Guidebook for Chicago

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Guidebook for Chicago

Essentials

Best Polish Deli in Chicago
Montrose Deli
5411 W Montrose Ave
Best Polish Deli in Chicago

Drinks & Nightlife

Great Atmosphere, Plenty of TV's, Great Food Specials Daily
7 locals recommend
Hops & Barley
4359 N Milwaukee Ave
7 locals recommend
Great Atmosphere, Plenty of TV's, Great Food Specials Daily
LGBT Area
92 locals recommend
Boystown
92 locals recommend
LGBT Area
Highend bar, very comfortable, great clientele, custom, mixologist
77 locals recommend
The Aviary
955 W Fulton Market
77 locals recommend
Highend bar, very comfortable, great clientele, custom, mixologist
Great rooftop bar.
Epic
407 N Clark St
Great rooftop bar.
incredible rooftop bar
19 locals recommend
theWit Chicago - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
201 N State St
19 locals recommend
incredible rooftop bar
Great local watering hole
6 locals recommend
The Windsor Tavern and Grill
4530 N Milwaukee Ave
6 locals recommend
Great local watering hole
Hot NightClub playing great music
12 locals recommend
Underground Wonder Bar
710 North Clark Street
12 locals recommend
Hot NightClub playing great music
4 floors of live music, DJ's and Food Great nightclub
Castle Chicago
632 North Dearborn Street
4 floors of live music, DJ's and Food Great nightclub
LGBT Dive Bar
Second Story Bar
157 E Ohio St
LGBT Dive Bar
Great live Venue
458 locals recommend
Kingston Mines
2548 N Halsted St
458 locals recommend
Great live Venue

Food Scene

One of my Favorite Restaurants
The Portage
3938 N Central Ave
One of my Favorite Restaurants
Another great Restaurant
27 locals recommend
Bread & Wine
27 locals recommend
Another great Restaurant
Close by
115 locals recommend
Starbucks
5406 W Devon Ave
115 locals recommend
Close by
This is an institution in Chicago Best BBQ Ribs in Town
33 locals recommend
Gale Street Inn Chicago
4914 N Milwaukee Ave
33 locals recommend
This is an institution in Chicago Best BBQ Ribs in Town
Best PHO in the City
81 locals recommend
Tank Noodle
4953-55 N Broadway
81 locals recommend
Best PHO in the City
Best Chicago Style Hot Dog in the City
270 locals recommend
Portillo's Hot Dogs
100 W Ontario St
270 locals recommend
Best Chicago Style Hot Dog in the City
Excellent Dim Sum
11 locals recommend
Furama Restaurant
4936 N Broadway
11 locals recommend
Excellent Dim Sum
Best Deep Dish Pizza in Chicago
536 locals recommend
Pequod's Pizza
2207 North Clybourn Avenue
536 locals recommend
Best Deep Dish Pizza in Chicago
Best Italian Beef Sandwich in Chicago
28 locals recommend
Johnnie's Beef
7500 W North Ave
28 locals recommend
Best Italian Beef Sandwich in Chicago
One of the hippest areas, great people watching, great restaurants
89 locals recommend
West Loop
89 locals recommend
One of the hippest areas, great people watching, great restaurants
Bill and Giuliana Rancic Restaurant
41 locals recommend
RPM Italian
52 W Illinois St
41 locals recommend
Bill and Giuliana Rancic Restaurant
Rick Bayless Restaurant
38 locals recommend
Frontera Grill
445 N Clark St
38 locals recommend
Rick Bayless Restaurant
Hot
496 locals recommend
Girl & The Goat
809 W Randolph St
496 locals recommend
Hot
Hot
24 locals recommend
GT Fish & Oyster
531 N Wells St
24 locals recommend
Hot
Hot
25 locals recommend
Balena - Temporarily Closed
3600 North Clark Street
25 locals recommend
Hot
Hot
39 locals recommend
Boka
1729 N Halsted St
39 locals recommend
Hot
Great entertainment in the bar, try the buttercake for dessert
18 locals recommend
Mastro's Steakhouse
520 N Dearborn St
18 locals recommend
Great entertainment in the bar, try the buttercake for dessert
Hot, Frank Sinatra's old hangout
49 locals recommend
Pump Room
1301 N State Pkwy
49 locals recommend
Hot, Frank Sinatra's old hangout
Known locally as the Viagra Triangle. Fantastic restaurants, great patios and people watching in the summer a must hit area
6 locals recommend
Rush & Division
6 locals recommend
Known locally as the Viagra Triangle. Fantastic restaurants, great patios and people watching in the summer a must hit area
Top 5 Highest grossing privately held restaurant in the country, seats over 600 ppl at one time best most freshest seafood in town. Also famous for the Mai Tai Cocktail
11 locals recommend
Bob Chinn's Crab House
393 S Milwaukee Ave
11 locals recommend
Top 5 Highest grossing privately held restaurant in the country, seats over 600 ppl at one time best most freshest seafood in town. Also famous for the Mai Tai Cocktail
Best BBQ this side of town
112 locals recommend
Smoque BBQ
3800 N Pulaski Rd
112 locals recommend
Best BBQ this side of town
One of my favorites
80 locals recommend
Coast Sushi Bar
2045 North Damen Avenue
80 locals recommend
One of my favorites
Amazing, one of the top dining experiences in Chicago
20 locals recommend
Next Restaurant
953 W Fulton Market
20 locals recommend
Amazing, one of the top dining experiences in Chicago
Best Place for Rolls, I highly recommend the chef's selection you will not be disappointed.
36 locals recommend
Tanoshii
5547 N Clark St
36 locals recommend
Best Place for Rolls, I highly recommend the chef's selection you will not be disappointed.
Best Mexican Pozole Soup in Chicago
Pueblo Nuevo
4342 N Central Ave
Best Mexican Pozole Soup in Chicago

