Update: Now Marooned in Sunny Chicago

[zinfamous]

Wow, been here about 50 mins and I gotta say.. What great traffic..

are you in a cab or driving around?

if the latter, why the hell did you rent a car in Chicago?

 

[zinfamous]

Miss the Art History museum. It isn't that good.

blasphemy. It's arguably the best in the country--only real competition is the Met or Smithsonian.

 

[SirStev0]

Did the Institute of Art today. Awesome stuff.. Had a great piece from El Greco.

Took a cab to my hotel.. Should have done the train.

 

[Apathetic]

Don't forget about slush season!

Dave

 

[BurnItDwn]

This weekend is the Psych fest if you like psychedelic rock. Planning to hopefully go on Saturday to see a friend play...

http://www.hideoutchicago.com/

As far as food goes, enjoy, feast!

 

[EvilYoda]

What kind of restaurants are you looking for? Casual, 4*, or nationally-ranked?

If you're going to do the pizza thing, find a Pequod's, otherwise Lou Malnati's for chain location.

You're in a dead zone for great dining but GT Fish & Oyster isn't far from you. Bub City has a great whiskey list and live country music most days. Sable is one of my favorite bars downtown.

For trendy dining, restaurant row has more places than you'll be able to try in your time there. Girl & The Goat/Little Goat being likely the most well known. Au Cheval is hipster heaven with their beer list and awesome burger but expect a wait. For a fancy bar program, Alinea is there too.

And that's just scratching the surface.

 

[Sheep]

Except Chicago isn't much of a tourist city. Past threads haven't had anything wonderful in them, and those not from Chicago couldn't possibly believe how little exists in such a large city, the previous threads most certainly have something missing from them.

Chicago has plenty of tourist attractions. You could easily spend a week here and not have enough time to see/do everything.

Year after year Woodfield Mall is Illinois' top tourist attraction. That's saying something for sure.

I couldn't believe this claim is even remotely true so I looked it up. Woodfield claims 27 million visitors per year. Apparently that includes all shoppers, a ridiculous metric to claim that it's somehow a "tourist attraction". I occasionally go there to shop--that certainly doesn't make me a tourist. I'm gonna venture a wild guess that more travelers are visiting Chicago than Woodfield Mall.

 

[SirStev0]

Trip going good so far. Did a few tourist things. Blues bar tonight. Snow's coming tomorrow. Hope my plan isn't screwed.

 

[Mixolydian]

did u take a selfie at the bean yet??

 

[IronWing]

did u take a selfie at the bean yet??

It's not a bean , it's a, um, it's one of those, ah, well it's not a bean anyway.

 

[postmortemIA]

Well weather was fairly nice the whole second part of January. There's new batch of snow coming in February.
To visit the museums you don't need the July.

 

[Uppsala9496]

10"+ of snow starting around 21:00 tonight and running through tomorrow. Hope you aren't flying out tomorrow as odds are a lot of flights will get cancelled.

 

[zinfamous]

Chicago has plenty of tourist attractions. You could easily spend a week here and not have enough time to see/do everything.



I couldn't believe this claim is even remotely true so I looked it up. Woodfield claims 27 million visitors per year. Apparently that includes all shoppers, a ridiculous metric to claim that it's somehow a "tourist attraction". I occasionally go there to shop--that certainly doesn't make me a tourist. I'm gonna venture a wild guess that more travelers are visiting Chicago than Woodfield Mall.

I've never even heard of Woodfield Mall. Pretty sure Navy Pier is the top tourist attraction. Not that Navy Pier is all that great, but it usually makes that claim.

 

[SirStev0]

Well my flight is cancelled.. Where should I watch the Super Bowl?

 

[K1052]

Chicago doesn't exactly have a shortage of bars with TVs.

 

[Mixolydian]

my place. :sneaky:

 

[IronWing]

http://www.lizzadromuseum.org/


Head to Devon Ave for good Indian food.

 

[Fingolfin269]

We're going to Chicago for a few nights in July. Heard the place is great in the summer so are definitely looking forward to it. Plus we're going to see the Chicago Cubs on July 4th. That's America man!

 

[Markbnj]

Thought January would be a lovely month to visit the old Windy City.

Unpredictable in the upper midwest. Got caught out there myself last week.

 

[TallBill]

We're going to Chicago for a few nights in July. Heard the place is great in the summer so are definitely looking forward to it. Plus we're going to see the Chicago Cubs on July 4th. That's America man!

Sounds like a nightmare lol. Used to live a block north of the stadium, it'll be insane out that day. And hot. And the Cubs suck