Did You Know? On an average weekday 1.7 million rides are taken on CTA. En savoir plus .
This Italian restaurant hosts live Opera on the third Friday of every month. En savoir plus .
Chicago is also a music town. Stop into The Green Mill for cocktails and jazz and keep your fingers crossed that Patricia Barber is playing that night. Wow, what a voice. - Nikki
Gioco's hearts of palm salad blends flavors and textures, adding chopped radicchio, celery, gorgonzola and lemony dressing. En savoir plus .
Want to see what 'L' cars looked back in the 1890's? The Chicago History Museum (1601 North Clark St) lets you climb on board an historic car. En savoir plus .
In "A League of Their Own" (1992) the Rockford Peaches (an all-women's baseball team of the 1940's) stayed in an elegant boarding house. These scenes were shot in Pullman's historic Hotel Florence. En savoir plus .
Today, the Maxwell Street Market, which still happens every Sunday, has moved to Desplaines St. & Roosevelt Rd. En savoir plus .
The University of Chicago's neo-gothic quad was patterned after several of the colleges at Oxford. En savoir plus .
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The Chicago Diner is a haven of meatless dining. Truly tantalizing to the vegan sect are their non-dairy desserts like black forest, cookies and cream or lemon cakes. En savoir plus .
While the exterior of Shelly's Loan and Jewelry got a makeover for "The Blues Brothers" (1980), the interior was recreated on a Hollywood Set. En savoir plus .
To learn more about African-American history and labor history in Pullman, visit the A. Phillip Randolph Porter Museum (10406 S. Maryland Ave.) Hours vary by season; call ahead. En savoir plus .
It's all about their decadent CB&J. House-made cashew butter, fig jam, and morbier cheese, and on top of that it's pan-fried!
Celebrating a full yr of slinging drinks & pounding DJ beats, this Lincoln Park watering hole throws a bash in its sleek, antler-decorated confines. Stop in on Mar. 19 at 5 PM for free pizza & booze.
Go there: Belly up to the bar, built in the 1930s to resemble the USS Normandy. En savoir plus .
July 12, 1979 was Disco Demolition Night in Comisky / Sox Park. DJ Steve Dahl detonated disco records, but the promotional event, caused a riot when fans stormed the field. En savoir plus .
Use purchase code "CELEBRATE" on BroadwayInChicago.com when ordering tickets to WORKING & receive a glass of Moët & Chandon. Also, submit your receipt for the chance to win a $10,000 shopping spree. En savoir plus .
This northwest corner storefront was dressed as Championship Vinyl for the movie "High Fidelity" (2000). This was Rob Gordon’s (John Cusack's) Wicker Park record store. En savoir plus .
The most authentic Thai food in Chicago. They have the best Tom Ka Ghai soup and fried whole fish with red curry sauce. The boys and I eat there at least once a week. -Malika Ameen, Top Chef Just Dess
Focuses on all-natural rolls popular in South America. Baked fresh every hour & available in flavors such as white cheddar & jalapeno, including Metropolis coffee, smoothies, & thick hot chocolate. En savoir plus .
The oldest section of the 'L' started operating in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in the Americas. En savoir plus .
Hyde Park is also home to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. http://bit.ly/ObamasFavs En savoir plus .
The White Sox may be the only team in the league that's had to wear shorts as a part of their uniform: owner Bill Veeck introduced the shorts in 1976. En savoir plus .
Blues Brothers filmmakers built a fake façade for the orphanage "Saint Helen of the Blessed Shroud" in an alley just north of 18th and Normal Avenue. En savoir plus .
In the "Blues Brothers" (1980) Jake and Elwood Blues grew up in an orphanage, which owes $5000 in property taxes, setting the brothers off on their quest to raise the money through honest means. En savoir plus .
A mural on the NE corner of 47th & S. Prairie was created for scenes shot outside "Ray's Music Exchange", in which hundreds of "Blues Brothers" extras danced to Ray Charles' "Shake a Tail Feather". En savoir plus .
Try the delicately thin-skinned pelmini, Russian dumplings stuffed w/ a ground mix of beef & lots of onions. Or any of the Ukrainian vareniky, dumplings filled with pumpkin, asparagus or potato. En savoir plus .
Live music fans congregate at the often standing-room only Double Door, which has hosted thousands of up-and-coming and established musicians, including the Rolling Stones and the Smashing Pumpkins. En savoir plus .
For about 10 years, the Fireside hosted popular all-ages punk and rock shows, before being converted back into a bowling alley. En savoir plus .
