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The windy city is a cornucopia of modern art, fine dining, cutting edge comedy, and die-hard sports fans. Snap a photo of your reflection in the silver Cloud Gate sculpture at Millennium Park before heading to Grant Park to get hit with the refreshing spray of Buckingham Fountain. There are dozens of museums and theater companies in Chicago, so a cultural experience is never hard to find. You’re sure to laugh your head off at the Second City Theater, the professional launch pad of many famous comedians.
Restaurants in Chicago
1. Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
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5.0 based on 21 reviews
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art promotes public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of intuitive and outsider art through education,exhibition, collecting and publishing. Intuit defines ‘intuitive and outsider art’ as the work of artists who demonstrate little influence from the mainstream art world,and who instead are motivated by their unique personal vision. Thanks to our members, we are free and open to the public.
2. Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
3. Moon Voyage
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
4. Open Books
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Two award-winning Chicago bookstores. 100,000+ books for sale. 100% of proceeds help support literacy.
5. Binny's Beverage Depot
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Chicago family owned since 1948, Binny's Beverage Depot is the midwest's largest retailer of wine, spirits, beer and cigars. Binny's offers more than 30,000 items in their 35+ Illinois locations. If you can't find it at Binny's, it's probably not worth drinking.
6. Leaders 1354
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Woman Made Gallery
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Woman Made Gallery's goal is to cultivate, promote and support the work of female-identified artists by providing exhibition opportunities, professional development, and public programs that invite discussion about what feminism means today. More than 8,000 women artists have exhibited their work since WMG was established.
8. Uncommon James
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
9. Dusty Groove
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4.5 based on 11 reviews
Dusty Groove is Chicago's online record store. Featuring Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, R&B, Latin, Brazil, African, World Music, Avant, Rock, Blues & more LPs, CDs, Vinyl Records, Albums, & 45s New & Used.
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
Truth be told, I'm not much into music. Not anymore. I once had a large record collection. But we sold the record player. I don't listen to music on the radio. In fact, for the last several years, the only time I listen to music is while traveling in the car. I have an extensive collection of CDs and DVDs and old cassette tapes...Sinatra, Bennett, Mantovani, Mancini, Gershwin, Victory at Sea, Gettysburg, Rhapsody in Blue, Hollywood theme songs. The record stores I once frequented to find oldies but goodies have gone out of business. Then I discovered Dusty Groove. Located at 1120 North Ashland Avenue, not far from my downtown Chicago home, it was founded in 1996 by University of Chicago alumni Rick Wojcik and J.P. Schauer as an online-only record store. But its website dustygroove.com quickly attracted interest from global record collectors and the business expanded to a Wicker Park loft and an extensive retail storefront warehouse with 30,000 items in inventory, including new and vintage jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, world, rare, collectible and obscure vinyl records and CDs. It is consistently regarded as one of the best record stores in Chicago and has been recognized as one of the best record stores in the United States by Rolling Stone, Time, The Wall Street Journal and Readers Digest. Did I mention I even have a CD by Roy Orbison to keep me humming while driving along I-75 en route to Florida?
10. Galleria 1712
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Amazing selection of one-of-a-kind jewelry, fabulous handbags and accessories, designer clothing, original artwork, photography, handmade pottery: more than 50 artists of varied media all under one roof.
