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Wrigleyville sports bars
The Cubs’ 2026 season is over, and these Wrigleyville bars are still operating. The rooms directly across from the park are Murphy’s Bleachers, The Cubby Bear, and The Sports Corner.
Drink prices are listed only when the bar’s own site published them. No Cubs home-game special was verified for this week, because there is no home game.
The bars
Murphy’s Bleachers
3655 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, IL 60613
Fans Cubs
Cubs bar across from Wrigley Field, with a rooftop. The site says it is family-owned.
Posted hours are Sunday–Friday 11 a.m.–2 a.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.–3 a.m. Pub trivia is listed at 7:30 p.m. except on home game days. The site’s calendar showed trivia on Oct. 15, 2026.
The Cubby Bear
1059 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60613
Fans Cubs
Wrigleyville room for Cubs crowds and live music, across the street from the park. The bar’s site says it dates to 1953.
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Sluggers
3540 N. Clark St., Chicago
Fans Cubs
Sports bar with batting cages and arcade games upstairs. The site says it has more than 40 TVs, including six 10-foot screens, and that it is a stop before and after Cubs games and during football season.
Posted hours are Monday–Thursday 3 p.m.–2 a.m., Friday 11 a.m.–2 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m.–3 a.m., and Sunday 11 a.m.–2 a.m. The site says Cubs home-game hours can change with the first pitch, and that it has regular drink specials. Those specials are not itemized on the page.
Yak-Zies Bar & Grill
3710 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60613
Fans Cubs
The site calls it Wrigleyville’s Cubs party headquarters and says it is open for every Cubs game.
Posted hours are Monday 5–11 p.m., Thursday–Saturday 11 a.m.–midnight, and Sunday 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday are listed as closed, with the separate note that it opens for Cubs games.
Merkle’s Bar & Grill
3516 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60657
Fans Cubs, Iowa Hawkeyes, Cincinnati Bengals, and Xavier
The site calls it the home of the Iowa Hawkeyes and says it also opens for Bengals football and Xavier basketball.
The site says it opens two hours before every Cubs game, Hawkeyes football game, Bengals game, and Xavier game, even when the posted hours would have it closed. Posted hours are Wednesday–Friday 5 p.m.–1 a.m. and Saturday–Sunday 11 a.m.–2 a.m. Monday and Tuesday are otherwise closed.
The Sports Corner
952 W. Addison St., Chicago, IL 60613
Neighborhood tavern across from Wrigley Field. The site says it has been there since 1976, with three interior levels and a roof patio.
The contact page lists Monday closed, Tuesday–Wednesday 3:30 p.m. to close, and Thursday–Sunday 11 a.m. to close. A Yelp listing uses 956 W. Addison and different hours. This page uses the bar’s own contact page.
DraftKings Sports Bar at Wrigley Field
1012 W. Addison St., Chicago
Fans Bears
A sports book and bar at the ballpark. Time Out describes a 2,000-square-foot screen that can show 25 games.
Axios listed it on Jan. 8, 2026, as a place to watch the Bears and said it was offering playoff promotions that weekend. Those promotions are not treated as current.
Billy Goat Tavern, Wrigleyville
3724–3726 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60613
A Billy Goat location in Wrigleyville. Hours for this room were not on the locations page we read.
Getting there by CTA
CTA says Wrigley Field is half a block west of the Red Line Addison stop, and a couple of blocks south of Sheridan. On weekday rush periods, Purple Line Express trains make a game-day stop at Sheridan.
CTA buses #8 Halsted, #22 Clark, and #152 Addison also stop within a few blocks. The #152 connects with the Brown and Blue lines.
Parking
The parking file’s Wrigley note says there is no Cubs game because the season is over. It still lists a free remote lot at 4650 N. Clarendon Ave. with a shuttle for night and weekend games, cashless team lots, and CPS school lots for night and weekend games.
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FAQ
Are the Cubs playing at Wrigley this week?
No. The 2026 season is over. These bars are open rooms in the neighborhood, not a list of game-day ticket specials.
Which bars are across the street from Wrigley Field?
Murphy’s Bleachers on Sheffield, The Cubby Bear on Addison, and The Sports Corner on Addison each describe themselves as across from the park.
How do I take the L to Wrigleyville?
CTA says the ballpark is half a block west of the Red Line Addison stop. Sheridan is a couple of blocks north, and Purple Line Express stops there during weekday rush periods on game days.