Arts & Culture

Polish Cultural Center, live entertainment
10 locals recommend
Copernicus Center
5216 W Lawrence Ave
10 locals recommend
Polish Cultural Center, live entertainment
Great live entertainment venue
Petrillo Music Shell
235 S Columbus Dr
Great live entertainment venue
My Cubbie's! Holy Cow!
1004 locals recommend
Wrigley Field
1060 W Addison St
1004 locals recommend
My Cubbie's! Holy Cow!
Bulls, Blackhawks
200 locals recommend
United Center
1901 W Madison St
200 locals recommend
Bulls, Blackhawks
DA Bears!
300 locals recommend
Soldier Field
1410 Special Olympics Dr
300 locals recommend
DA Bears!
Convention Center
179 locals recommend
McCormick Place
2301 S King Dr
179 locals recommend
Convention Center
Fishies
673 locals recommend
Shedd Aquarium
1200 S Lake Shore Dr
673 locals recommend
Fishies
History
657 locals recommend
The Field Museum
1400 S Lake Shore Dr
657 locals recommend
History
Space
8 locals recommend
Adler Planetarium Museum Store
1300 S Lake Shore Dr
8 locals recommend
Space
Art
1159 locals recommend
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave
1159 locals recommend
Art
Taste of Chicago, Lollapalooza, Blues Festival and many more
332 locals recommend
Grant Park
337 E Randolph St
332 locals recommend
Taste of Chicago, Lollapalooza, Blues Festival and many more
Science
483 locals recommend
Museum of Science and Industry
5700 S Lake Shore Dr
483 locals recommend
Science
Art
532 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave
532 locals recommend
Art
Food, Bar, Performances, Sunday Gospel brunch
64 locals recommend
House of Blues Chicago
329 N Dearborn St
64 locals recommend
Food, Bar, Performances, Sunday Gospel brunch
Famous Live Venue Rock and Roll
62 locals recommend
Double Door
62 locals recommend
Famous Live Venue Rock and Roll

Everything Else

Blue Line into the city
135 locals recommend
Cta Blue Line - Logan Square station
135 locals recommend
Blue Line into the city
Great Chicago Neighborhood
154 locals recommend
Andersonville
154 locals recommend
Great Chicago Neighborhood
Excellent Dim Sum and Great Chicago Neighborhood
217 locals recommend
Chinatown
217 locals recommend
Excellent Dim Sum and Great Chicago Neighborhood
South Side Airport home of Southwest Airlines
65 locals recommend
Chicago Midway International Airport
5700 S Cicero Ave
65 locals recommend
South Side Airport home of Southwest Airlines

