Chicago Happy Hours, MappedIT'SFIVE O'CLOCKFIVE O'CLOCKSOMEWHERE
Find a great happy hour happening right now near you in Chicago. No menus, no Yelp scrolls — just deals.
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Finding a happy hour
shouldn't take longer than the happy hour.
You shouldn't have to scroll three Reddit threads, four Yelp reviews, and an Instagram story from 2023 to find out whether the place down the block has $5 drafts on a Tuesday.
"Is the patio open?"
"What time does it end?"
"Are wells included?"
"Did it close at 6 or 7?"
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These bars are mid-happy-hour as you read this. Tap any one to see the deal, time, and how to get there.
Caribella
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Counts are live — they reflect the venues with published happy hours, not aspirational placeholders.
What's a well even mean?
Every deal on Sippy Scout is written the way bartenders write them. The dictionary translates — wells, drafts, margs, Chicago handshakes, and 51 more.
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Chicago Handshake?
A shot of Malört and a Miller High Life (or Old Style) beer, ordered together. Originally a service-industry ritual at dive bars in the Logan Square / Avondale area, now a citywide tradition. Often appears as a discounted combo on Chicago happy-hour menus.
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Well?
The bar's house pour — the cheapest tier of every liquor (vodka, gin, rum, tequila, whiskey). Lives in the speed rail right under the bartender, hence the alternate name. Most 'well cocktail' specials are simple two-ingredient drinks (vodka soda, rum & Coke) made with these.
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Draft?
Beer poured straight from a keg through a tap, instead of from a bottle or can. 'Drafts' is shorthand for the bar's tap list, which is what most happy-hour beer deals discount.
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Marg?
Margarita. Tequila + lime juice + orange liqueur, served on the rocks or up, salted rim optional. The default cocktail special at Mexican and Tex-Mex bars.
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