Fridays: Victory Liquors
Thrillist says to drink: $3 Kilo Kai rum cocktails and $5 40s (King Cobra, Mickey's, OE) served in brown paper bags.
We say to eat: The barbecue pulled-pork sandwich — it's covered with our personal favorite BBQ sauce (that'd be Sweet Baby Ray's), and in our humble opinion, nothing complements a brown-bagged 40 like a sauce-smeared face. Sexy!

Saturdays: Risque Cafe
Thrillist says to drink: if you mention Thrillist, you get a $6 Ultimate Boilermaker: Lagunitas Censored with a shot of Buffalo Trace Bourbon.
We say to eat: The turkey leg. Why? When you a turkey leg on a menu, friends, you order it. Also: good for drunken gesturing.

Sundays: Halligan Bar (2274 N Lincoln Ave, at W Belden; Lincoln Park; 773 472 79400)
Thrillist says to drink:$2 domestic bottles, $4 bloodys, and $6 vodka lemonade pitchers
We say to eat: Basically anything from delish Vietnamese joint Simply It, which is more or less next door. The sticky rice cake is up there with empanadas when it comes to perfect drunken-eating food.

Mondays: Cobra Lounge (235 N Ashland Ave, at W Walnut; West Town; 312 226 6300)
Thrillist says to drink: $2 Lone Stars, Jim Beam shots, and vodka drinks from Level
We say to eat: Do the high-low thing by going to La Luce beforehand for a buttoned-up Italian dinnner. Gnocchi lays down the perfect absorbency layer for a night of shots.

Tuesdays: Finn McCool's
Thrillist says to drink: $10 domestic table tappers (giant vertical things that hold 7 glasses of beer).
We say to eat: If the equivalent of $0.70 per beer isn't enough to fill you up, can't go wrong with Guinness-battered shrimp.

Wednesdays: McFadden's
Thrillist says to drink: $1 High Lifes/Natty Lights, $2 wells, $3 SoCo & lime shots
We say to eat: We're not going to lie — that drinks lineup makes us feel a little collegiate and pukey. But this bar serves ice cream. Ice cream!

Thursdays: The Chipp Inn (832 N Greenview Ave, at W Fry; West Town; 312 421 9052)
Thrillist says to drink: $2 "Grab Bag" of PBR, Old Style, Schlitz, Special Export, Hamm's, and other blue-collar faves.
We say to eat: Chorizo-potato tacos at Flo, right around the corner.

7-day Cheap Drinking Guide [Thrillist]

[Photo: Chicken drinking beer, via Mark Klotz's Flickr]