june-2011

meant to be shared family-style. You munch on
the simple roast caulifl ower with pickled peppers,
marveling that something so straightforward can
be so delicious.
Not ready to end the night just yet, you make a
stop at Leopold (7), a Belgian-style bar, where you
relax in the lounge sipping the perfectly refreshing
Lost in Flanders cocktail of Leopold Brothers
(no relation) boutique gin, elderflower liqueur,
housemade lemon bi ers and basil syrup. Watching
people of all ages and walks of life mingle, you feel
perfectly at home, but have to call it a night before
your next action-packed day.
DAY 3 | Between the boat tour and all your
wandering, you feel as though you’ve go en an upclose-and-personal
view of much of the city. Time
for the macro version: the Skydeck (1) at the Willis
(née Sears) Tower. You wander through an exhibit
and watch a short fi lm about the city’s architectural
and mercantile history, then head up to the 103rd
fl oor. Feeling brave, you step into the (heavily reinforced)
plexiglass boxes and look straight down. Lake
Michigan seems to extend forever to the east, and
Chicagoland almost as far to the west. You snap a
couple of pictures and head back down to street level.
In the summer, Chicagoans spend a lot of time
outdoors, taking advantage of all the park space,
so you make like a local and head to Grant Park (2).
Check out the waterworks at iconic Buckingham
Fountain, and then wander north, admiring the
THREE PERFECT DAYS
CHICAGO
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90
W. North Ave.
5
W. Division St.
W. Grand Ave.
N. Ashland Ave.
W. Milwaukee Ave.
W. Chicago Ave.
N. Clybourn Ave.
7
Kennedy Expwy.
N. Ogden Ave.
N. Sheffield Ave.
W. Randolph St.
N. Lincoln Ave.
6
N. Clark St.
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BEAR ESSENTIALS
Left, a close encounter at
the Lincoln Park Zoo;
this page, the stately
Lincoln Park neighborhood
DAY TWO
(1) North Pond 2610 N. Cannon Dr.; Tel: 773-477-5845
(2) Lincoln Park N. Larrabee Street and W. Webster Avenue
(3) Green City Market 1750 N. Clark St.; Tel: 773-880-1266
(4) Lou Malnati’s 439 N. Wells St.; Tel: 312-828-9800
(5) Wicker Park South of North Milwaukee Avenue (6) Girl & the
Goat 809 W. Randolph St.; 312-492-6262 (7) Leopold
1450 W. Chicago Ave.; Tel: 312-348-1028
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N. Lake Shore Dr.
N. Clark St.
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