Date ideas in Chicago

Puddle lists 36 date spots in Chicago, grouped into 6 kinds of date including coffee dates, dinner and lunch and drinks and late nights. Every one is a real place with its own page, address and nearby alternatives. Coffee, dinner, drinks, walks, museums and things to do together in Chicago, United States. Real places, not a generic list.

Coffee dates

Low-key, easy to leave, and easy to stay at. Good for a first meeting.

Dinner and lunch

Somewhere to sit across from each other for a couple of hours.

Drinks and late nights

Bars, lounges and places that stay open once dinner is done.

Outdoors and walks

Parks, waterfronts and lookouts, for when a walk beats a table.

Museums and galleries

Something to talk about built into the date.

Things to do together

Arcades, climbing, mini golf and local attractions, for doing rather than talking.

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What are good date ideas in Chicago?: Puddle lists 36 date spots in Chicago, grouped into 6 kinds of date including coffee dates, dinner and lunch and drinks and late nights. Every one is a real place with its own page, address and nearby alternatives. The groups cover coffee dates, dinner and lunch, drinks and late nights, outdoors and walks, museums and galleries, things to do together.
Where can I find cheap date ideas in Chicago?: Parks, scenic spots, museums and galleries cost little or nothing. Each place page lists a price level where the catalogue knows one, so you can see before you go.
How does Puddle pick these places?: They come from Puddle's place catalogue for Chicago, filtered to the kinds of places people actually pick for a date, and ordered so places with photos come first.