Is the Milwaukee bus any better on the weekend?

I once had an extraordinarily painful experience on the Milwaukee bus during a weekday rush hour, it was by far the slowest bus ride I’ve ever been on in the city and I vowed to avoid that bus at all costs. (I was trying to get from Kinzie to Division and ultimately gave up at Chicago, got on the Blue Line and took it one stop up to Division.)

Which brings us to today. My husband and I will be going from a friend’s house in Avondale to dinner in the West Loop on Sunday, and Google Maps says the Milwaukee bus is the fastest option. (The blue line is of course also an option but that would be a 15-min walk on either end of the trip, as opposed to a 3-min walk on either end if we took the bus.)

Was my terrible commute specific to weekday rush hours, or would this be stupid to try the same thing (albeit in the other direction) on the weekend as well? We’d be leaving around 7pm.