Learn Russian: По вечерам мы ходим по новым заведениям. - In the evenings we go around to new establishments.

По вечерам мы ходим по новым заведениям.

In the evenings we go around to new establishments.

Breakdown of По вечерам мы ходим по новым заведениям.

to walk, go on foot (multidirectional)

по

along, around

Questions & Answers about По вечерам мы ходим по новым заведениям.

Why is по used twice here, and do both instances mean the same thing?

No, they have different meanings but use the exact same grammar rule! The first one, по вечерам, is temporal (time-related) and means 'in the evenings' or 'every evening'. The second one, по новым заведениям, is spatial and means 'around' or 'from one to another' (going from one new venue to the next). Both require the Dative plural.

What are the Dative plural endings used in this sentence?

For nouns ending in a hard consonant (like вечер), the Dative plural is -ам (вечерам). For adjectives, the Dative plural is -ым (новым). For neuter nouns ending in -е (like заведение), the Dative plural is -ям (заведениям).

Since this is a routine, why use ходим instead of идём?

Ходим is the multidirectional (or habitual) verb of motion for going by foot. Because по вечерам tells us this is a repeated routine, and по ... заведениям tells us we are wandering around to multiple places, we must use the habitual/multidirectional ходим instead of the one-way, right-now verb идём.

I've seen место for 'place'. What exactly is a заведение?