“That Toddling Town”
The ACOG Resource Center staff has surfed the Web and compiled an extensive list of quality Web sites of places, services, and activities in Chicago that may be of interest to this year’s ACM attendees. Each site has been reviewed for it timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness. Topics include public transportation, attractions, shopping, and restaurants.
This list, prepared by ACOG Resource Center librarians from other sources, is provided for information only. Referral to these sites does not imply the endorsement of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Further, ACOG does not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available from these organizations or on these websites. This list is not meant to be comprehensive; the exclusion of a site does not reflect the quality of that site. Please note that sites and URLs are subject to change without warning. mash/dgs 3/20/09
METASITES - provides information on hotels, restaurants, tours, shopping, attractions, and transportation in Chicago.
About.com – Chicago
Gochicago.about.com
Centerstage – Chicago’s Original City Guide
www.centerstagechicago.com
Chicago Reader
www.chicagoreader.com
Choose Chicago
www.choosechicago.com
City of Chicago
Egov.cityofchicago.org
Metromix Chicago
Chicago.metromix.com
Time Out Chicago
www.timeout.com/chicago
MAPS
Chicago City Map
map.mapnetwork.com/destination/chicago
PILMC Chicago Parking Map
www.chicagoparkingmap.com/map_dynamic.jsp
TRANSPORTATION
O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
Midway International Airport (MDW)
www.flychicago.com
CTA - Chicago Transit Authority
www.transitchicago.com
RTA - Regional Transit Authority
rtachicago.com
Bike Chicago Rentals & Tours
www.bikechicago.com
Chicago Bike Program
www.chicagobikes.org
Chicago Pedway
www.spiegl.org/pedway/pedway.html
Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co.
www.coachusa.com/chicagotrolley
ACCOMMODATIONS– ACM Hotels
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
540 N. Michigan Ave.
www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chidt-chicago-marriott-downtown-magnificent-mile
Fairmont Chicago Hotel
200 N. Columbus Dr.
www.fairmont.com/chicago
Hilton Chicago Hotel (HQ hotel)
720 S. Michigan Ave.
www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/CHICHHH-Hilton-Chicago-Illinois/index.do
Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel
151 E. Wacker Dr.
www.chicagoregency.hyatt.com
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
2233 S. Martin Luther King Dr.
www.mccormickplace.hyatt.com
Palmer House Hilton Hotel
17 E. Monroe St.
www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/CHIPHHH-The-Palmer-House-Hilton-Illinois/index.do
Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers
301 E. North Water St.
www.sheratonchicago.com
Swissotel Hotel
323 E. Wacker Dr.
www.swissotelchicago.com
Westin Chicago River North Hotel
320 N. Dearborn St.
www.westinchicago.com
DINING
Reviewers/Lists
Menupages – Chicago
chicago.menupages.com
Zagat’s Chicago
www.zagats.com/Chicago
Individual Restaurants
Alinea Restaurant (American)
1723 N. Halstead
312-867-0110
www.alinearestaurant.com
Al’s Beef (Italian beef sandwich)
Various locations
www.alsbeef.com
Billy Goat Tavern
"Cheezborger, cheezeborger! No fries, cheeps! No Pepsi, Coke!
430 N. Michigan Ave. at Lower Level
312-222-1525
www.billygoattavern.com
Carnivale (Nuevo Latino)
702 W. Fulton Market
312-850-5005
www.carnivalechicago.com
Catch 35 (Seafood)
35 W. Wacker Dr.
312-346-3500
www.catch35.com
Charlie Trotter’s (American)
816 W. Armitage Ave.
773-248-6228
www.charlietrotters.com
Chicago Chop House (Steak)
60 W. Ontario St.
312-787-7100
www.chicagochophouse.com
Cite Restaurant (Continental)
505 North Lake Shore Drive
312-644-4050
www.citechicago.com
Club International - Drake Hotel (Private Club)
140 East Walton Place
http://hiltonebusiness.com/projects/dining.thedrakehotel.com/clubinternational/clubinternational_intro.html
Custom House (American)
500 S. Dearborn St.
312-523-0200
www.customhouse.cc
Everest (French)
440 S. LaSalle St. (40th floor, Chicago Stock Exchange)
312-663-8920
www.everestrestaurant.com
Friendship Restaurant (Chinese)
