, $5 Svedka Cocktails

Lakeview Broadcasting Company (3542 N. Halsted)
½ off food

More Cupcakes (1 E Delaware Pl # 4)
Sample free cupcakes from 5-7pm

One Sixty Blue (1400 W Randolph)
Pizza Night: $5 wood fired pizzas $4 craft beer (selection varies), $4 prosecco cocktails w/homemade juice, live DJ starting at 6pm

The Purple Otter (2706 N Ashland Ave)
$5 pizzas and $12 domestic buckets

Sopo (3418 N. Southport Ave)
$5 Martini’s & Mojito’s, $.50 Wings

State (935 W. Webster)
$5.95 Burgers for Lunch, Appetizers Happy Hour 4-7PM, $2.95 All Apps, Half Off Wine Bottles

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 4-6 p.m

Victory Liquors (2610 N Halsted St)
$3 Kilo Kai cocktails & 90s hip-hop

Zocalo (358 W. Ontario)
1/2 off appetizers from 5-7pm (in bar area only)

“Hey Sal - I always end up paying more than all of my friends when we go out to eat. Some people add up exactly what they have, to the cent, and then they don’t leave money for tip - other people insist we split evenly when our tabs are far from equal. How do I pay my part without souring the meal?” - Marie

If I had a penny for every time this subject came up, caused problems, and sent diners cringing - I’d be able to buy everyone’s meal! Let’s face the facts - money issues between friends, no matter how small or irrelevant they may be, are awkward. One friend makes more money. One friend never covers his/her part. One friend never sees what the big deal is, it’s just a couple of bucks, right?
Wrong.

This situation is something you’ll encounter over and over, so rather than have a math lesson on long division, let me tell you how to simply remove yourself from the equation all together. BRING CASH. And I don’t mean two twenties - I’m talking small bills that will allow you to produce exact change. As you order, take note of your entrée and drink costs (be sure to factor in Chicago’s 10.25% tax and the server’s tip). That way when the bill comes, tell your group you’ve got exact change, and toss in the towel. If they decide to split, or someone doesn’t pay their portion - you’re out of the mix. (This gets tricky when you eat a communal appetizer, so if you take part in that, be sure and pay for it.)

On a side note - if you’re organizing the meal, you can be proactive. When you send out an email to remind everyone of the plans, also ask everyone to bring cash - that you “know this restaurant doesn’t like to split checks.” And that’s not a lie my friends because no restaurant likes to split checks. Save them, and yourself, the trouble.

The Hunt Club
1100 N. State Street
Chicago, IL 60610

PLRG Readers get 20% off your entire check Mon-Thu (must present this coupon to redeem)

Sheffield’s Beer Garden and BackRoom BBQ Restaurant
3258 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
(773) 281-4989
http://www.sheffieldschicago.com

  Bring in this coupon and get 1/2 off all appetizers Sunday - Thursday from 5pm-9pm, through the end of February.