Guidebook for Chicago

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Guidebook for Chicago

Food Scene

Prasino is a modern restaurant that you can easily walk to. Delicious, healthy breakfasts and a great dinner menu. Good outdoor seating as well.
11 localnici recomandă
Prasino
1846 West Division Street
11 localnici recomandă
Prasino is a modern restaurant that you can easily walk to. Delicious, healthy breakfasts and a great dinner menu. Good outdoor seating as well.
We like walking here in the morning when it is warm out to grab a coffee and muffin and sit in their large patio in the back.
52 localnici recomandă
Letizia's Natural Bakery
2144 W Division St
52 localnici recomandă
We like walking here in the morning when it is warm out to grab a coffee and muffin and sit in their large patio in the back.
A solid Italian restaurant right in the heart of everything.
34 localnici recomandă
Via Carducci La Sorella
1928 W Division St
34 localnici recomandă
A solid Italian restaurant right in the heart of everything.
Awesome tapas! Good atmosphere, and then wander over to Bangers and Lace or The Bedford for a drink.
41 localnici recomandă
Black Bull
1721 W Division St
41 localnici recomandă
Awesome tapas! Good atmosphere, and then wander over to Bangers and Lace or The Bedford for a drink.
Best gelato in the city, in our opinion! Great place to grab a coffee as well.
Caffè Gelato
2036 W Division St
Best gelato in the city, in our opinion! Great place to grab a coffee as well.
We haven't been yet, but wow is it packed. Modern, low country fare.
27 localnici recomandă
Buck's
1700 W Division St
27 localnici recomandă
We haven't been yet, but wow is it packed. Modern, low country fare.
Italian, but stick with the delicious wood fire pizzas. Tell Bruno hi for us.
10 localnici recomandă
Tocco
1266 N Milwaukee Ave
10 localnici recomandă
Italian, but stick with the delicious wood fire pizzas. Tell Bruno hi for us.
Fast food, but a little more upscale. Really good gyros, and right in the heart of Milwaukee Ave.
Covo Gyro Market
1482 N Milwaukee Ave
Fast food, but a little more upscale. Really good gyros, and right in the heart of Milwaukee Ave.
Solid Italian, easily walkable. Super close to the Blue Line.
13 localnici recomandă
Francesca's Fiore
7407 Madison St
13 localnici recomandă
Solid Italian, easily walkable. Super close to the Blue Line.
Really, really good Greek food in a sharp setting. If you go, you must try the octopus!
30 localnici recomandă
Taxim
1558 N Milwaukee Ave
30 localnici recomandă
Really, really good Greek food in a sharp setting. If you go, you must try the octopus!
If you can get a table here, don't leave! Fantastic tacos, margaritas and people watching. We consider this the defacto hang out spot for day drinking in our 'hood.
1176 localnici recomandă
Big Star
1531 N Damen Ave
1176 localnici recomandă
If you can get a table here, don't leave! Fantastic tacos, margaritas and people watching. We consider this the defacto hang out spot for day drinking in our 'hood.
Super fresh sushi. Wicker Park/Bucktown has maybe 7 good sushi options, but here and Coast are our favorites.
29 localnici recomandă
Mirai Sushi
990 W Division St
29 localnici recomandă
Super fresh sushi. Wicker Park/Bucktown has maybe 7 good sushi options, but here and Coast are our favorites.
Super fresh sushi. Wicker Park/Bucktown has maybe 7 good sushi options, but here and Mirai are our favorites. BYOB!
80 localnici recomandă
Coast Sushi Bar
2045 North Damen Avenue
80 localnici recomandă
Super fresh sushi. Wicker Park/Bucktown has maybe 7 good sushi options, but here and Mirai are our favorites. BYOB!
Dinner here (great mussels and craft beer list) followed by desert at Hot Chocolate is a solid date night.
12 localnici recomandă
The Bluebird
1749 N Damen Ave
12 localnici recomandă
Dinner here (great mussels and craft beer list) followed by desert at Hot Chocolate is a solid date night.
Award winning, Hot Chocolate serves up some of the best deserts in the city. Check it out after dinner at The Bluebird.
108 localnici recomandă
Mindy’s HotChocolate
1623 N Damen Ave
108 localnici recomandă
Award winning, Hot Chocolate serves up some of the best deserts in the city. Check it out after dinner at The Bluebird.
Wildly famous pizza in the hood, we actually burned ourselves out of it. Everyone else loves it, and they brew their own award winning beer.
488 localnici recomandă
Piece Brewery
1927 W North Ave
488 localnici recomandă
Wildly famous pizza in the hood, we actually burned ourselves out of it. Everyone else loves it, and they brew their own award winning beer.
In the mood for BBQ? Look no further. The best. Or, if you are on Division St. go to Smoke Daddy BBQ.
34 localnici recomandă
Lillie's Q
417 North Ashland Avenue
34 localnici recomandă
In the mood for BBQ? Look no further. The best. Or, if you are on Division St. go to Smoke Daddy BBQ.
If you want to experience a Chicago Steak house, the options are endless. Lucky you, here are the only two worth blowing a month's rent at. Chicago Cut and Mastros. End of story.
29 localnici recomandă
Chicago Cut Steakhouse
300 N LaSalle Dr
29 localnici recomandă
If you want to experience a Chicago Steak house, the options are endless. Lucky you, here are the only two worth blowing a month's rent at. Chicago Cut and Mastros. End of story.
If you want to experience a Chicago Steak house, the options are endless. Lucky you, here are the only two worth blowing a month's rent at. Chicago Cut and Mastros. End of story.
18 localnici recomandă
Mastro's Steakhouse
520 N Dearborn St
18 localnici recomandă
If you want to experience a Chicago Steak house, the options are endless. Lucky you, here are the only two worth blowing a month's rent at. Chicago Cut and Mastros. End of story.

