Guidebook for Chicago

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Guidebook for Chicago

Food Scene

Excellent Japanese food and right next door. Great ramen - not just a sushi place. Reservations recommended.
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Umai
730 S Clark St
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Excellent Japanese food and right next door. Great ramen - not just a sushi place. Reservations recommended.
Cheap, quick, tasty Mexican.
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Flaco's Tacos
1116 W Granville Ave
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Cheap, quick, tasty Mexican.
Great, cozy, Chicago-based coffee shop. Bright, lots of seating. Serves Hoosier Mama pie.
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Dollop Coffee Co.
4181 N Clarendon Ave
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Great, cozy, Chicago-based coffee shop. Bright, lots of seating. Serves Hoosier Mama pie.
Great place for lunch. Pressed sandwiches with lots of homemade Latin ingredients (e.g., Argentine chorizo, ropa vieja). Also: Alfajores and Cafe Cubano.
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Cafecito
7 N Wells St
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Great place for lunch. Pressed sandwiches with lots of homemade Latin ingredients (e.g., Argentine chorizo, ropa vieja). Also: Alfajores and Cafe Cubano.
Quality dim sum. Chinatown is an underappreciated neighborhood. Chinatown Square Mall is weird but has great eats. Old Chinatown along Wentworth Avenue is worth a stroll, too.
Cai
2100 S Archer Ave
Quality dim sum. Chinatown is an underappreciated neighborhood. Chinatown Square Mall is weird but has great eats. Old Chinatown along Wentworth Avenue is worth a stroll, too.
Amazing pie.
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Hoosier Mama Pie Company
1618 W Chicago Ave
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Amazing pie.
Awesome tacos, great outdoor patio, very lively part of town. Great place for afternoon drinking / hanging out.
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Big Star
1531 N Damen Ave
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Awesome tacos, great outdoor patio, very lively part of town. Great place for afternoon drinking / hanging out.
Fancy donuts. Cash only. Doors open at 8am. Usually sold out by 10am. Totally worth it.
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Doughnut Vault
401 N Franklin St
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Fancy donuts. Cash only. Doors open at 8am. Usually sold out by 10am. Totally worth it.
Chicken and waffles in Bronzeville, the historic heart of Chicago's African-American community. Great for breakfast. Recommend staying east or north from here.
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Chicago's Home of Chicken & Waffles
3947 S King Dr
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Chicken and waffles in Bronzeville, the historic heart of Chicago's African-American community. Great for breakfast. Recommend staying east or north from here.
Argentine steakhouse with great ambience. BYO, so bring a couple of bottles and hang out in their lovely waiting room while you wait for a table.
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Tango Sur
3763 N Southport Ave
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Argentine steakhouse with great ambience. BYO, so bring a couple of bottles and hang out in their lovely waiting room while you wait for a table.
Original outpost of a Chicago coffee institution. Located on a cute commercial street just blocks from Lake Michigan.
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Intelligentsia Coffee Broadway Coffeebar
3123 N Broadway
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Original outpost of a Chicago coffee institution. Located on a cute commercial street just blocks from Lake Michigan.
Chicago's Puerto Rican community invented the jibarito (a sandwich with fried plantain instead of bread). Great place to sample this local treat in the historic heart of the Puerto Rican community.
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Papa's Cache Sabroso
2517 W Division St
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Chicago's Puerto Rican community invented the jibarito (a sandwich with fried plantain instead of bread). Great place to sample this local treat in the historic heart of the Puerto Rican community.
Small coffee shop has great espresso and great scones, and it's right across the street!
Cafe Press Chicago
800 S Clark St
Small coffee shop has great espresso and great scones, and it's right across the street!

Shopping

One of the last independent booksellers in Chicago and a Printers Row institution.
Sandmeyer's Bookstore
714 S Dearborn St
One of the last independent booksellers in Chicago and a Printers Row institution.
Awesome independent store with a great wine / beer / liquor selection and helpful staff.
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Printers Row Wine Bar and Shop
719 S Dearborn St
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Awesome independent store with a great wine / beer / liquor selection and helpful staff.
Good spot for men's clothing, in a very lively part of town. Stop in, then wander north on Milwaukee Ave to see Wicker Park.
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Mildblend Supply Co.
1342 N Milwaukee Ave
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Good spot for men's clothing, in a very lively part of town. Stop in, then wander north on Milwaukee Ave to see Wicker Park.
Great antique market with lots of mid-century modern offerings. A long train ride away, but just steps from the L.
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Broadway Antique Market
6130 N Broadway
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Great antique market with lots of mid-century modern offerings. A long train ride away, but just steps from the L.
Just blocks from the Broadway Antique Market.
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Edgewater Antique Mall
6314 N Broadway
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Just blocks from the Broadway Antique Market.
Great home furnishings store - very unique, lots of reclaimed, one-of-a-kind items. Located in the heart of Andersonville, a cute neighborhood with lots of shops, brunch spots, etc.
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Scout
5221 N Clark St
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Great home furnishings store - very unique, lots of reclaimed, one-of-a-kind items. Located in the heart of Andersonville, a cute neighborhood with lots of shops, brunch spots, etc.
Fun thrift store in lively neighborhood shopping district. Another thrift store (Ragstock) located in the same building
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Hollywood Mirror
812 W Belmont Ave
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Fun thrift store in lively neighborhood shopping district. Another thrift store (Ragstock) located in the same building

