Guidebook for Chicago

Jane Kelly
Guidebook for Chicago

Essentials

Salad Bar, Deli, Bakery, Wine, Beer and healthy eats!
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Whole Foods Market
3640 N Halsted St
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Salad Bar, Deli, Bakery, Wine, Beer and healthy eats!
Always fun shopping experience; really good prepared salads, fresh produce, flowers, baguettes. Good wine, beer selection!
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Trader Joe's
667 W Diversey Pkwy
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Always fun shopping experience; really good prepared salads, fresh produce, flowers, baguettes. Good wine, beer selection!
Every Wednesday and Saturday... May thru October, 6AM-1PM truly "farm to table", farmers and purveyors from 5 states; french breads, cheese, pies, fresh flowers, organic vegetables, and more....
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Green City Market - Office Location
3057 W Lawrence Ave
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Every Wednesday and Saturday... May thru October, 6AM-1PM truly "farm to table", farmers and purveyors from 5 states; french breads, cheese, pies, fresh flowers, organic vegetables, and more....

Food Scene

Start your day with coffee to go or chill and read the NY Times
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Starbucks
210 W North Ave
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Start your day with coffee to go or chill and read the NY Times
Retro American diner....breakfast anytime!
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Biograph Diner
2441 N Lincoln Ave
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Retro American diner....breakfast anytime!
Szechuan! Best, most beloved regional cuisine of China. Very reasonable.
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Chengdu Impression Restaurant
2545 N Halsted St
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Szechuan! Best, most beloved regional cuisine of China. Very reasonable.
Wonderful Indian food!
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Hema's Kitchen 2411
2411 North Clark Street
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Wonderful Indian food!
Great local cafe, good sandwiches and salads!
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Bourgeois Cafe
738 W Fullerton Ave
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Great local cafe, good sandwiches and salads!
Pretty darn good ribs & barbeque!
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Barn & Company
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Pretty darn good ribs & barbeque!
good, basic Chicago pizza
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Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
1120 N State St
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good, basic Chicago pizza
Really good thin crust pizza!
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Pat's Pizza and Ristorante
2679 N Lincoln Ave
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Really good thin crust pizza!
Another good gourmet hamburger joint!
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Kuma's Too
666 West Diversey Parkway
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Another good gourmet hamburger joint!
A Chicago legacy; platters of crab, pitchers of beer *cash only*
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Half Shell
676 W Diversey Pkwy
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A Chicago legacy; platters of crab, pitchers of beer *cash only*
Always a good cup of coffee, and Broadway is such a great walk, up and down!
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Intelligentsia Coffee Broadway Coffeebar
3123 N Broadway
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Always a good cup of coffee, and Broadway is such a great walk, up and down!
Great brunch any day of the week!
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toast
2046 N Damen Ave
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Great brunch any day of the week!
The original POTBELLY, just blocks away on Lincoln Avenue!
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Potbelly Sandwich Shop
2264 N Lincoln Ave
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The original POTBELLY, just blocks away on Lincoln Avenue!
Very good representation of Chicago deep dish pizza!
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Bacino's of Lincoln Park
2204 North Lincoln Avenue
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Very good representation of Chicago deep dish pizza!

Drinks & Nightlife

Newly refurbished long standing Chicago English pub with a history. Is it haunted?
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The Red Lion Pub
2446 North Lincoln Avenue
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Newly refurbished long standing Chicago English pub with a history. Is it haunted?
Said to be the best roof top bar with city skyline views!
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Hotel Lincoln
1816 N Clark St
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Said to be the best roof top bar with city skyline views!

Arts & Culture

One of the "go to" Blues joints in Chicago, any night!
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Kingston Mines
2548 N Halsted St
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One of the "go to" Blues joints in Chicago, any night!
Another of Chicago's small theatre venues....see what's playing. Site of several movies; John Dillenger and the "lady in red"
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Victory Gardens Theater
2433 N Lincoln Ave
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Another of Chicago's small theatre venues....see what's playing. Site of several movies; John Dillenger and the "lady in red"
A great small company theatre venue with four performance halls
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 N Lincoln Ave
A great small company theatre venue with four performance halls
A real Chicago Blues joint!
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B.L.U.E.S.
2519 N Halsted St
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A real Chicago Blues joint!
From the heydays of the 30's, best of live Jazz and Blues in Chicago! Originally opened in 1907 as a Roadhouse, there are stories of hauntings, links to Al Capone, the secret tunnel and Billie Holiday
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The Green Mill
4802 North Broadway
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From the heydays of the 30's, best of live Jazz and Blues in Chicago! Originally opened in 1907 as a Roadhouse, there are stories of hauntings, links to Al Capone, the secret tunnel and Billie Holiday

Shopping

If you must shop....discounted Designer Shoes!
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Lori's Shoes
824 W Armitage Ave
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If you must shop....discounted Designer Shoes!

Sightseeing

Wonderful glass and iron construction circa 1890-1895 with exotic tropicals and ancient ferns from around the world. FREE
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Lincoln Park Conservatory
2430 N Stockton Dr
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Wonderful glass and iron construction circa 1890-1895 with exotic tropicals and ancient ferns from around the world. FREE

Everything Else

105f.com! The best Bikrum in Chicago.
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105F Chicago's Original Hot Yoga
1344 N Milwaukee Ave
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105f.com! The best Bikrum in Chicago.
Good, basic gym 1 Day Pass Yoga classes, workout equipment, personal coaches
Equinox Lincoln Park
1750 N Clark St
Good, basic gym 1 Day Pass Yoga classes, workout equipment, personal coaches
1 DAY PASS Lap Pool, Rock Climbing, Yoga, Strength Training
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Lincoln Park Athletic Club
1019 W Diversey Pkwy
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1 DAY PASS Lap Pool, Rock Climbing, Yoga, Strength Training
Neighborhood yoga studio, with heated floors! Good workout, nice ambience
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CorePower Yoga
945 W George St
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Neighborhood yoga studio, with heated floors! Good workout, nice ambience
Also at 912 West Armitage! or at the beach, office, park - they can come to you!
Elate Yoga
Also at 912 West Armitage! or at the beach, office, park - they can come to you!