Drinks & Nightlife

The newest sports bar in the 'hood, Fat Pour lives up to its name with over 50 beers on tap. Right down the street from us.
59 localnici recomandă
Fatpour Tap Works - Wicker Park
2005 W Division St
59 localnici recomandă
The newest sports bar in the 'hood, Fat Pour lives up to its name with over 50 beers on tap. Right down the street from us.
Wicker Parks best sports bar. Big menu, and your best option for catching the big game. Great area for sitting outside as well!
23 localnici recomandă
The Boundary Tavern and Grille
1932 W Division St
23 localnici recomandă
Wicker Parks best sports bar. Big menu, and your best option for catching the big game. Great area for sitting outside as well!
The Bedford is a great place to impress a date for dinner or drinks. Located underground in an old bank vault, it is a must see.
58 localnici recomandă
The Bedford
1612 West Division Street
58 localnici recomandă
The Bedford is a great place to impress a date for dinner or drinks. Located underground in an old bank vault, it is a must see.
If you can find the front door, go. Violet Hour mixes up some of the best cocktails in the city. No TV's or sticky floors here, but one of the best upscale drinking experiences anywhere
355 localnici recomandă
The Violet Hour
1520 N Damen Ave
355 localnici recomandă
If you can find the front door, go. Violet Hour mixes up some of the best cocktails in the city. No TV's or sticky floors here, but one of the best upscale drinking experiences anywhere

Essentials

Olivia's is a small grocery that carries most everything you might need. Walk there traveling up Damen Ave. and stop in all of the great shops on the way.
64 localnici recomandă
Olivia's Market
2014 W Wabansia Ave
64 localnici recomandă
Olivia's is a small grocery that carries most everything you might need. Walk there traveling up Damen Ave. and stop in all of the great shops on the way.
Big box grocery store where we do all of our grocery shopping.
21 localnici recomandă
Dominick's
2021 West Chicago Avenue
21 localnici recomandă
Big box grocery store where we do all of our grocery shopping.

Shopping

We are using Marc as a dot on the map, but all up and down Damen, Milwaukee, North Ave. and Division St. are tons of local great shopping options. Just walk around and explore!
19 localnici recomandă
Marc Jacobs
11 E Walton St
19 localnici recomandă
We are using Marc as a dot on the map, but all up and down Damen, Milwaukee, North Ave. and Division St. are tons of local great shopping options. Just walk around and explore!