This northwest corner storefront was dressed as Championship Vinyl for the movie "High Fidelity" (2000). This was Rob Gordon’s (John Cusack's) Wicker Park record store. Read more.
Visit this new haven for "cheese, swine & wine," delivering said goods in a wine bar-meets-butcher shop space with marble countertops and wine barrels jutting out from the wall. Read more.
Actors John Belushi & Dan Ackroyd offered to donate $50,000 to charity in exchange for getting permission from then Mayor Jane Byrne, to crash their Bluesmobile through the Daley Center's lobby. Read more.
Get full entrees (not just bar food) from the late-night menu served daily from 11 PM–1:30 AM.
Ludivine Grégoire's boutique specializes in super-refined French brands like Vanessa Bruno.
The interior of Nate's Deli (now closed), was replicated on a Hollywood Set for Aretha Franklin's scenes in "The Blues Brothers" (1980). Read more.
"Blues Brothers" (1980) crews filmed in the lobby of the building, but the rest of the chase, up the stairs and in the office itself, was shot on a meticulously re-created set in Hollywood. Read more.
The Music Box is on Chicago's Southport Avenue corridor, a great place to do some shopping. For more information on Southport's boutiques and designers, visit www.chicagofashionresource.org Read more.
The Auditorium Theatre was designed and constructed by famed architects Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan; it opened in 1889. Read more.
Visit http://www.transitchicago.com for help planning a trip on Chicago public transportation. Read more.
The Joffrey Ballet, which appeared at the Auditorium in scenes shot for "The Company" (2003), was the first dance company to perform at the White House at Jacqueline Kennedy’s invitation. Read more.
From 18th Street and Normal, go east to explore Ping Tom Memorial Park and Chicago's Chinatown Neighborhood. Read more.
A narrow passageway empties into a cavernous and serene expanse of a store filled with delicate jewelry.
Inspiring reflection, the labyrinth was built with interlocking Chinese stones and designed after 12th & 13th C European cathedral labyrinths.
Held inside a youth-center gymnasium, this weekend-only craft market is a great place to discover rising local talent.
Explore more than 250,000 works of art in the Sackler's permanent collection, including a self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. Read more.
