Did You Know? On an average weekday 1.7 million rides are taken on CTA. Mehr erfahren.
This Italian restaurant hosts live Opera on the third Friday of every month. Mehr erfahren.
Chicago is also a music town. Stop into The Green Mill for cocktails and jazz and keep your fingers crossed that Patricia Barber is playing that night. Wow, what a voice. - Nikki
Gioco's hearts of palm salad blends flavors and textures, adding chopped radicchio, celery, gorgonzola and lemony dressing. Mehr erfahren.
Want to see what 'L' cars looked back in the 1890's? The Chicago History Museum (1601 North Clark St) lets you climb on board an historic car. Mehr erfahren.
In "A League of Their Own" (1992) the Rockford Peaches (an all-women's baseball team of the 1940's) stayed in an elegant boarding house. These scenes were shot in Pullman's historic Hotel Florence. Mehr erfahren.
Today, the Maxwell Street Market, which still happens every Sunday, has moved to Desplaines St. & Roosevelt Rd. Mehr erfahren.
The University of Chicago's neo-gothic quad was patterned after several of the colleges at Oxford. Mehr erfahren.
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The Chicago Diner is a haven of meatless dining. Truly tantalizing to the vegan sect are their non-dairy desserts like black forest, cookies and cream or lemon cakes. Mehr erfahren.
While the exterior of Shelly's Loan and Jewelry got a makeover for "The Blues Brothers" (1980), the interior was recreated on a Hollywood Set. Mehr erfahren.
To learn more about African-American history and labor history in Pullman, visit the A. Phillip Randolph Porter Museum (10406 S. Maryland Ave.) Hours vary by season; call ahead. Mehr erfahren.
It's all about their decadent CB&J. House-made cashew butter, fig jam, and morbier cheese, and on top of that it's pan-fried!
Celebrating a full yr of slinging drinks & pounding DJ beats, this Lincoln Park watering hole throws a bash in its sleek, antler-decorated confines. Stop in on Mar. 19 at 5 PM for free pizza & booze.
Go there: Belly up to the bar, built in the 1930s to resemble the USS Normandy. Mehr erfahren.
July 12, 1979 was Disco Demolition Night in Comisky / Sox Park. DJ Steve Dahl detonated disco records, but the promotional event, caused a riot when fans stormed the field. Mehr erfahren.
Use purchase code "CELEBRATE" on BroadwayInChicago.com when ordering tickets to WORKING & receive a glass of Moët & Chandon. Also, submit your receipt for the chance to win a $10,000 shopping spree. Mehr erfahren.
This northwest corner storefront was dressed as Championship Vinyl for the movie "High Fidelity" (2000). This was Rob Gordon’s (John Cusack's) Wicker Park record store. Mehr erfahren.
The most authentic Thai food in Chicago. They have the best Tom Ka Ghai soup and fried whole fish with red curry sauce. The boys and I eat there at least once a week. -Malika Ameen, Top Chef Just Dess
Focuses on all-natural rolls popular in South America. Baked fresh every hour & available in flavors such as white cheddar & jalapeno, including Metropolis coffee, smoothies, & thick hot chocolate. Mehr erfahren.
The oldest section of the 'L' started operating in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in the Americas. Mehr erfahren.
Hyde Park is also home to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. http://bit.ly/ObamasFavs Mehr erfahren.
The White Sox may be the only team in the league that's had to wear shorts as a part of their uniform: owner Bill Veeck introduced the shorts in 1976. Mehr erfahren.
Blues Brothers filmmakers built a fake façade for the orphanage "Saint Helen of the Blessed Shroud" in an alley just north of 18th and Normal Avenue. Mehr erfahren.
In the "Blues Brothers" (1980) Jake and Elwood Blues grew up in an orphanage, which owes $5000 in property taxes, setting the brothers off on their quest to raise the money through honest means. Mehr erfahren.
A mural on the NE corner of 47th & S. Prairie was created for scenes shot outside "Ray's Music Exchange", in which hundreds of "Blues Brothers" extras danced to Ray Charles' "Shake a Tail Feather". Mehr erfahren.
Try the delicately thin-skinned pelmini, Russian dumplings stuffed w/ a ground mix of beef & lots of onions. Or any of the Ukrainian vareniky, dumplings filled with pumpkin, asparagus or potato. Mehr erfahren.
Live music fans congregate at the often standing-room only Double Door, which has hosted thousands of up-and-coming and established musicians, including the Rolling Stones and the Smashing Pumpkins. Mehr erfahren.
For about 10 years, the Fireside hosted popular all-ages punk and rock shows, before being converted back into a bowling alley. Mehr erfahren.
