Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Top 10 Things to Do in Chicago


To explore all that this wonderful city has to offer, availing car rental service in Chicago is a must. You can easily rent a car from the numerous car rental locations in Chicago.

There is a lot to see and do in Chicago. However, the 10 things which you must do while in Chicago are:

1. Visit the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum which is the only art museum in the America dedicated to exhibiting work by Vietnam vets and Iraq war vets.

2. Reggie’s Rock Club and Record Breakers is a large record store where you can get anything from new release to old classics. There is a rock and roll reading room where you can grab an old issue of KISS Magazine, Rolling Stones photo books and Zappa and John Casle session .recording from the 60s.

3. Judy Istock Butterfly Haven is just inside the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. It is an enclosed space with at least 1000 butterflies of 80 different varieties. It is a huge and beautiful room with a wall of windows, a trellis strung with vines, a stunning waterfall and a curving way lined with benches.

4. Paseo Boricua and Humboldt Park are lovely places to visit. Paseo Boricua is a district for Puerto Rican community with two huge steel Puerto Rican flags on either side of the district. It is located on Division Street from the North Western Avenue to North California Avenue. From the North California Avenue you can also enter Humboldt Park.


5. Sidekicks is a karaoke bar which start at 8:00pm and goes on till midnight during the weekdays and 2:00am on Friday and 3:00am on Saturday. It also serves some of the most delicious Italian beef, pizza and onion rings.

6. Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy is a training academy for firefighters.

7. Brown Elephant Resale Shop is actually an historic Calo Theatre in Andersonville which is now being used as the secondhand wares. All the proceeding goes towards AIDA research and provides medical services within the gay community.

8. Lutnia Continental Café is a perfect place to spend your Friday and Saturday nights. It offer some of the most delicious cuisines and even more delicious desserts.

9. Artis’s Lounge situated on the South Side is a lively pub with some of the best DJs, jukebox and friendly neighborhood character.

10. Pick Me Up Café is a 50s vintage style restaurant located in Lakeview. The café serves some of the most delicious vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. It is open till 3:00am on weekdays and is open for 24 hours on weekends.

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