Location: Magnificent Mile
Top Things to do in Magnificent Mile
Things to do in Chicago, Illinois (IL): The Best Shopping
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. Kooky
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Roots
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
3. Razny Jewelers
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Chicago's only Patek Philippe retailer. For over 60 years, and now three generations, Razny Jewelers remains family owned and operated, providing superior guest services, quality and value. From our family to yours, we look forward to helping your dreams come true by providing timepieces that will be enjoyed for generations to come.
4. American Girl Place Chicago
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4.5 based on 463 reviews
Discover a place like no other, where lifelong memories are made, time together counts, and girls can be girls! Enjoy casual dining in the Bistro, where dolls are always welcome.
Reviewed By TaherAlbaghliJulian - Kuwait City, Kuwait
Located at the famous Water Tower Place, our Chicago store features specialty shops, private dining, and so much more.This shop great place for little girl to enjoyed dolls . there are many dolls working in different jobs.The dolls price are 124 $ .But,There are offers for some dolls around 30 $.The staff was nice and friendly.Highly recmmonded for little girls.
5. Vosges Haut-Chocolat
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4.5 based on 16 reviews
6. Richard Gray Gallery
7. Saks Fifth Avenue
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4.5 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By thankyouworld - Kansas City, United States
Ok, there’s every designer you could wish for at this Saks. The store is rather large. Though, all designers are well marked as to which floor they’re located. The salesperson are wonderful. The variety of cosmetic alone can keep you there for hours.
8. Water Tower Place
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4.5 based on 783 reviews
Where downtown Chicago comes to life. At the pinnacle of Chicago's famed Magnificent Mile, Water Tower Place is Chicago's premier shopping destination. Its stunning eight-level atrium features more than 100 of your favorite stores and restaurants plus a mix of distinctive specialty shops and boutiques. It offers a unique, high-energy urban shopping experience you simply won't find anywhere else in the city. In short, Water Tower Place is the place to shop.
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
As a native Chicago who is old enough to remember when the Hancock Building, Sears (now Willis) Tower, Water Tower Place and Millennium Park were built, when Navy Pier was renovated and when State Street was known as That Great Street, I think I'm qualified to recognize Chicago's leading tourist attractions--Navy Pier, Wrigley Field, Water Tower Place, Magnificent Mile, Millennium Park and Cloud Gate and the Art Institute. Anyone visiting Chicago for the first time is encouraged to stay long enough to include those sites on your touring itinerary. For shoppers, Water Tower Place is a must. Located at 835 North Michigan Avenue, it was built in 1975 and named after the nearby Chicago Water Tower, one of the survivors of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. One of the first vertical malls in the world, the 78-story, multi-use gray marble structure includes an eight-story, 758,000-square-foot retail shopping mall with a lavish chrome-and-glass atrium with glass elevators, a 435-room Ritz-Carlton hotel, a motion picture theater, condominiums and office space. Water Tower Place is a primary destination for shoppers due to its size and wide variety of shops. It is anchored on the first floor by Macy's department store and the flagship American Girl store. Among the other 104 stores in the vast complex, which includes several restaurants and a food court, are Banana Republic, White House/Black Market, Coach, Forever 21, Aldo, Victoria's Secret, Lacoste, Ann Taylor, Oakley, Sephora, Lego, American Eagle Outfitters, Chico's, Abercrombie & Fitch, Chocolatier Godiva and J. Jill. The eighth floor is dominated by Harry Carey's baseball museum and the Chicago Cubs Clubhouse Shop. A visit to Chicago or a trip along the Magnificent Mile isn't complete without a stop at Water Tower Place.
9. Ghirardelli Chocolate Shop
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4.5 based on 81 reviews
Reviewed By hfitzger
We have a family tradition of stopping at this Ghirardelli location every time we are in Chicago. It's always hard to find a seat (especially for a family of 4), but persistence pays off as there are always customers coming and going. Ice cream sundaes (highly recommend the Lands' End with brownie, ice cream, fudge, caramel, and sea salt) are big enough to share and that helps offset the $10-15 price for a special occasion. Plenty of choice in chocolates, if you're in the mood for candy instead of (or in addition to!) ice cream specialties.
10. Atlas Galleries
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
We welcome you to visit one of our family-owned, brick-and-mortar fine art galleries next time you're in Chicago. Upon entering our galleries, one experiences a journey through over 400 historic years of fine art development and creation - from the masters of the 1700s and 1800s to today's contemporary masters. And of course, all of Atlas Galleries' massive inventory is available to you for sale as it circulates on our galleries' exhibition walls. Discover our curated collections of art that link the past with the present. Out of the past emerge fine etchings by Rembrandt, Durer and Whistler as well as original oils and limited edition prints by Picasso, Menpes and Renoir. Next to these historic works of art one finds masterpieces by today's contemporary artists including JalinePol, Angel Botello, Ruth Bloch, Mackenzie Thorpe, Dr. Seuss, Markus Pierson and Chicago's very own artist, Michael Cheney. Each of our artist's styles and techniques are quite diverse and include the use of various media including paintings, sculptures, linocuts, and limited edition prints. Established in 1967 by Harriet and Jerry Petr, Atlas Galleries has become as firm a fixture on Chicago's luxurious North Michigan Avenue as the Water Tower, the Wrigley Building and the chic and exclusive boutiques and flagship retailers of the Magnificent Mile. Atlas Galleries has two centrally-located galleries on the 'Mag Mile" for your convenience, one located at 535 N. Michigan Avenue and the other, just a quick and entertaining stroll northward to 900 N. Michigan Avenue, level 6. As of 2015, Atlas Galleries' Petr family and staff have guided collectors through the ever-changing world of global fine art for over 48 years, facilitating countless client acquisitions and nearly an endless assortment of magnificent pieces. Diane Petr Hasenstab, President of Atlas Galleries, has dedicated several decades to her career working in her family business. The Atlas Galleries staff has been carefully cultivated over the years resulting in an incredibly artistically-knowledgeable team of fine art consultants and back-of-house specialists, many collectors themselves, several loyally dedicated to Atlas Galleries for over 20 years.
