Guidebook for Chicago

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Guidebook for Chicago

Food Scene

Fab brunch spot! Best food in the 'hood for brunch! Cutesy atmosphere, great coffee, and wonderful if you're tired and want to just hop across the street rather than walking too much.
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Milk & Honey
1920 W Division St
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Fab brunch spot! Best food in the 'hood for brunch! Cutesy atmosphere, great coffee, and wonderful if you're tired and want to just hop across the street rather than walking too much.
Best coffee shop in area. Great treats, adorable creative cakes in window display, and they'll let you sit here and work for hours on end. Coffee's good, too. Conveniently on the way to the "L" stop.
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Alliance Bakery
1736 W Division St
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Best coffee shop in area. Great treats, adorable creative cakes in window display, and they'll let you sit here and work for hours on end. Coffee's good, too. Conveniently on the way to the "L" stop.
The service here is inconsistent (much better service on weeknights), but the authentic, savory Italian flavors, the wine flights, and the intimate, laid-back atmosphere make it my fave Italian go-to!
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Enoteca Roma
2146 W Division St
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The service here is inconsistent (much better service on weeknights), but the authentic, savory Italian flavors, the wine flights, and the intimate, laid-back atmosphere make it my fave Italian go-to!
Beautiful employees, absolutely authentic, flavorful Argentian... Order la lengua for your first melt-in-your-mouth vinegar-y! cow-tongue experience. Chill, atmospheric vibe.
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Folklore | Argentine Restaurant
2100 W Division St
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Beautiful employees, absolutely authentic, flavorful Argentian... Order la lengua for your first melt-in-your-mouth vinegar-y! cow-tongue experience. Chill, atmospheric vibe.
Fresh, creative sushi, sushi chefs that seem like they'd make for good drinking buddies, just down the street, open til 11p on weeknights!, adorable waitstaff, great environment.
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Seadog Sushi Bar
3344 1500 W Division St
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Fresh, creative sushi, sushi chefs that seem like they'd make for good drinking buddies, just down the street, open til 11p on weeknights!, adorable waitstaff, great environment.
Ignore the exterior, b/c this place has "emulsions" for dipping skewers into that put it up there with fine cuisine! Open late!
Skewerz
1560 N Damen Ave
Ignore the exterior, b/c this place has "emulsions" for dipping skewers into that put it up there with fine cuisine! Open late!
This Italian restaurant has amazing pastas, soups, appetizers, etc. Its deep history goes back to the '40s... It has an urban 50s aesthetic, excellent cocktails, and a laid-back vibe.
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Club Lucky
1824 W Wabansia Ave
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This Italian restaurant has amazing pastas, soups, appetizers, etc. Its deep history goes back to the '40s... It has an urban 50s aesthetic, excellent cocktails, and a laid-back vibe.
This is the spot for French. Hands down. Relaxed. Friendly. Unpretentious. Delicious.
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Le Bouchon
1958 N Damen Ave
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This is the spot for French. Hands down. Relaxed. Friendly. Unpretentious. Delicious.

Arts & Culture

Legendary music venue, open for 20 years. We rarely pay more than $15 to see live shows in Chicago, b/c the music in our 'hood is so inexpensive and high-quality!
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Double Door
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Legendary music venue, open for 20 years. We rarely pay more than $15 to see live shows in Chicago, b/c the music in our 'hood is so inexpensive and high-quality!
It's a great music venue. Some really good live bands come through here.
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The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
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It's a great music venue. Some really good live bands come through here.
For a good peek into our stellar theater scene, this small stage has high-quality plays, usually at around $20/ticket, and has a good reputation for putting on good shows.
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Chopin Theatre
1543 W Division St
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For a good peek into our stellar theater scene, this small stage has high-quality plays, usually at around $20/ticket, and has a good reputation for putting on good shows.
Teeming with art galleries (especially fun every 1st Friday night), this historic building has served as Wicker Park's center for creativity for decades!
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The Flatiron Arts Building
1579 N Milwaukee Ave
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Teeming with art galleries (especially fun every 1st Friday night), this historic building has served as Wicker Park's center for creativity for decades!
Legendary comedy theater. Many Saturday Night Live actors have come out of Second City. It's impossible to come out of one of their shows without aching abs from all of the laughing.
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The Second City
230 W North Ave
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Legendary comedy theater. Many Saturday Night Live actors have come out of Second City. It's impossible to come out of one of their shows without aching abs from all of the laughing.
If you go to ONE museum while you're here, this has to be it. They've just added a huge modern wing. Block out a few hours, though, b/c it's gigantic and you'll want to see everything...
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芝加哥藝術學院
36 S Wabash Ave
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If you go to ONE museum while you're here, this has to be it. They've just added a huge modern wing. Block out a few hours, though, b/c it's gigantic and you'll want to see everything...

