Guidebook for Chicago

Eric
Guidebook for Chicago

Drinks & Nightlife

Varied music and good drinks
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Underground Wonder Bar
710 North Clark Street
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Varied music and good drinks

Food Scene

Excellent regional fine-dining Mexican food by a chef trained under celebrity chef Rick Bayless.
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Salpicon
1252 North Wells Street
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Excellent regional fine-dining Mexican food by a chef trained under celebrity chef Rick Bayless.
Traditional, mostly Irish food in a finer dining room atmosphere than an Irish pub provides.
O'Brien's Restaurant & Bar
1528 North Wells Street
Traditional, mostly Irish food in a finer dining room atmosphere than an Irish pub provides.
Great late-night Vienna-style cafe with range of wine, beer and cocktails, too. Popular for late-night studying or just a snack.
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3rd Coast Cafe
West Goethe Street
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Great late-night Vienna-style cafe with range of wine, beer and cocktails, too. Popular for late-night studying or just a snack.
Good, authentic Spanish tapas with good bar seating or table service.
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Café Iberico
737 N LaSalle Dr
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Good, authentic Spanish tapas with good bar seating or table service.
Great Japanese robata (grilled) food. Japanese, but not a sushi place. Great variety of grilled bites let you pick a meal to fit nearly any budget, from a $15 lunch to a $150 special night out.
Sumi Robata Bar
702 N Wells St
Great Japanese robata (grilled) food. Japanese, but not a sushi place. Great variety of grilled bites let you pick a meal to fit nearly any budget, from a $15 lunch to a $150 special night out.
Great Midwest foods, 25 regional beers and ciders on tap and regional food. Great for after-work, weekend brunches or a casual regional dinner.
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Farmhouse Chicago
228 W Chicago Ave
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Great Midwest foods, 25 regional beers and ciders on tap and regional food. Great for after-work, weekend brunches or a casual regional dinner.
Tasty Korean-Mexican fusion.
Seoul Taco
738 N Clark St
Tasty Korean-Mexican fusion.
French Bistro with the classics you'd expect.
Bistro Voltaire
226 West Chicago Avenue
French Bistro with the classics you'd expect.
My personal favorite fine-dining restaurant within walking distance. Excellent American-Californian menu by a James Beard-winning, 1-Michelin-starred restaurant. Good lounge bar for eating solo, too.
NAHA
500 North Clark Street
My personal favorite fine-dining restaurant within walking distance. Excellent American-Californian menu by a James Beard-winning, 1-Michelin-starred restaurant. Good lounge bar for eating solo, too.
Nice, casual spot, especially good for weekend brunches.
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Beatrix
519 N Clark St
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Nice, casual spot, especially good for weekend brunches.
Rick Bayless' newest restaurant in River North, perfectly-executed, authentic Mexican food. The take-out pozole is awesome, as are their other caldos and tortas (sandwiches) and churros.
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XOCO
65 N Clark St
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Rick Bayless' newest restaurant in River North, perfectly-executed, authentic Mexican food. The take-out pozole is awesome, as are their other caldos and tortas (sandwiches) and churros.
Romantic Italian place around the corner from me. Complimentary prosecco to start and excellent specials and menu standards.
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Prosecco
710 N Wells St
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Romantic Italian place around the corner from me. Complimentary prosecco to start and excellent specials and menu standards.
Consistent, locally popular Chicago fast food joint. Get Chicago hot dogs, Chicago Italian beef, Chicago pizza, pasta, etc. Convenient, touristy, yet still perfectly executed.
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Portillo's Hot Dogs
100 W Ontario St
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Consistent, locally popular Chicago fast food joint. Get Chicago hot dogs, Chicago Italian beef, Chicago pizza, pasta, etc. Convenient, touristy, yet still perfectly executed.

