Chicago Favorites - an Extremely Biased Listing of Favorite Places in Chicago

These are some of my favorite places in Chicago

Blues Bars - more homey

B.L.U.E.S - 2519 N Halsted, (773) 528-1012, bluesonhalsted@gmail.com

Rosa's Lounge - 3420 W Armitage, 773-342-0452

Restaurants -  breakfast/lunch

Lou Mitchell's -(breakfast) 565 W Jackson, (312) 939-3111

Manny's - (brunch/lunch - cafeteria) - 1141 S Jefferson

Pizza 

Cafe Luigi - 2548 N Clark - (773) 404-0200 - NYC Thin Crust

The Art of Pizza - 3033 N Ashland Av - (773) 327-5600 - Stuffed

(Seasonal) - Italian Lemonade/Ice

Mario's Italian Lemonade - 1068 W Taylor Street

Miko's Italian Ice - 2236 N Sacramento and 4125 N Kimball 

Annette's Italian Ice - 2009 N Bissell, (773) 868-9000 - open some of winter

Antiques/Kitsch

I enjoy three shops in my neighborhood, Edgewater.  They are within 2 blocks of each other on Broadway.

 Broadway Antique Market - 6130 N Broadway, (773) 743-5444 - an interesting shop with a variety of mostly antiques, a little kitsch adding to it.   This is the "fanciest" of the three shops.

 Green Element Resale - 6241 N Broadway, (773) 942-6522 - a most wonderful kitsch shop, with huge quantities of many different things, a great place to wander

 Edgewater Antique Mall - 6314 N Broadway, (773) 262-2525, a carefully organized place with craft booths for many many vendors, a lot of interesting stuff.


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