Guidebook for Chicago

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Guidebook for Chicago

Food Scene

Just downstairs, this is one of the best coffeeshops in town. Good people, good music, cozy nooks. Great for hanging out or getting work done. And, they just opened up a patio!
98 locals recommend
Dollop Coffee Co.
4181 N Clarendon Ave
98 locals recommend
Just downstairs, this is one of the best coffeeshops in town. Good people, good music, cozy nooks. Great for hanging out or getting work done. And, they just opened up a patio!
Great Vietnamese food, with literally hundreds of menu items.
81 locals recommend
Tank Noodle
4953-55 N Broadway
81 locals recommend
Great Vietnamese food, with literally hundreds of menu items.
Slightly above average Thai food, but recommended for proximity!
6 locals recommend
Thai Aroma
4142 North Broadway
6 locals recommend
Slightly above average Thai food, but recommended for proximity!
For all of your Mexican baked good desires... get a concha!
11 locals recommend
Artemio Bakery
3904 N Sheridan Rd
11 locals recommend
For all of your Mexican baked good desires... get a concha!

Drinks & Nightlife

Just around the corner, a chill neighborhood bar with an amazing selection of beers. The sweet potato fries are to die for.
63 locals recommend
The Bar on Buena
910 W Buena Ave
63 locals recommend
Just around the corner, a chill neighborhood bar with an amazing selection of beers. The sweet potato fries are to die for.
Personal favorite and certainly one of the more famous lounges in Chicago, the Green Mill is only a 15 min. walk, open until 4am, with amazing nightly jazz or poetry performances. You gotta go.
471 locals recommend
The Green Mill
4802 North Broadway
471 locals recommend
Personal favorite and certainly one of the more famous lounges in Chicago, the Green Mill is only a 15 min. walk, open until 4am, with amazing nightly jazz or poetry performances. You gotta go.
Rat-pack atmosphere, nightly karaoke, comedy shows, and good music.
29 locals recommend
Holiday Club
4000 N Sheridan Rd
29 locals recommend
Rat-pack atmosphere, nightly karaoke, comedy shows, and good music.

Essentials

This grocery is open 24 hours if you need it - about a 10 minute walk.
675 locals recommend
Jewel-Osco
3531 N Broadway
675 locals recommend
This grocery is open 24 hours if you need it - about a 10 minute walk.
This is where the year-round Uptown Farmer's Market is held! Every Thursday from 7am - 1pm.
Weiss Memorial Hospital
4646 N Marine Dr
This is where the year-round Uptown Farmer's Market is held! Every Thursday from 7am - 1pm.
Another grocery option.
836 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
3640 N Halsted St
836 locals recommend
Another grocery option.
The closest grocery store, about a 5 minute walk.
675 locals recommend
Jewel-Osco
3531 N Broadway
675 locals recommend
The closest grocery store, about a 5 minute walk.

Everything Else

Da beach. Complete with a shoreside bar/restaurant ("The Dock"), volleyball nets, a lighthouse, surrounding parks, bait shop, daily sunrises...
297 locals recommend
Montrose Beach
297 locals recommend
Da beach. Complete with a shoreside bar/restaurant ("The Dock"), volleyball nets, a lighthouse, surrounding parks, bait shop, daily sunrises...

Sightseeing

Home of the Cubs since 1916. Just a 20 minute walk or a train stop away, it's the oldest National League ballpark. Check it out.
1004 locals recommend
Wrigley Field
1060 W Addison St
1004 locals recommend
Home of the Cubs since 1916. Just a 20 minute walk or a train stop away, it's the oldest National League ballpark. Check it out.