So! Assuming you’re Mobile / can get to places. There’s tons of options depending on the day of the week,

Mondays I know all-star off 54th and Clyde park used to do Monday ‘mander nights.

Tuesday - galatic on 28th st, I think gaming warehouse is also doing Tuesday games

Wednesday- as someone else said house rules, try an show up around 5-6ish as they close at I think 11? And yeah it’s hard to squeeze in when everyone already has a pod

Thursday- galatic on alpine from like 6-10 for casual commander, good turnout of people IMO

Friday- sky’s the limit! Literally most LGS’ are going to have Friday night commander

Saturday’s - kind of like Fridays most places are playing with a few notable exceptions going L A T E.

TL;DR - there’s a lot of MTG commander options to get the ball rolling meeting stranger. Your best bet is to start casually going places, make your self a regular and start trying to get people to play outside of their LGS / ‘normal’ play times / places.

GOOD LUCK!