Location: West Side
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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. Chica-GO Off The Beaten Path Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 67 reviews
Through Chica-Go, Leentje offers city tours in Dutch, French and English. With 77 neighborhoods, Chicago holds surprises even for locals, so Leentje will gladly reveal the city's hidden gems through her tours. You can also ask her to organize multiple days tailored packages for family vacations, city trips with friends, or company outings.
2. Hollow Leg
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 7 reviews
HOLLOW LEG hosts interactive Chicago cocktail making classes for public, private, and corporate events. At our cocktail classes, we are dedicated to instilling you with the know-how and confidence to make great alcoholic drinks using use a hands-on approach, all while underscoring the importance of the art + science behind what you’re drinking. Don't or can't drink alcohol? We believe in "Democratic Drinking," and also teach the science behind no-proof cocktails, too, either as a stand alone class or along with a regular class! Everyone in your party will be able to indulge and learn! You'll walk away from our mixology classes with Julia Child-like conviction, feeling inspired, energized, and ready to create!
Reviewed By Sightsee425364
I took a public mixology class from HOLLOW LEG and it was fun and educational - Devin really knows her stuff. She was also super funny and had a BIG personality, so everyone was laughing from the get-go. This is NOT your normal cocktail class (thankfully!): She teaches a lot about the science of mixology and how we perceive taste, and even though I consider myself a cocktail buff, it was a lot of things I had never heard of before. We made three cocktails in class that were customized to each person’s palate, and I was super proud that each of my cocktails was better than the last. The class had a lot of couples and groups of friends, and she even hosts bachelorette parties and bachelor parties, as well as corporate and private events. If you’re looking for an amazing time and want to learn something, I can’t recommend this cocktail class enough!
3. Pizza City USA
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 84 reviews
Chicago is a pizza town, but there's so much more than deep-dish! Based on the book, "Pizza City USA," by 13-time James Beard Award-winning food journalist Steve Dolinsky, we offer four tours every weekend, each one getting you inside the kitchens, meeting the owners and tasting four different styles of pizzas in three hours. Fridays: Downtown Pizza Walk (5 pm); Saturdays: West Loop Pizza Crawl (11 am); Pizza Bus (11 am); Sundays: Bucktown/Wicker Park Pizza Crawl (11am)
4. Lagunitas Brewing Company
5. Goose Island Beer Co.
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 273 reviews
Visit the Goose Island production brewery where we celebrate our craft, Chicago heritage, innovative spirit and our dedication to making great beer. Tap list varies day-to-day featuring rare, one-off beers you cant find anywhere else. Come in for a tour, or just sit back and enjoy a pint at the bar and even strike up a conversation with a Goose Island brewer! While we don't make food on-site, we do invite local food trucks over to park in front of the brewery.
Reviewed By chisox13 - Chicago, United States
Our party of 3 enjoyed our one hour tour with about 7 others on a Saturday PM with Grace, our tour guide. Grace was very informative and we learned a lot, although at times it was hard to hear her in the production area. We did get to sample 3 or 4 beers , Paper Umbrella, Matilda, and Sofie (Parise) We all got a complimentary beer glass as well... We stayed for a beer at Tap Room which was busy, and bought some packed goods for home--An enjoyable day
6. Rhine Hall Distillery
7. On Tour Brewing Company
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 11 reviews
On Tour Brewing Company is a craft brewery founded by Mark Legenza. Celebrating life’s understated, casually significant, yet fleeting moments, On Tour Brewing Company features a 75-seat tasting room and separate barrel-aging room. The brewery is founded on a belief that brewing is more than just crafting the perfect pint, but that great beer brings people together.
8. Lo Rez Brewing & Taproom
9. Haymarket Pub & Brewery
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 98 reviews
No matter where you live, what you do, or what walk of life you come from, Haymarket Brewing has a seat at the bar and a beer for you. We opened our brewery with a simple philosophy: make the highest quality beer we possibly can, and deliver it as fresh as we possibly can. It’s worked out pretty well so far. Our brewmaster Pete Crowley has won over 50 local, national and international brewing awards. Trust us when we say: our beers must be tasted to be believed. And we’ve combined those beers with probably the City’s best, most inventive made-from-scratch bar food. Add in a welcoming, festive atmosphere and the result is one of Chicago’s great casual brewpub experiences.
Reviewed By LisaAS6427PG - Atlanta, United States
Great time at the bar! Really good assortment of beer for the beer aficionados- lives up to the reputation! For the wine drinking tag-a-longs - very solid Cabernet for a reasonable price- I was happy! 4 tvs at the bar to catch the game - all good things!
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