Going to Chicago, need recs

[T_Yamamoto]

Going to be visiting Chicago for a few days, gonna be hitting up:

Cloud Gate
Millennium Park
Wabash Art Corridor
Shedd Aquarium
Art Institute of Chicago
Magnificent Mile
and of course, Portillo's

anything I should see?

 

[VashHT]

What kind of stuff are you into? There's some good breweries if you like beer, personally I like Revolution a lot. The observation deck at the Willis tower is kind of cool too.

There are some really good blues/jazz bars if you are into that, Kingston mines or the Green Mill are a couple of the more famous ones.

If you like comedy clubs Second City is pretty famius and every show I've seen there has been great.

They have boat tours on the river that are nice too, the architecture tour is pretty good. There's also walking tours that start near millennium Park that give some good history about some things in that area, I think they all start pretty early though.

There are a ton of good food placesin the city, portillos is good but imho I dunno if it's that amazing but since it's somewhat famous I guess I'd try it out.

 

[Billb2]

Sears tower observation deck...at night!

 

[BurnItDwn]

You did your research, you got lots of good stuff on your list. A+ Would read again.

 

[BurnItDwn]

get yourself some "Jeppson's Malort" when you hit up the bars.
Just try it one time so you do not die from how gross it is.
If you can handle that, then, you can handle anything the city will throw your way. It's not particularly delicious. I have no idea why it is so famous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeppson's_Malört