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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SOB on March 13, 2003, 05:16:33 PM
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A couple of friends of mine are headed to Chicago for a vacation, and are looking for interesting/fun things to do. Any Chicago locals have any good suggestions? Museums, Art Galleries, Theater, anything really.
SOB
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Eat Vienna Beef hot dogs from any place that sells them with all the fixings.
Drink beer.
Go to Cubs games.
Eat Italian Beef at Mr. Beef.
Drink beer.
Go to Sox games.
Eat Chicago style pizza at Giordano's
Drink beer.
Eat frozen custard
Go on top of tall buildings.
repeat
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Just visited my Uncle last month...
did Sears tower, and Italian food down on Taylor Street. Trefanos, I think was the name of the restaurant. Great food.
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There are several districts in CHI that have great bars. This is as good a guide as any I have seen: http://www.timeout.com/chicago/bars.xml
Lincoln Park pretty much rules.
Basically you take the El to one of these areas and get out and walk from bar to bar. When the bars close you ask a local where some afterhours places are or you take the El back to wherever you are staying. It's a great city for drunk people.
The area around Wrigley is really nice. Between drinking and eating and the ballgame, you can burn a whole day there. Go back home for a shower and a nap, then hit the bars. :)
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Oh, I forgot to mention...Neither of them drink, they rarely eat red meat, and they're married. :)
SOB
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Chicago for vacation? HAHA!
Heh nevermind, its a nice town. Check out some of the museums.
Museum of Science and Industry, Shed Aquarium are two examples.
OH look for a small place called "Flash Taco." One of the best small taco shops down there :D It is dinky, but guaranteed to give your bellybutton some propulsion.
Go up top the Sear's Tower and drop a few pennies :)
http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attractions.htm
You'll LOVE the Illinois drivers. Don't be surprised if you see a few cabs parked haphazardly on the sidewalk. :)
[EDIT: ALSO, be sure to call everyone a FIB... they'll appreciate it.]
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Originally posted by SOB
Fun Things to do in Chicago?
Bootcamp
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Originally posted by Octavius
[EDIT: ALSO, be sure to call everyone a FIB... they'll appreciate it.]
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by funkedup
Go to Cubs games.
Go to Sox games.
Tough to do at this time of year. :p
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Elwood: Do you have any white bread ma'am?
Soul Food Cafe Owner: Yeah.
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Soul Food Cafe Owner: You want any jam on that honey?
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Jake: Have you got any fried chicken ma'am?
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Jake: Four fried chickens and a Coke.
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Elwood: No ma'am.
Jake: A Coke.
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Originally posted by SOB
Oh, I forgot to mention...Neither of them drink, they rarely eat red meat, and they're married. :)
SOB
why don't they just stay at the hotel, east sushi and screw? would be cheaper.
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Hey I'm an Ex-FIB..........bad driver cheesehead boy :D
While in Chicago...
Go to the 95th floor of the Hancock Building for a drink(Bailey's and coffee for non-drinkers), and a great view of Lake Shore Dr, and Navy Pier, my favorite... Meigs Field.
Walk up Michigan Ave. to 900 North, stop for a drink(more Bailey's and coffee.
Eat at Houston's.........have a SeaBreeze(very fresh, very good)
Special treat for special people.....go to the "Redhead Piano Bar", and have a drink(hmm, more Bailey's and coffee for the non-drinker).
Go to the Buddy Guy's "Legends", Kingston Mines, HOB, or Fitzgeralds in Berwyn......they all rock...drink BEER HERE!
Next day eat at Pappadeaux's, and have one of their special lemonades.
Go to Walter Payton's Roundhouse Restaurant, cigar bar, etc...great place.
Lots of places to occupy your time in Chicago...great city!
Last word to the wise........if you see a kegged legged woman, stay away, as she belongs to the cyclops in Milwaukee :D
Thorns......enjoyed being a FIB, and a White Sox, Cubs, Bulls, and BEARS FAN! NOW Go Ravens!
