0314-1716 Chicago
My first time actually travelling to Chicago that wasn’t just a connection. I travelled with my friends Crystle & Klarice. We did a 4 day, 3 night short trip after booking a flight and accommodation deal with Expedia.ca. This itinerary is what we intended to do but alas nothing goes according to plan and things changed. I would love to go back some other time to complete what was missed and then some.
03/14
FLY Toronto –> Chicago – 220PM – YYZ -> 307PM – ORD
Hotel – Godfrey Hotel – 127 Huron at LaSalle
-4-430PM – arrival – check-in at Hotel – CTA train to hotel – 55 minutes
-Trader Joe’s – 44 E Ontario St
-Uniqlo & Shopping – Magnificent Mile (8 minutes) 830 N Michigan Ave
-Rotofugi – 11AM-7PM
-Del Seoul – 1130AM-10PM – http://www.delseoul.com/menu.php 2568 N Clark St
-Beercade – North River (7 min from hotel) – 213 W Institute Pl – Free arcade games!
03/15
-morning workout
-Bow Truss – coffee beans! (opens 730AM) (10 minutes from hotel) http://bowtruss.com/ 406 N Wells St
-Skydeck – opens at 10AM
-Chicago Board of Trade Building 141 W Jackson Blvd
-Rookery Building – Frank Lloyd Wright design – 209 S La Salle St
-Federal Plaza – S Dearborn St
-Palmer House – 17 E Monroe St
-Art Institute (walk 12 min from Skydeck) 111 S Michigan Ave
-Chicago Athletic Association – Shake Shack – 12 S Michigan Ave / OR / Latinicity (11AM-9PM) http://www.latinicity.com/counters – 108 N State St
-DOUBLECHECK EXHIBITION – Chicago Design Museum – FREE – Block 37 – 108 N State St Chicago, IL 60602 – https://chidm.com/
-Chicago Cultural Centre – 78E Washington St
-Millennium Park – the Bean (bean to Adler – 32 minutes)
-Maggie Daley Park
-Buckingham Fountain / Grant Park
-Alder Planetarium – skyline shot – don’t need to necessarily go in
-Dinner –Shaw’s Crab House – 30 E Hubbard St http://www.shawscrabhouse.com/ OR Bottlefork – 441 N Clark St OR Portillo’s (10AM-11PM) http://www.portillos.com/assets/1/6/PMenu_C_O.pdf OR Lou Malnatti’s (11AM-11PM) http://www.loumalnatis.com/our-menu#chicago___river_north__full_service_restaurant__amp__bar_
-Suite Lounge – 90 hip hop – underground lounge – 1446 North Wells Street – 15 minutes – Dearborn & Huron – bus 22 towards Howard; off at Clark & Burton / OR / The Wit – Roof – 4PM-2AM – reservations are highly recommended – 6PM Roof Live (every Tuesday) – $5 corona all night – live acoustic guitar / OR / Three Dots & a Dash – Hawaiian luau style with cool drinks – 435 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654 – http://threedotschicago.com/
03/16
-morning workout
-Target- 401 E Illinois St, Chicago, IL 60611
-Continue shopping from first day if didn’t complete – Magnificent Mile
-Chinatown – Chicago Riverwalk – to chinatown square – 22 minutes – 100 E Upper Wacker Dr – Lake Subway – red line towards 95th; off at Cermak-Chinatown
-lunch in Chinatown
-walk around chinatown
-West Loop / Wicker Park area
-Glazed and Infused – Donuts (18 W Fulton Market)
-The Publican
-Girl and the Goat for dinner – might not get without reservation – http://girlandthegoat.com/menu/ / Parachute / Longman & Eagle / The Publican / Vera / Avec
-The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge- live – 9PM-1AM – http://greenmilljazz.com/location/ – 4802 North Broadway Street – from Glazed & Infused
03/17
FLY – Chicago -> Toronto – 1250PM – ORD – 318PM – YYZ
-morning workout
-Portillo’s – early lunch before airport / OR / Lou Malnatti’s pizzeria – deep dish
-Check out & head to airport – 930AM – 45-50 minutes to O’Hare by CTA train.
Clark & Erie towards Harrison; off at Clarke & Lake; Clark/Lake towards O’Hare – 10AM
-GRAB GARRETT’S POPCORN
-HOME
