Chicagoans looking for a way around the CTA’s recently increased $2.25 bus fare won’t have to rely on their own two feet to get them from one holiday party to another this fall. Instead, thanks to Miller Lite, revelers can catch a free double-decker bus ride on Saturday nights.
The free rides will be available between 8 p.m. and midnight, starting tomorrow – November 21 – and ending on December 26. Service also will be available and increased on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day, presumably to accommodate the crowds of people out on the town to usher in the new decade.
North to south, the bus will stop in Wrigleyville, Lincoln Park, Old Town, River North and the Loop.
You can get route and schedule information by calling 1-800-FREE-RIDES (1-800-373-3743), by texting "RIDE" to 44636 or by visiting this Web site.
To help you plan your Saturday itineraries, here is a list of the stops:
- Kendall's, Wise Fools and Halligan – Belden and Lincoln Avenues
- Victory Liquors – Halsted Street and Wrightwood Avenue
- Houndstooth & Rebel – Clark Street and Newport Avenue
- Cubby Bear – Clark and Addison Streets
- Murphy's Bleachers – Sheffield and Waveland Avenues
- Addison "L" and Harry Caray's – Sheffield Avenue and Addison Street
- Mad River, Vaughan's and Kirkwood – Sheffield Avenue between Oakdale and Wellington Avenues
- Fullerton "L" – Fullerton and Sheffield Avenues
- State, McGee's and Kelly's – Webster Street and Sheffield Avenue
- Armitage "L" and Kincade's – Armitage and Sheffield Avenues
- Corcoran's – Wells Street and North Avenue
- Mother Hubbard's, Theory and O'Callaghan's – Hubbard Street between Dearborn and State Streets
- Merchandise Mart "L" – Wells and Hubbard Streets
- Clark and Lake "L" – Northwest corner of Clark and Randolph Streets
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