Sightseeing

Great Artsy Chicago Neighborhood
371 locals recommend
Wicker Park
1425 N Damen Ave
371 locals recommend
Great Artsy Chicago Neighborhood
Great Chicago Neighborhood
55 locals recommend
Bucktown
55 locals recommend
Great Chicago Neighborhood
Chicago style Cheesecake King! Factory Tour!
Eli's Cheesecake Company
6701 W Forest Preserve Dr
Chicago style Cheesecake King! Factory Tour!
Amazing a must see.
1243 locals recommend
Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St
1243 locals recommend
Amazing a must see.
Fashionista Beach, see and be seen!
176 locals recommend
Oak Street Beach
176 locals recommend
Fashionista Beach, see and be seen!
Great beach, many special events, volleyball, bicycling, running, rollerblading
10 locals recommend
North Avenue Beach South Volleyball Courts
1600 N Lake Shore Dr
10 locals recommend
Great beach, many special events, volleyball, bicycling, running, rollerblading
LGBT Beach lots of great people watching
96 locals recommend
Kathy Osterman Beach House
5800 N Lake Shore Dr
96 locals recommend
LGBT Beach lots of great people watching
Free Zoo on the waterfront
1117 locals recommend
Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 N Clark St
1117 locals recommend
Free Zoo on the waterfront
This is where Chicagoans go on the weekends and have 2nd summer homes
119 locals recommend
Geneva Lake
119 locals recommend
This is where Chicagoans go on the weekends and have 2nd summer homes
Fireworks every Wed and Sat in the summer, boat cruises, dinner cruises, childrens museum, shakespeare theatre, Cirque du soleil
933 locals recommend
Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave
933 locals recommend
Fireworks every Wed and Sat in the summer, boat cruises, dinner cruises, childrens museum, shakespeare theatre, Cirque du soleil
Architectural tours amazing.
273 locals recommend
Chicago Riverwalk
306-370 W Wacker Dr
273 locals recommend
Architectural tours amazing.
Skydeck with this amazing Edge feature a must see
324 locals recommend
Willis Tower
233 S Wacker Dr
324 locals recommend
Skydeck with this amazing Edge feature a must see
Skydeck with a must see TILT feature that will blow your mind
295 locals recommend
875 North Michigan Avenue
875 N Michigan Ave
295 locals recommend
Skydeck with a must see TILT feature that will blow your mind
Chicago's newest Park
175 locals recommend
Maggie Daley Park
337 E Randolph St
175 locals recommend
Chicago's newest Park
Home of President Obama
150 locals recommend
Hyde Park
150 locals recommend
Home of President Obama
Chicago River Tour
16 locals recommend
Shoreline Sightseeing, Water Taxi - Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave
16 locals recommend
Chicago River Tour
Hop on Hop Off bus tours
Gray Line Chicago
East Monroe Street
Hop on Hop Off bus tours
Chicago tourist and Visitor Center
203 locals recommend
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
203 locals recommend
Chicago tourist and Visitor Center
Hop on Hop Off Trolley Tours
11 locals recommend
Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co
4400 S Racine Ave
11 locals recommend
Hop on Hop Off Trolley Tours
Chicago's newest attraction, great place to people watch and grab a drink or a lite bite to eat!
273 locals recommend
Chicago Riverwalk
306-370 W Wacker Dr
273 locals recommend
Chicago's newest attraction, great place to people watch and grab a drink or a lite bite to eat!
The 606 Bloomingdale Trail! Chicago's newest attraction spans 2.7 mile through three diverse areas of the city, not to be missed
133 locals recommend
Bloomingdale Trail
Bloomingdale Trail
133 locals recommend
The 606 Bloomingdale Trail! Chicago's newest attraction spans 2.7 mile through three diverse areas of the city, not to be missed

Shopping

Chicago's version of 5th Ave, In my opinion much cleaner, safer and more stores within a shorter distance
Michigan Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Chicago's version of 5th Ave, In my opinion much cleaner, safer and more stores within a shorter distance
Con sidered the Rodeo Drive of Chicago
10 locals recommend
East Oak Street
East Oak Street
10 locals recommend
Con sidered the Rodeo Drive of Chicago
If you're looking for a vintage or new guitar then this is your only place to buy!
11 locals recommend
Chicago Music Exchange
3316 N Lincoln Ave
11 locals recommend
If you're looking for a vintage or new guitar then this is your only place to buy!