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Originally posted by SOB
Oh, I forgot to mention...Neither of them drink, they rarely eat red meat, and they're married. :)
SOB
They could not possibly have picked a worse place to visit.
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Curval they'll be playing in about 3 weeks. SOB didn't give a time frame for his friends' visit. So there!!! :)
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Originally posted by SOB
Art Galleries, Theater
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Originally posted by SOB
Oh, I forgot to mention...Neither of them drink, they rarely eat red meat, and they're married.
Ah..... hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's something to do while in Chicago, go to CVS and buy a box of tampons!
-SW
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Here's something to do while in Chicago, go to CVS and buy a box of tampons!
-SW
LOL
I think SOB has been trying to politely tell us that his friend is a wuss.
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His friend........rrriiigghtt
Stringer
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LMAO
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say has Meigs Field been closed yet? I believe it's right by Shedd Aquarium along the waterfront.
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LOL, ya bunch of bastards...I like it! I'll pass on what little I could gleam from this thread. :D
SOB
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Cutting out drinking and good food, well that just leaves music and museums. Unfortunatley, music usually involves drinking and good food.
It'a bit too early to make outdoors easy, but Chicago is a beautiful city on a sunny, mild day with a lot of shopping on Michigan and State Streets, you can hit Buddy Guy's Legends Downtown too (come early to get a seat). There are river tours etc. but a bit early for those, same with the open bus tours. Lots of good bar and entertainment strips, but not their thing. As already sid:
Sears Tower or Hancock Bldg for overview of city
Museum of Science and Industry
Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Adler Planetarium
There are also a lot of small, universty related museums covering niche areas.
There is the McCormick Mansion of Robert R. McCormick, Tribune founder, and a seperate 1st Div. Museum on the property in honor of his WW1 service as an Arty officer. Nice combo package, with one for the guys and one for the wives (out West in the Naperville/Wheaton suburbs).
Gold Coast for fine but expensive dining
Navy Pier for the tourist thing
Charon
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no no , you have it backwards, you don't go to chicago for a vacation...you leave chicago for a vacation
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Chicago is a great town - there are MANY things to do. Almost every museum in the city is top notch. Try the Field Museam, Shead Aquarium, and Museam of Science and Industry (planitarium aint that bad either)
Before they leave, inform them that they HAVE to get a hotdog at Portillos.
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Field Museum is boring....and ya gotta try some ribs at Twin Anchors or the ribs at Portillos
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LMAO!!!!
Originally posted by mason22
why don't they just stay at the hotel, east sushi and screw? would be cheaper.
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Museum of Science and Industry
It has one of the best preserved U boats in the world on display. There are only like 5 in the world now, most were sunk after WW2 off the coast of England. Very cool. Worth the trip to the place alone
Papaduexs in Arlington is the best seafood restaurant I have been to anywhere. But Arlington is quite a hike from the downtown so probably not worth it if they are staying downtown.
The Motel 6 in Arlington is a great place to stay if you have a car. You can get downtown in under an hour and it is a nice place. They have a Denny's nearby and tons of other places to eat.
I like went to a place called the Webber Grill downtown for steaks. It was cool they cook them in large versions of the famous Webber Grill. But the best thing about this place is they have a very good breakfast if you are up early and downtown.
Hari Kareys is a good bar downtown. Was owned by the old voice of the Chicago Cubs.
There is another cool bar downtown that I forget the name of. It is a brew pub and has pool tables. I go there everytime I am in town but usually at the end of the night so I forget the name. It is just around the corner from the Webber Grill. Big place with 2 levels.
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Bachelor's Grove Cemetary in the Rubio Woods Forest Preserve, Midlothian Township to the southwest of Chicago, is said to be one of the most haunted places in the United States. I went there in broad daylight and found it spooky. Mwaaahaahaahaa