I live in a small city, but my love for big city’s is great. I love Chicago so much that I visit it often, of course I stored away my tips and saves. I want to share them, since I look for local businesses and not chains to help the community.
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Restaurants
Shopping
A+ Stays
Sight seeing
Quick Bite
Coffee spots
Restaurants
Such a great place for amazing pancakes.
Golden House Restaurant Pancake House
Take a pizza box of sushi and find a great place near the water to sit
Tanuki Sushi & Grill
Such a great place to eat!!!
Dim Sum House
Lovely food place!
Saigon Sisters
This place only serves a majority of sushi, you can use the IPad on your table if you want to order set items or drinks. You grab the sushi available from the rotary track near the inner table booth.
Sushi Plus Rotary Sushi Bar - Chinatown
This is still on my wishlist, but I only hear great reviews. The esthetic and food is A+.
Kyuramen x TBaar - Downtown Chicago
Cute coffee and breakfast place.
Lula Cafe
Still on my wishlist, but only hear 5 star reviews.
Foxtrot Market
Still on my wishlist but amazing reviews and great esthetic.
My #1 hotel to stay at, especially if you’re going to soldier field or the navy pier. There is a lot of walkable places to eat and shop. The customer service here is amazing.
Hotel EMC2, Autograph Collection
This hotel is my 2nd favorite so far! It was the first ever steel building in Chicago, they were going to demolish it and it was saved by this Hotel! The restaurant is 5 star cooking.
I love going here when I have time if I’m staying longer in Chi!
The Art Institute of Chicago
Such a cute walking spot!
The 606
To go from China town to Chicago Downtown, you can take a Taxi Boat for $10! They have different a lot times, you can catch it back and forth from those two locations. And sight see from the water point of view.
Chicago Water Taxi
Lovely museum!
National Museum of Mexican Art
Cute little park or big park!!!
Butler Field
Such a fun place, near sooo much parks and entertainment places.
Navy Pier
Quick Bite
Such a hit, quick snack and shopping.
Gangnam Market
Great place to eat, shop, and explore
88 Marketplace
This is a cute neighborhood with shops, such a great Korean styled street food.
Seoul Taco
Coffee spots
This coffee place is small but cute, if you’re a fan of Harry Potter it gives off that vibe!
Bad Owl Coffee Roasters
IYKYK but it’s a really cool coffee shop!
Sip of Hope Coffee
Esthetic locations
Such a great place to go!!!
Chicago Botanic Garden
A little bit of Spice
Great food, history, shops and beautiful neighborhood.
Chinatown
This is a Mega Super store “aka Supermercado!” Mexican food, but in huge qty.
