05/16: ARRIVAL

  • elephant and castle pub and restaurant (6 min walk from hotel- have a cheese leek and potato pie that looks AMAZING)
  • lockwood restaurant and bar (down the street from hotel -- burgers/sandwiches)
  • miller's pub (close to hotel, one of the places josie recommended--burgers/sandwiches)

05/17: FIELD MUSEUM

  • eat at museum cafe for lunch?

05/18 ART INSTITUTE

  • eat at museum cafe?
  • go to exile in bookville while over there

05/19 SHEDD AQUARIUM

  • eat at aquarium for lunch probably

lou malnati's is ~10 min transit/~20 min walk from hotel so i need to ensure i get pizza from there for dinner at some point

also i DO need to go uptown for bookshops / gay district so i need to pencil that in on the day i have the most time!

while over by field museum / aquarium maybe look for fun shops in the area? having a hard time doing that from home so when i get there it might be easier to find other things to do!

bookstore recs:

  • unabridged
  • ravenswood
  • bucket o' blood

josie recs:

  • the book cellar
  • loaves and witches
  • the understudy coffee and books
  • lou malnati's (pizza)
  • book club bar
  • quimby's bookstore
  • Taqueria Los Comales Pilsen
  • exile in bookville (by art institute)
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