Guidebook for Chicago

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Guidebook for Chicago

Food Scene

Great little neighborhood rock'n'roll bar with a surprisingly delicious menu and outdoor seating.
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Five Star Bar
1424 W Chicago Ave
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Great little neighborhood rock'n'roll bar with a surprisingly delicious menu and outdoor seating.
The pizza is good but the build-your-own salads are HUGE and delicious! Massive outdoor space, a good combination of booths and tables for families or watching sports.
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Roots Handmade Pizza
1924 W Chicago Ave
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The pizza is good but the build-your-own salads are HUGE and delicious! Massive outdoor space, a good combination of booths and tables for families or watching sports.
Incredible sushi if you're on a medium-high budget! The Nori Old Fashioned is so, so tasty and the menu items are inventive.
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Arami
1829 W Chicago Ave
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Incredible sushi if you're on a medium-high budget! The Nori Old Fashioned is so, so tasty and the menu items are inventive.
Great sushi, good decor, cheap price! Always has good music, can get a little loud. Not located where AirBn'B shows on the map - on Chicago Ave a walk from the apartment.
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Yuzu Sushi & Robata Grill
1751 W Chicago Ave
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Great sushi, good decor, cheap price! Always has good music, can get a little loud. Not located where AirBn'B shows on the map - on Chicago Ave a walk from the apartment.
Great burritos, family friendly!
Mr Taco's Restaurant
1640 W Chicago Ave
Great burritos, family friendly!
Very nice people, great coffee, and a good stop if you're walking to go shopping on Magnificent Mile.
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Big Shoulders Coffee
1105 W Chicago Ave
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Very nice people, great coffee, and a good stop if you're walking to go shopping on Magnificent Mile.
Best coffee in Chicago, hands down.
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Star Lounge Coffee Bar (Dark Matter Coffee)
2521 W Chicago Ave
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Best coffee in Chicago, hands down.
Do you like alligator? Wild boar? Other off-the-beaten-path meaty menu choices? Look no further. Vaguely southern, vaguely western, all delicious.
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Frontier
1072 N Milwaukee Ave
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Do you like alligator? Wild boar? Other off-the-beaten-path meaty menu choices? Look no further. Vaguely southern, vaguely western, all delicious.
A local hipster Italian joint with impeccable decor, delicious cocktails, and a rotating pasta list that will blow your socks off. Get reservations - this place does get noisy at night.
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Charlatan
1329 West Chicago Avenue
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A local hipster Italian joint with impeccable decor, delicious cocktails, and a rotating pasta list that will blow your socks off. Get reservations - this place does get noisy at night.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great craft cocktails and good beer list. Local neighborhood spot, often has fun giveaways or sponsored events going on. Later, the back half turns into a dancefloor.
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Bar Deville
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Great craft cocktails and good beer list. Local neighborhood spot, often has fun giveaways or sponsored events going on. Later, the back half turns into a dancefloor.
A barcade with an amazing beer selection and a stage for live music. No outdoor area, but huge and fun to go with groups of friends.
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Emporium Wicker Park
1366 N Milwaukee Ave
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A barcade with an amazing beer selection and a stage for live music. No outdoor area, but huge and fun to go with groups of friends.
Cheap, delicious craft cocktails, fun decor, great outside area, and chess tables!
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Sportsman's Club
948 N Western Ave
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Cheap, delicious craft cocktails, fun decor, great outside area, and chess tables!
Great dive bar with an active ping pong scene (admire the velvet wallpaper in the ping pong room) and the best secret garden covered in grape vines, twinkly lights, and white tents ever out back. Did I say dive? I meant dive.
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Happy Village
1059 N Wolcott Ave
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Great dive bar with an active ping pong scene (admire the velvet wallpaper in the ping pong room) and the best secret garden covered in grape vines, twinkly lights, and white tents ever out back. Did I say dive? I meant dive.
Great liquor store/wine bar.
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Lush Wine & Spirits
1412 W Chicago Ave
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Great liquor store/wine bar.

Shopping

Great, small women's clothes shop
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Study Hall
2016 W Chicago Ave
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Great, small women's clothes shop
Awesome, awesome textile and furniture store - combination of vintage furniture, beautiful off-kilter ceramics, and jewelry. Great for a long walk.
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Humboldt House
1045 N California Ave
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Awesome, awesome textile and furniture store - combination of vintage furniture, beautiful off-kilter ceramics, and jewelry. Great for a long walk.
Best plant store ever! Things are $$$ but the selection is amazing and worth just browsing in even if you can't buy.
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Sprout Home
745 N Damen Ave
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Best plant store ever! Things are $$$ but the selection is amazing and worth just browsing in even if you can't buy.
If you need candles, magnets, socks, tchatchkies, souvenirs, or flamingo lawn ornaments, this is your place. The owners are incredibly nice and RR is stacked to the brim with fun knick knacks.
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RR #1 Chicago
814 N Ashland Ave
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If you need candles, magnets, socks, tchatchkies, souvenirs, or flamingo lawn ornaments, this is your place. The owners are incredibly nice and RR is stacked to the brim with fun knick knacks.
Best clothing store in Chicago if you've got hipster tendencies, hands down. A great selection from brands like Stance, Barney Cools, Tovar, RVCA, and many others that are way too cool for me to remember.
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Una Mae's
1528 N Milwaukee Ave
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Best clothing store in Chicago if you've got hipster tendencies, hands down. A great selection from brands like Stance, Barney Cools, Tovar, RVCA, and many others that are way too cool for me to remember.

Essentials

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Walgreens
1931 W Cermak Rd
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Mariano's
2021 W Chicago Ave
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Nice liquor store with great selection.
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The Noble Grape
802 N Bishop St
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Nice liquor store with great selection.

Getting Around

O'Hare to the Loop.
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Chicago & Milwaukee station
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O'Hare to the Loop.
$10 for a day, stations all around the city. This is across the street from our house.
Divvy Station: Ashland Ave & Chicago Ave
$10 for a day, stations all around the city. This is across the street from our house.
O'Hare to the Loop
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Division & Ashland station
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O'Hare to the Loop

Entertainment & Activities

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United Center
1901 W Madison St
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Parks & Nature

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Wicker Park
1425 N Damen Ave
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Eckhart Park
1330 W Chicago Ave
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