Guidebook for Chicago

Rebecca
Guidebook for Chicago

Food Scene

This is a beautiful coffee shop - great coffee and a lovely space to sit and write!
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La Colombe Coffee Roasters
5158 N Clark St
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This is a beautiful coffee shop - great coffee and a lovely space to sit and write!
Great selection of Middle Eastern groceries + the best spinach cheese pies and hummus! Get groceries here, and go across the street to the Taste of Lebanon for a falafel.
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Middle East Bakery & Grocery
1512 W Foster Ave
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Great selection of Middle Eastern groceries + the best spinach cheese pies and hummus! Get groceries here, and go across the street to the Taste of Lebanon for a falafel.
Love this spot for a quick lunch - great falafel!
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Taste of Lebanon Restaurant
1509 W Foster Ave
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Love this spot for a quick lunch - great falafel!
Best Bahn Mi!
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Ba Le Sandwich Shop
5014 N Broadway
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Best Bahn Mi!
Nice Italian spot for pizza
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Spacca Napoli Pizzeria
1769 W Sunnyside Ave
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Nice Italian spot for pizza

Parks & Nature

This is the closest beach to the apartment - I like to run here in the mornings - it's a 3 mile run there and back.
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Foster Beach
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This is the closest beach to the apartment - I like to run here in the mornings - it's a 3 mile run there and back.
This is my favorite beach in Chicago! The bathrooms have been recently redone, and the southern part of the beach is the GLBT beach.
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Kathy Osterman Beach House
5800 N Lake Shore Dr
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This is my favorite beach in Chicago! The bathrooms have been recently redone, and the southern part of the beach is the GLBT beach.
Montrose Point and the Bird Sanctuary is a beautiful spot to walk around - it's like disappearing from the city - there are lots of small trails through the sanctuary that wind around and back to the lakefront. You'll be sure to spot lots of birders in here.
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Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
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Montrose Point and the Bird Sanctuary is a beautiful spot to walk around - it's like disappearing from the city - there are lots of small trails through the sanctuary that wind around and back to the lakefront. You'll be sure to spot lots of birders in here.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great beer selection, beautiful space, good food! They usually have a harder to find Allagash beer on tap - which I always get.
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Hopleaf
5148 N Clark St
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Great beer selection, beautiful space, good food! They usually have a harder to find Allagash beer on tap - which I always get.
Great cocktail bar! I like to meet friends here, either on the patio out back or the upstairs bar - I usually get their whiskey cocktails, but basically I've been happy with every cocktail I've gotten here.
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The Brixton
5420 North Clark Street
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Great cocktail bar! I like to meet friends here, either on the patio out back or the upstairs bar - I usually get their whiskey cocktails, but basically I've been happy with every cocktail I've gotten here.
Great bourbon and beer list - a good place for dinner and a drink or just to meet up for a drink. There's also a rooftop bar.
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Fountainhead
1970 W Montrose Ave
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Great bourbon and beer list - a good place for dinner and a drink or just to meet up for a drink. There's also a rooftop bar.
Classic LGBT bar - they have good food (even gluten-free/veg options), and front and back patios. There's usually djs on the weekends.
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Big Chicks
5024 N Sheridan Rd
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Classic LGBT bar - they have good food (even gluten-free/veg options), and front and back patios. There's usually djs on the weekends.
Neighborhood dive bar with a great jukebox and occasionally live bands too. And around the holidays you can order some glogg.
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Simon's Tavern
5210 N Clark St
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Neighborhood dive bar with a great jukebox and occasionally live bands too. And around the holidays you can order some glogg.

Arts & Culture

There is always a great show here - not to miss. And if you're looking to do some shopping too while you're here, it's right off of Michigan Ave. You can take the red line here - to the Chicago stop.
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Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης του Σικάγο
220 E Chicago Ave
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There is always a great show here - not to miss. And if you're looking to do some shopping too while you're here, it's right off of Michigan Ave. You can take the red line here - to the Chicago stop.
They have a great collection! I'm biased, since I went to school here and have roamed the halls for hours and hours - but definitely worth a visit.
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Ινστιτούτο Τέχνης του Σικάγο
111 S Michigan Ave
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They have a great collection! I'm biased, since I went to school here and have roamed the halls for hours and hours - but definitely worth a visit.
They consistently have great shows, a nice (small) art bookshop - and the building itself is beautiful.
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl
They consistently have great shows, a nice (small) art bookshop - and the building itself is beautiful.

Essentials

They have a great selection. I do most of my shopping here.
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Mariano's
3358 W Touhy Ave
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They have a great selection. I do most of my shopping here.

Getting Around

The Red Line is the fastest public transit option for heading downtown.
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Argyle station
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The Red Line is the fastest public transit option for heading downtown.