Secret Chicago

Summary

Chicago is a city of neighbourhoods. Yet scores of "windy city" travel guides ignore this reality and continue to walk down the same old centrally located thoroughfares, spotlighting the trendy restaurants, the pricey retail shops, and the tourist-trap museums. Finally, there's a Chicago guide that takes you off this tired path. Chicago writer Sam Weller shares his love and knowledge of his city, inviting you to explore all the unfamiliar treasures it has to offer.

Organized by subject, Secret Chicago coaxes you down tree-canopied streets, into neighborhood taverns and hidden parks. "Secret Theater", for example, invites you into side-street store-front theaters where tiny production companies stage amazing plays on shoestring budgets. "Secret Bocce Ball" tells you where members of the local Italian community gather each night (appearing at sunset, like cowboys coming for a gunfight) to play this age-old sport. In "Secret Toll Booths" the author shares a little trick to save a whole lot of money while travelling the Chicago expressways. "Secret Hot Dogs" tell

Introduction	p. 9
How to Use Secret Chicago	p. 10
Abraham Lincoln	p. 11
African American	p. 13
Al Fresco	p. 15
Antiques	p. 18
Architecture	p. 21
Barbecue	p. 27
Baseball	p. 28
Beaches	p. 32
Beer Gardens	p. 34
Bicycling	p. 35
Bird-Watching	p. 37
Blues	p. 41
Bocce Ball	p. 44
Books	p. 45
Booze	p. 47
Bowling	p. 48
Boystown	p. 49
Camping	p. 51
CDs	p. 52
Chicago Fire	p. 53
Chinese	p. 56
Chocolate	p. 59
Christmas	p. 61
Classical	p. 62
Clubs	p. 64
Coffee	p. 66
Comedy	p. 68
Comic Books	p. 70
Curiosities	p. 71
Delicatessens	p. 74
Dog-Friendly	p. 75
El	p. 78
Erotica	p. 82
Ethnic Bakeries	p. 84
Fast Food	p. 86
Feminism	p. 87
Foreign Video	p. 88
Frank Lloyd Wright	p. 89
Freebies	p. 91
Gardens	p. 93
God	p. 96
Graveyards	p. 99
Hamburgers	p. 102
Hangover Cures	p. 103
Haunts	p. 104
Health Clubs	p. 108
Hoity-Toity	p. 109
Hot Dogs	p. 110
Ice Cream	p. 113
Indian	p. 114
Italian Ice	p. 115
Jazz	p. 117
Jewelry	p. 119
Jukeboxes	p. 120
Kids	p. 122
Kissing	p. 126
Kites	p. 127
Kitsch	p. 128
Lake Shore Drive	p. 129
Land of Oz	p. 130
Lawn Art	p. 131
Libraries	p. 133
Lingerie	p. 134
Lodging	p. 136
Mafia	p. 140
Martinis	p. 141
Maxwell Market	p. 142
Meat Markets	p. 144
Mexican	p. 145
Model Trains	p. 149
Movies	p. 150
Museums	p. 153
Navigation	p. 155
Neighborhood Bars	p. 155
Newsstands	p. 159
Niche Bookstores	p. 160
Oldest Profession	p. 162
Olfactory	p. 164
Outlets	p. 164
Paper Arts	p. 166
Parks	p. 168
Periodicals	p. 170
Photography	p. 172
Picasso	p. 174
Pizza	p. 175
Police	p. 178
Polynesian	p. 179
Pool	p. 181
Restrooms	p. 182
Rick Kogan	p. 184
Rock	p. 186
Romantic Restaurants	p. 189
Saganaki	p. 191
Sandwiches	p. 192
Science Fiction	p. 193
Shortcuts	p. 195
Skyline	p. 196
Smelt	p. 198
Spanking	p. 199
Spice	p. 200
Spoken Word	p. 201
Street Fests	p. 203
Stringed Instruments	p. 205
Sunday Brunch	p. 206
Surgery	p. 209
Tattoos	p. 209
Theater	p. 211
Tollbooths	p. 215
Toys	p. 216
Trattorias	p. 217
24-Hour Dining	p. 219
UFOs	p. 220
Vegetarian	p. 221
Vietnamese	p. 222
Vintage	p. 225
Voyeurism	p. 228
Web Cams	p. 230
Weddings	p. 232
Wellness	p. 234
Writers' Bars	p. 235
Zines	p. 236
The Secret Future	p. 238
Photo Sites	p. 239
Subject Index	p. 240
Alphabetical Index	p. 254
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