2830 N. Milwaukee Ave.
773-227-0970
www.friendshiprestaurant.com
India House (Indian)
59 W. Grand Ave.
312-645-9500
www.indiahousechicago.com
Keefer’s Restaurant (Steak)
20 W. Kinzie
312-467-9525
www.keefersrestaurant.com
Lucky’s Sandwich Company (Sandwiches)
3472 N. Clark St.
773-549-0665
www.luckysandwich.com
Morton’s the Steakhouse (Steak)
65 E. Wacker Pl.
312-201-0410
www.mortons.com
Moto (Fusion)
500 N. Clark St.
312-321-6242
www.motorestaurant.com
Nick’s Fishmarket (Seafood)
51 S. Clark St.
312-621-0200
www.nicksfishmarketchicago.com
R. J. Grunts (catering to the neurotic compensation of eating)
2056 Lincoln Park West
888-LETTUCE
www.rjgruntschicago.com
Rick Bayless – Restaurants (Mexican)
www.rickbayless.com/restaurants
- Frontera Grill
445 N. Clark St.
312-661-1434
- Frontera Fresco
111 N. State St.
- Topolobampo (recommend 2 weeks in advance for reservations)
445 N. Clark St.
312-661-1434
Spiaggia (Italian)
980 N. Michigan Ave.
312-280-2750
www.spiaggiarestaurant.com
Tru (French)
676 N. Saint Clair St.
312-202-0001
www.trurestaurant.com
Union League Club of Chicago
65 W. Jackson Blvd
312-427-7800
www.ulcc.org
Hot Dogs
Vienna Beef - Chicago’s Hot Dogs Hall of Fame
www.chicagoshotdog.com/culture/fame/index.asp
Murphy’s Red Hots
1211 W. Belmont Ave.
773-935-2882
Superdawg (featured on PBS)
6363 N. Milwaukee Ave.
773-736-0660
www.superdawg.com
The Wieners Circle
2622 N. Clark St.
773-477-7444
Pizza
Gino’s East (deep dish & thin)
162 E. Superior St. and various other locations
312-226-3337
www.ginoseast.com
Giordano’s Pizza (deep dish double crust)
Various locations throughout Chicago
www.giordanos.com
Piece Brewery & Pizzeria (thin)
1927 W. North Ave.
773-772-4422
www.piecechicago.com
Pizano’s Pizza & Pasta (deep dish & thin)
864 N. State St. / 312-751-1766
61 E. Madison St. / 312-236-1777
www.pizanoschicago.com
Spacca Napoli (thin)
1769 W. Sunnyside Ave.
773-878-2420
www.spaccanapolipizzeria.com
ATTRACTIONS
Chicago CityPass
www.citypass.com/city/chicago.html
Go Chicago Card
866-628-9031
www.gochicagocard.com
Baha’I House of Worship for the North American Continent
100 Linden Ave., Wilmette, IL
www.bahai.us/bahai-temple
Brookfield Zoo
www.czs.org/czs/Brookfield/Zoo-Home
Buckingham Fountain
gochicago.about.com/od/attractionsandlandmarks/p/buckingham_foun.htm
Chicago Architecture Foundation
www.architecture.org
Chicago Board of Trade - Visitor’s Center
www.cbot.com
Chicago Botanic Garden
www.chicago-botanic.org
Chicago Cultural Center
www.chicagoculturalcenter.org
Chicago Lakefront Beaches
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/resources/beaches
The Chopping Block Cooking School
www.thechoppingblock.net
Grant Park
John G. Shedd Aquarium
www.sheddaquarium.org
John Hancock Observatory
www.hancockobservatory.com
Legoland Discovery Centre
www.legolanddiscoverycentre.com/chicago/us
Lincoln Park Zoo
www.lpzoo.com
McCormick Place - Chicago
www.mccormickplace.com
Millennium Park
www.millenniumpark.org
Navy Pier
www.navypier.com
Promontory Point
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory_Point_(Chicago)
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago
rockefeller.uchicago.edu
Sears Tower Sky Deck
www.theskydeck.com
Shoreline Sightseeing - Cruises
www.shorelinesightseeing.com
Unity Temple – UUA
www.sacred-destinations.com/usa/chicago-unity-temple.htm
www.unitytemple-utrf.org
Houses
Henry B. Clarke House
www.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Clarke+House+Museum&entityNameEnumValue=173
