Chicago
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Chicago's Nº1 · Concept Store Notre West Loop · $$$$ A Ava, Style EditorSkyscraper Willis Tower C CalebRunning Path The Lakefront Trail N Noah
City Park Millennium Park E EthanMuseum The Art Institute of Chicago L Liam
H Kasama Filipino · Wicker Park Nº4
M The Violet Hour Cocktail bar · Wicker Park Nº6
M Cloud Gate (The Bean) Public Sculpture · The Loop Nº7
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Make Chicago yours Every name and where it is, free. Make it yours and the city re-sorts around your three locals, and every place opens up: the Move, what to do, what to skip, and what's around it.
Make Chicago yours · $4.99 The ten 10 locals
A Ava The Style Editor Chicago's taste hides west of the Loop, in back rooms the Mag Mile crowd never finds. C Caleb The Architect Chicago invented the skyscraper. I read the city by its steel, its light, and the hour. E Ethan The Parent A good Chicago day with kids has a snack packed and an exit planned before the meltdown. H Harper The Chef Chicago eats better than it brags. I'll spend your appetite where it counts. L Liam The Curator Chicago's best art isn't only on Michigan Avenue. I know which wall earns your day. M Mason The Night Owl The night is real north and west of the Loop — never in the clubs downtown wants you in. M Mia The First-Timer Skip the tourist traps. I'll give you the ten things that actually are Chicago. N Noah The Athlete Run the lake at dawn, swim off Ohio Street, then eat like the workout counted. N Nora The Historian Chicago burned down and rewrote itself. I read it in the order it was built. Z Zoe The Collector Chicago's real sound is house on the South Side and blues in a Halsted basement, not the tourist stages.
Choose your three The city re-sorts around them
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N Jet lag: awake at 4am Noah · 20 places E With kids under 5 Ethan · 32 places M No lines, no booking Mason · 30 places H On a budget Harper · 41 places A It's raining Ava · 46 places A The dead afternoon Ava · 104 places M Late dinner, later drink Mason · 39 places N A Sunday Noah · 13 places M Only the Top 10s Mason · 92 places