Drinks & Nightlife

Great for dancing to the '80s! (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Lionel Richie, Prince...) Packed on weekends for good reason... and fun late-night spot on weeknights!
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Innjoy
2051 W Division St
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Great for dancing to the '80s! (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Lionel Richie, Prince...) Packed on weekends for good reason... and fun late-night spot on weeknights!
It's a bar with great cocktails and good food and cool bartenders! Pad your stomach if you're seeing double, then make your way next door to InnJoy to dance off the calories!
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SmallBar Division
2049 W Division St
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It's a bar with great cocktails and good food and cool bartenders! Pad your stomach if you're seeing double, then make your way next door to InnJoy to dance off the calories!
On a weeknight, it might just be you, the bartenders, and maaaaaybe another patron... and the lights are bright. This dive bar's jukebox is awesome... and this place is super-fun! (It's busy wknds.)
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Happy Village
1059 N Wolcott Ave
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On a weeknight, it might just be you, the bartenders, and maaaaaybe another patron... and the lights are bright. This dive bar's jukebox is awesome... and this place is super-fun! (It's busy wknds.)
Open since the '30s (yes, the 1930s), it's a meet-market for guys with handlebar mustaches & girls dedicated to 365 bicycling. Amazing people-watching & legendary MUST. Strong, cheap drinks!
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Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave
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Open since the '30s (yes, the 1930s), it's a meet-market for guys with handlebar mustaches & girls dedicated to 365 bicycling. Amazing people-watching & legendary MUST. Strong, cheap drinks!
PB&J Cocktails! Oh, my! Good bartenders, delicious food, black-n-white movies... oh, yes, and the cocktails! And the beer!
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Blue Line Lounge & Grill
1548 N Damen Ave
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PB&J Cocktails! Oh, my! Good bartenders, delicious food, black-n-white movies... oh, yes, and the cocktails! And the beer!
Dance the night away! A tiny spot with a dj and a long history, it's the place to go in the 'hood when other spots have closed.
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Dannys
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Dance the night away! A tiny spot with a dj and a long history, it's the place to go in the 'hood when other spots have closed.
It's standing room only on wknds, but weeknights are very pleasant. Amazing food. Stunning wine. Friendly bartenders.
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The Bluebird
1749 N Damen Ave
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It's standing room only on wknds, but weeknights are very pleasant. Amazing food. Stunning wine. Friendly bartenders.
The hipsters have taken it over like a weed... but it does have a niche: really delicious Tex-Mex fine cuisine. Only Tex-Mex liquors, sodas, etc. The bartenders, though, are cranky & it's packed.
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Five Star Bar
1424 W Chicago Ave
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The hipsters have taken it over like a weed... but it does have a niche: really delicious Tex-Mex fine cuisine. Only Tex-Mex liquors, sodas, etc. The bartenders, though, are cranky & it's packed.

Everything Else

Bob Jones has been my piercer for a couple of years now... and Insight Studios is a clean, professional tattoo & piercing salon that also provides tattoo removal. Excellent spot, close to our house.
Insight Studios
1062 North Milwaukee Avenue
Bob Jones has been my piercer for a couple of years now... and Insight Studios is a clean, professional tattoo & piercing salon that also provides tattoo removal. Excellent spot, close to our house.
The groceries here are more expensive than those at Jewel-Osco, but you're more likely to find upscale brands, hard-to-find foods, and it's just shinier and prettier.
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Dominick's
2021 West Chicago Avenue
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The groceries here are more expensive than those at Jewel-Osco, but you're more likely to find upscale brands, hard-to-find foods, and it's just shinier and prettier.
This is our local post office... and the people here are actually friendly! Weird.
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United States Postal Service
2339 N California Ave
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This is our local post office... and the people here are actually friendly! Weird.

Essentials

This is our local grocery store, just about 10 min's walk from the house. It's in a shopping center... and it has a decent amount of cultural supplies b/c of the diverse neighborhood population.
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Jewel-Osco
3531 N Broadway
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This is our local grocery store, just about 10 min's walk from the house. It's in a shopping center... and it has a decent amount of cultural supplies b/c of the diverse neighborhood population.