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_B._Clarke_House
Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home & Museum
www.ehfop.org
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
www.wrightplus.org/homestudio/homestudio.html
Frederick C. Robie House
www.wrightplus.org/robiehouse/robiehouse.html
Glessner House Museum
www.glessnerhouse.org
Barack & Michelle Obama House
5046 S. Greenwood Ave.
Museums
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
www.adlerplanetarium.org
The Art Institute of Chicago
www.artic.edu
Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier
www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org
Chicago History Museum
www.chicagohistory.org
DuSable Museum of African American History
www.dusablemuseum.org
The Field Museum
www.fieldmuseum.org
International Museum of Surgical Science
www.imss.org
Kohl Children’s Museum
www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org
Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
www.lizzadromuseum.org
Loyola University Museum of Art
www.luc.edu/luma
Museum of Contemporary Art
www.mcachicago.org
Museum of Science and Industry
www.msichicago.org
National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
www.niashf.org
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
www.naturemuseum.org
Spertus Museum – Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
www.spertus.edu/museum
Ukrainian National Museum
www.ukrainiannationalmuseum.org
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
www.auditoriumtheatre.org
Bank of America Theatre (formerly the LaSalle Bank Theatre)
www.bank-of-america-theatre.com
Blue Man Group – Chicago
www.blueman.com
Cadillac Palace Theatre
www.theatreinchicago.com/theatredetail.php?theatreID=52
Chicago Opera Theater
www.chicagooperatheater.org
Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier
www.chicagoshakes.com
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Orchestra Hall
www.cso.org
Chicago Theatre
www.thechicagotheatre.com
ComedySportz
www.comedysportzchicago.com
Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower
www.drurylanewatertower.com
Ford Center for Performing Arts/Oriental Theater
www.oriental-theater.com
Gene Siskel Film Center
www.siskelfilmcenter.org
Goodman Theatre
www.goodmantheatre.org
Harris Theater
www.harristheaterchicago.org
House of Blues – Chicago
www.houseofblues.com/venues/clubvenues/chicago
The Joffrey Ballet
www.joffrey.com
Lookingglass Theatre Company/Theatre in the Water Tower Water Works
www.lookingglasstheatre.org
Lyric Opera of Chicago
www.lyricopera.org
The Oprah Winfrey Show
www.oprah.com/tows
Redmoon Theater
www.redmoon.org
Royal George Theatre
www.theroyalgeorgetheatre.com
The Second City
www.secondcity.com
Steppenwolf Theatre
www.steppenwolf.org
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
www.victorygardens.org
Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! - Live radio show
www.npr.org/programs/waitwait
SPORTS
Arlington Park – a Churchill Downs Co.
www.arlingtonpark.com
Chicago Blackhawks – NHL
blackhawks.nhl.com
Chicago Bulls - NBA
www.nba.com/bulls
Chicago Sky - WNBA
www.wnba.com/sky
The Green at Grant Park
www.thegreenonline.com
Soldier Field – Chicago Bears football
www.soldierfield.net
US Cellular Field – Chicago White Sox baseball
chicago.whitesox.mlb.com
Wrigley Field – Chicago Cubs baseball
Chicago.cubs.mlb.com
SHOPPING
American Girl Place
835 N. Michigan Ave.
www.americangirl.com/stores/location_chi.php
Merchandise Mart
www.mmart.com
Michigan Ave. Magnificent Mile
www.themagnificentmile.com
Jewelers Row
Located on Wabash Ave between Washington and Monroe
Maller Bldg., 5 S. Wabash Ave.
www.jewelerscenter.com
57th Street Books
1301 East 57th Street
semcoop.booksense.com
Fox & Obel Food Market
401 E. Illinois St.
www.fox-obel.com
MISCELLANEOUS
The Great Chicago Fire
www.chicagohs.org/fire
WEBCAMS
ABC 7 Chicago Web Cam
abclocal.go.com/wls/channel?section=weather/webcams&id=5755529
Chicago Webcams at CincyStreet.com
cincystreet.com/webcams/chicago.html
EarthCam – Chicago
www.earthcam.com/usa/illinois/chicago
Loyola Webcams
www.luc.edu/webcam
My Fox Chicago
media.myfoxchicago.com/fox/webcam4.html
NOAA Real-Time Meteorological Observation Network – Chicago
www.glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/chi
COUPONS
Chicago Coupons
www.chicagocoupons.com
ChicaGO Guide to Special Values
www.chicagoofficeoftourism.org/specialValues/index.html