Arts & Culture

Chicago best opera house.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago
20 N Upper Wacker Dr
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Chicago best opera house.
A beautifully designed new building with shelves and shelves of poetry.
Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St
A beautifully designed new building with shelves and shelves of poetry.
While a mere shadow of New York's MoMA, the MCA is a strong museum with contemporary art that rotates and is great for a couple hours on a rainy day.
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I-Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave
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While a mere shadow of New York's MoMA, the MCA is a strong museum with contemporary art that rotates and is great for a couple hours on a rainy day.
One of Chicago's most unique museum's, a great, if macabre, museum documenting the history of surgical science.
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I-Museum yaseNtshonalanga yezoLimo Zokugqibela
1524 N Lake Shore Dr
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One of Chicago's most unique museum's, a great, if macabre, museum documenting the history of surgical science.
History and art of Polish peoples in Chicago and around the world. Small, but significant for people interested in Polish history and/or art.
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Polish Museum of America
984 N Milwaukee Ave
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History and art of Polish peoples in Chicago and around the world. Small, but significant for people interested in Polish history and/or art.
Great for anyone interested in Ukrainian history or culture, in the center of Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
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Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W Superior St
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Great for anyone interested in Ukrainian history or culture, in the center of Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
One of the premier art museums in the world, you could spend days here perusing the art of global cultures. Worth the price of admission for any lover of art.
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I-Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave
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One of the premier art museums in the world, you could spend days here perusing the art of global cultures. Worth the price of admission for any lover of art.
One of the best natural history museums in the world, great for families or anyone interested in natural history.
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I-Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
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One of the best natural history museums in the world, great for families or anyone interested in natural history.
A nice, albeit small museum dedicated to Mexican and Mexican-American art and culture.
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Iziko Lomuzi Wokubaluleka Womzantsi Afrika Womzantsi Afrika
1852 W 19th St
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A nice, albeit small museum dedicated to Mexican and Mexican-American art and culture.

Sightseeing

Chicago's Greek cultural museum, right in Greektown.
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National Hellenic Museum
333 S Halsted St
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Chicago's Greek cultural museum, right in Greektown.
In Millennium Park, this sculpture known casually as "The Bean" is beautiful and a "don't-miss" item among Chicago sights to see the skyline reflected in its shiny skin.
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Umgangatho wezulu
201 E Randolph St
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In Millennium Park, this sculpture known casually as "The Bean" is beautiful and a "don't-miss" item among Chicago sights to see the skyline reflected in its shiny skin.

Shopping

Chicago's best spice shop, hands down. Smells great just walking by!
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The Spice House Chicago
1512 N Wells St
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Chicago's best spice shop, hands down. Smells great just walking by!
Anchored by Nordstroms, this is a good mall anchoring the south end of the Magnificent Mile shopping district.
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The Shops at North Bridge
520 N Michigan Ave
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Anchored by Nordstroms, this is a good mall anchoring the south end of the Magnificent Mile shopping district.
Anchoring the north end of the Magnificent Mile, close to tourist spots, next door to the Hancock Center, has Macy's and American Girl to anchor it.
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Water Tower Place
835 Michigan Ave
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Anchoring the north end of the Magnificent Mile, close to tourist spots, next door to the Hancock Center, has Macy's and American Girl to anchor it.
Chicago's premier shopping international shopping district.
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Hot Tix - Mag Mile Location
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Chicago's premier shopping international shopping district.

Parks & Nature

Has great views of the Streeterville neighborhood skyline. Adjacent to Navy Pier, it's less busy and a good place for a quite walk away from most of the crowds just meters away.
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Milton Lee Olive Park
East Ohio Street
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Has great views of the Streeterville neighborhood skyline. Adjacent to Navy Pier, it's less busy and a good place for a quite walk away from most of the crowds just meters away.
If you like zoos, this well-curated, free zoo is a classic in Chicago.
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Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 N Clark St
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If you like zoos, this well-curated, free zoo is a classic in Chicago.
Chicago's most famous park, with "The Bean," aka "Cloud Gate" sculpture reflecting the skyline.
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Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St
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Chicago's most famous park, with "The Bean," aka "Cloud Gate" sculpture reflecting the skyline.
Once known as Bughouse Square, and once Chicago's answer to London's Speaker's Corner of Hyde Park, today it's quiet block with a fountain and benches that belie it's history of social change and disruption.
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Washington Square Park
901 N Clark St
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Once known as Bughouse Square, and once Chicago's answer to London's Speaker's Corner of Hyde Park, today it's quiet block with a fountain and benches that belie it's history of social change and disruption.