Sightseeing

World-renowned art museum, only blocks away.
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave
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World-renowned art museum, only blocks away.
Walking, bus and boat tours of Chicago's amazing architecture. Don't miss an opportunity to learn about skyscrapers in the city that invented them.
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Chicago Architecture Center
111 E Wacker Dr
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Walking, bus and boat tours of Chicago's amazing architecture. Don't miss an opportunity to learn about skyscrapers in the city that invented them.
Beans, bridges, bands. Enough said.
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Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St
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Beans, bridges, bands. Enough said.
Views.
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Willis Tower
233 S Wacker Dr
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Views.
Worth a stroll if it's a nice day and you are already in Chinatown. Cool place to see Chicago's post-industrial transformation as well as its cultural diversity.
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Ping Tom Memorial Park
1700 S Wentworth Ave
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Worth a stroll if it's a nice day and you are already in Chinatown. Cool place to see Chicago's post-industrial transformation as well as its cultural diversity.
Great destination for architecture buffs. Mies van der Rohe lead the architecture program here for decades. Works by Mies, Koolhas and Jahn.
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Illinois Institute of Technology
10 W 35th St
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Great destination for architecture buffs. Mies van der Rohe lead the architecture program here for decades. Works by Mies, Koolhas and Jahn.
Located in historic Oak Park, home to the greatest collection of FLW homes in the world.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
951 Chicago Ave
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Located in historic Oak Park, home to the greatest collection of FLW homes in the world.
Great people watching on a warm day. Great view of the Chicago skyline.
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Oak Street Beach
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Great people watching on a warm day. Great view of the Chicago skyline.
Beautiful conservatory just steps from the L (Green Line). Easily paired with a trip to Oak Park to tour Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.
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Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave
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Beautiful conservatory just steps from the L (Green Line). Easily paired with a trip to Oak Park to tour Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great cocktails in a lively, atmospheric part of town. Randolph St and Fulton Mkt were once Chicago's produce / meat markets, but are now home to trendy bars and restaurants.
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Maude's Liquor Bar
114 N Green St
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Great cocktails in a lively, atmospheric part of town. Randolph St and Fulton Mkt were once Chicago's produce / meat markets, but are now home to trendy bars and restaurants.
Tiki bar in a fun, lively part of town.
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Lost Lake
3154 W Diversey Ave
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Tiki bar in a fun, lively part of town.
Awesome basement bar specializing in fancy punch. Located downstairs from Dusek's.
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Punch House
1227 W 18th St
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Awesome basement bar specializing in fancy punch. Located downstairs from Dusek's.
Great bar for craft cocktails. Particularly great fernet selection.
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Billy Sunday
3143 W Logan Blvd
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Great bar for craft cocktails. Particularly great fernet selection.
Small, atmospheric bar catering to a mostly gay clientele. Decent cocktails, rarely crowded. Fun monthly events. Just two blocks from the main gay nightlife district on Halsted.
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Wang's
3317 N Broadway
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Small, atmospheric bar catering to a mostly gay clientele. Decent cocktails, rarely crowded. Fun monthly events. Just two blocks from the main gay nightlife district on Halsted.
Unpretentious bar catering to a primarily gay male clientele. Located in a cool art deco building, and home to a fantastic art collection.
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Big Chicks
5024 N Sheridan Rd
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Unpretentious bar catering to a primarily gay male clientele. Located in a cool art deco building, and home to a fantastic art collection.
Beautiful building, beautiful people, lively part of town.
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Soho House Chicago
113-125 N Green St
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Beautiful building, beautiful people, lively part of town.

Arts & Culture

Art gallery specializing in street art.
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Vertical Gallery
2006 N Western Ave
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Art gallery specializing in street art.
Art gallery specializing in street art and event posters.
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Galerie F
211 N Milwaukee Ave
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Art gallery specializing in street art and event posters.
Chicago's premier improv comedy troupe, which has launched dozens of comedy career (Dan Akroyd, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, etc., et al). A little touristy, but always entertaining.
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The Second City
230 W North Ave
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Chicago's premier improv comedy troupe, which has launched dozens of comedy career (Dan Akroyd, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, etc., et al). A little touristy, but always entertaining.

Essentials

Best farmer's market in the city. Wednesday and Saturday mornings only.
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Green City Market - Office Location
3057 W Lawrence Ave
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Best farmer's market in the city. Wednesday and Saturday mornings only.
Convenient grocery store
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Trader Joe's
1528 E 55th St
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Convenient grocery store

Entertainment & Activities

Small, free zoo located just steps from the lakefront.
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Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 N Clark St
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Small, free zoo located just steps from the lakefront.