Location: Elmhurst
Top Things to do in Elmhurst
What to do and see in Elmhurst, Illinois (IL): The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day
Elmhurst is a city mostly in DuPage County and overlapping into Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois, and a western suburb of Chicago. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 44,121, which was estimated to have increased to 45,171 by July 2012.
Restaurants in Elmhurst
1. Classic Cinemas York Theatre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 14 reviews
Fully restored historic movie theatre with 10 screens in Elmhurst, IL with free refills on freshly popped popcorn, sodas and self-serve ICEEs. Get showtimes and tickets online to take a two-hour movie vacation with Classic Cinemas.
Reviewed By Ronlewis - Elmhurst, United States
Classic Cinema several theaters have reclining remote heated seats, selection of seat location before purchase, free popcorn and soda refills, first run movies, and the lower ticket prices in the area.
2. Elmhurst History Museum
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4.5 based on 23 reviews
The Elmhurst History Museum is an award-winning regional history museum founded in 1957 and operated by the City of Elmhurst. The museum engages people with history through its collection, ongoing and changing exhibits, and diverse educational experiences. The Elmhurst History Museum is located in a historically significant landmark known as the Glos Mansion, the former home of Elmhurst's first village president, Henry Glos, and his wife, Lucy. The Elmhurst History Museum also operates the Churchville Schoolhouse, a restored National Register of Historic Places property located on Church Road in Bensenville. The Churchville Schoolhouse provides schoolchildren and groups with an authentic living history experience led by an old-fashioned school marm from the early 1900s (by appointment only).
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
The Elmhurst History Museum isn't to be compared to the Chicago History Museum or the Museum of Science and Industry or the Field Museum. But it's the kind of regionally oriented museum that every small town should endorse. Located at 120 East Park Avenue in Elmhurst, one of Chicago's western suburbs, at York Street, south of North Avenue, it was founded in 1957 in a historically significant landmark known as the Glos Mansion, the former home of Elmhurst's first village president, Henry Glos, which was built in 1892. The museum, which is open from 1 to 5 Tuesday through Friday, from 10 to 5 on Saturday and from 1 to 5 on Sunday, also operates the Churchville School House, which was built in 1850 and is one of the only remaining one-room school houses on its original site. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it provides today's school children with an authentic living history experience led by an old-fashioned schoolmarm from the early 1900s. Meanwhile, the museum connects visitors with Elmhurst's own history through a collection of more than 15,000 three-dimensional artifacts, archives featuring letters, manuscripts and more than 10,000 historic photographs, a library of more than 500 books, enlightening exhibits, engaging interactive displays an microfilm copies of Elmhurst newspapers. Current exhibits include Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior and By All Accounts: The Story of Elmhurst. As a life-long Chicago resident and a historian, I think it is a fascinating and educational experience to learn about everything and everybody that we come in contact with. The Elmhurst History Museum is worth a visit.
3. Throw Nation
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4.5 based on 17 reviews
Come in and enjoy tons of tasty menu items and axe throwing lumberjack inspired drinks and get ready to throw everything from axes to footballs at bowling pins! We have plenty of axe throwing ranges with with fully trained axeperts to keep your AXEperience fun and safe! Axe throwing not your thing? Don’t worry! We have football bowling, plate smash,and much more!
Reviewed By erinbchi - Chicago, United States
Went here with my co-workers for an outing and had a blast. Would also be an awesome place for an adult birthday party. Highly recommend if you're looking for something fun and different to do. More than just axe throwing. Check it out!! Pretzel bites are yummy as well.
4. Fitz's Spare Keys
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4.0 based on 16 reviews
5. Pints Elmhurst
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4.0 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By B307PXdougs - Chicago, United States
This is a great bar with decent food. They have a great draft selection and it rotates often. It's a fun place to hang out, drink/eat, and relax.
6. Elmhurst Art Museum
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4.0 based on 38 reviews
Reviewed By C134FWmichaelk - Saint Louis, United States
Have always wanted to the see the MIes Van Der Rohe house located on the campus of the Elmhurst Art Museum. Attended a lecture and was pleasantly surprised by all of the history. Art museum is very nice and is worth the effort to travel to Elmhurst.
7. Elmhurst Public Library
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5.0 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By W3483NPfrankc
We had an hour to kill in Elmhurst and walked through their public library. This is a glimpse of what libraries should be. We are blessed with an excellent library in Fort Wayne but with a couple of exceptions Elmhurst has us beat.
