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  • Biff Tannen
     
    • Jul 2008
    • 10618
    #1

    Chicago?

    Any of you guys ever spent much time there? We're looking to take a vacation there this spring since it's so close, and I've only ever driven through it. We figure on just staying Friday through Monday. Looking mainly to stay in the Downtown area, don't want to stay too far away from there. Just curious if any of you ballers have spent much/anytime in the area, and if so, what hotels do you recommend looking into? How about restaurants? I've been told that Gino's Eastside is about the best Chicago style pizza you can get.

    I've been looking on Priceline & Expedia daily, checking the reviews, but they're not always helpful. I.E "the room was great except the water in the bathroom sink wasn't cold enough" etc. So I figured I'd check with some of you brah's as well.
    Last edited by Biff Tannen; 11-02-2010, 04:49 PM.
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  • Outrun
    Answer The Call
    • Aug 2003
    • 20755
    #2
    I recommend…

    Portillo’s for Chili Cheese Dogs
    Lou Malnatti’s for Pizza if you like Deep Dish
    The Chicago Museum is cool. I forget the name….maybe that is the name?
    Navy Pier
    Taste of Chicago is badass
    Jameson’s Steak House in Arlington Heights has some of the best Steak I have ever had. http://www.jamesonsdundee.com/

    Just don’t be a typical Mn fuckhead and drive in the left lane. If you go under 90mph in the left you will get tail gated, lights flashed and honked at. People do not believe in "going around someone in the left lane that's driving slow" in Illinois. Move over.

    Go to a Cubs game if you can. A pretty amazing experience.

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    • Biff Tannen
       
      • Jul 2008
      • 10618
      #3
      haha yeah, I heard about some of those places. And I don't plan on much driving. Mainly walking & cab fares since I don't know where the fuck I'm at, going or how to get there. Yeah, I was hoping to check at least 3 or 4 greasy hotdog and/or pizza joints while we're there. We definitely are checking Navy Pier, that and the tower are currently at the top of the list of stuff to do.
      Last edited by Biff Tannen; 11-02-2010, 04:57 PM.

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      • Outrun
        Answer The Call
        • Aug 2003
        • 20755
        #4
        Rent a car and get a GPS. There is no excuse not to have one. That’s one of the main reasons I could not see what I wanted to when I lived there 10 years ago. The city is just fucking huge. And easy to get lost. With a GPS, that’s all gone now.

        The amount you will spend on cab fare will be way more than renting a car.

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        • mnstang
          Bookending TCS
          • Oct 2002
          • 33500
          #5
          i've lived there for a while and visit often. never stayed at a hotel, my sister lives right in the city so this poor brk fgt stays with her. cool city, lots of public transportation is very nice. don't take the cab, ride the L.
          lots to see, i'd go with an agenda of places to see.

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          • STROOSS
            Breaks Stuff
            • May 2009
            • 3157
            #6
            I've been to Chicago and loved it. You should check out the BBQ restaurant Dicks Last Resort. They come to your table and just throw your silverware all over the table, break your straws so you can't drink out of them and make paper hats that everyone has to wear that say obscene things like, "She deep throats, I'm easy, etc etc." It was a blast.

            It's also cool to check out some of their famous Jazz clubs.

            We went to a Cubs game which was a blast.

            Check out the Sears Tower too, pretty neat.

            And their museums are great too.

            Navy Peer for the win.
            Originally posted by lark-o
            everytime i have kfc it makes me shit uncontrolably and in between that the farts constantly make me have to wipe.

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            • Southern
              Brougham
              • Jun 2005
              • 34553
              #7
              I lived there for a year and a half and the places Nick mentioned are worth going to. Haven't been to that steak house.
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              • Gipper
                George W. Randolph
                • Apr 2006
                • 5228
                #8
                Home Page | Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
                http://www.msichicago.org/
                Welcome to the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry — one of the largest science centers in the Western Hemisphere.

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                • OrangeCrush 86
                  /yawn
                  • Nov 2005
                  • 10085
                  #9
                  I hate Chicago and it's suburbs. The only thing I look forward to when I travel there is a Portillos Italian Beef sandwich.

                  On the topic of Portillos, you can order some of the items online and they ship it to you. I'm going to try it soon. Mail order beef sandwich.

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                  • Scorpner
                    Some posts are Ironic
                    • Jun 2006
                    • 8476
                    #10
                    Originally posted by STROOSS View Post
                    I've been to Chicago and loved it. You should check out the BBQ restaurant Dicks Last Resort. They come to your table and just throw your silverware all over the table, break your straws so you can't drink out of them and make paper hats that everyone has to wear that say obscene things like, "She deep throats, I'm easy, etc etc." It was a blast.
                    That must be the place a co worker told me about. I plan to go there if I'm ever out that way.

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                    • 93SVT
                      CLEVON
                      • Dec 2002
                      • 7226
                      #11
                      Frontera Grill is good, try Half Shell if you like crab legs

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                      • STROOSS
                        Breaks Stuff
                        • May 2009
                        • 3157
                        #12
                        Originally posted by Scorpner View Post
                        That must be the place a co worker told me about. I plan to go there if I'm ever out that way.
                        We just were walking by and decided to stop in to eat, not knowing what we were getting into. It was one of the funnest restaurants I've been to, but don't bring little kids there.
                        Originally posted by lark-o
                        everytime i have kfc it makes me shit uncontrolably and in between that the farts constantly make me have to wipe.

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                        • Fernanernie
                          Hot slut aficionado
                          • Dec 2003
                          • 50750
                          #13
                          You want places that are great, that are not on the tourist maps? I'll get you a shitload
                          Dear Government, eventually the people with money will tell you to fuck off, and stop paying for those that don't work

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                          • POOPY PANTS FACE
                            EAT SLEEP POOP
                            • May 2007
                            • 12400
                            #14
                            Dont drive in rush hour you will pull your hair out, i gotta drive in it all the time.
                            Originally posted by LTDpower
                            TCS auto ftl
                            Originally posted by Fernanernie
                            When someone calls you a racist, tell them: You try watching your peaceful, clean, safe town that you grew up in and loved turn into a dirty, crime- and drug-ridden shithole all at the hands of one segment of the population and then come tell me I don't have the right to loathe the perpetrators.

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                            • Scorpner
                              Some posts are Ironic
                              • Jun 2006
                              • 8476
                              #15
                              Originally posted by STROOSS View Post
                              We just were walking by and decided to stop in to eat, not knowing what we were getting into. It was one of the funnest restaurants I've been to, but don't bring little kids there.
                              Lol, yeah I heard there was a lot of cussing going on.

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