The Fuel Station Cafe is in Lincoln Park located at 2453 N. Clark Street. They have a quiet atmosphere and free wifi. They're open until about 7 or 8pm. They have a soup of the day and pastries to be enjoyed. I stopped by because it was cold and going to be a long walk [...]
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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is in Lincoln Park, it's in the same area as the zoo. The museum is located at 2430 North Cannon Drive. It is reachable by different forms of public transportation, most require a short walk. The walk isn't that bad, however I went in winter as you can tell from [...]
The Gage
The Gage is a restaurant at 24 South Michigan Avenue.. The restaurant has a busy business atmosphere, with a long bar and a chalkboard with the daily specials our waiter told us about. There is a soup of the day, a sandwich of the day, and a fish of the day. The restaurant was a [...]
Ahjoomah’s Apron
Ahjoomah's Apron is located in Chinatown at 218 W. Cermak Rd. Ahjoomah's Apron is a traditional Korean restaurant. The restaurant has along the wall information and history on a lot of the food served at the restaurant. A friend and I went to Ahjoomah's Apron for lunch. We ordered Mul-mandu as an appetizer while we [...]
Pick Me Up Cafe
The Pick Me Up Cafe is located at 3408 N. Clark Street. The Pick Me Up Cafe is a restaurant/cafe/ and bar open late or until early in the morning. The restaurant serves vegetarian and vegan friendly options. A friend had mentioned it earlier in the day and we found our way there after lunch [...]
Cheesie’s Pub & Grill
Cheesie's is located in Lakeview and Evanston. The one I went to is at 958 W. Belmont Ave., right off the Belmont brown/red line station. It's a greasy grilled cheese pub. I went during lunch and ordered a lunch special which for the price of a normal full grilled cheese they also throw in [...]
American Girl Place Cafe
The American Girl Place Cafe is located at 835 N Michigan Ave. It is attached to the American Girl store. When I was younger I loved American Girl dolls, which is interesting because I found dolls either creepy or I viewed them as collectors items to be kept in boxes until they were worth something. I [...]
Thread Lounge-closed
The thread lounge is located in Armitage on 918 West Armitage. It is a designer shop with clothing and goods from around the world. When I went there was tea up at the front, a basic tea, but it was nice to get something to drink on a hot day.There were also doves in a [...]
Uncharted Books
Uncharted Books is an independent used bookstore in Logan square, right off the blue line, at 2630 N Milwaukee Ave. They host events, have board games out by the front, and several tables around to hang out or play the games. When I went there was a reading of a play going on in the back. [...]
Kopi: A Travelers Cafe
Kopi is a cafe in Andersonville located at 5317 N Clark St. The cafe is filled with bookshelves of journals and travel guides, shelves and shelves of Lonely Planet. With a little shop of items for sale in the back. Art lines the walls that rotates and the shop occasionally hosts live music. The cafe [...]