Chicago Visitor & Tourist Guide
This Summer at the Field Museum:
Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age.
The Field Museum has an extensive look at the development and lives of these elephant like animals. It is made extra poignant by the fact that they not only lived all over North America, some of the displays are from finds as close as Missouri, but they also lived in relatively recent times and were a part of early Native American lives. Tickets and museum admission are required. Tickets are for a specified time and those times can fill up fast so try to reserve a time online.
Field Museum
Chicagovisitor.net was created by locals as a guide for tourists and visitors. After many years of showing friends and family the sights and sounds of Chicago we decided to share our experiences with all tourists by creating this site. We are within walking distance of Navy Pier, Michigan Ave and Millennium Park. We have visited all of the restaurants, museums, stores and attractions listed on this site numerous times and our writing is based on personal experiences. We do not attempt to cover all of the thousands of restaurants, hundreds of hotels or myriad of sites. Instead we have narrowed down the overwhelming choices to ones that are worth considering in an effort to make planning your visit easier. Chicago Visitor.net is designed to help visitors get the most out of their trip to the Windy City.
Restaurant pick of the week:
R. J. Grunts:
Confidently located across from the zoo. Perfect for families looking for a place after going to Zoo Lights.
Restaurant pick of the week:
R. J. Grunts
A Lincoln Park institutions. A great place to go after visiting Lincoln park Zoo. Families are welcome at any time. Great burgers, a huge variety of sandwiches and an old school salad bar.
Restaurant pick of the week:
Restaurant of the Week:
The Plaza at Park Grill:
A skating rink in the winter this spot, along Michigan Ave. and below the Bean, is one of Chicago's best outdoor dinning locations. The food is gastro pub fare, the duck tacos are very good, but it is the drinks and the view that make it worth a visit.
Website
Restaurant of the Week:
Bandera:
A restaurant that serves great American food and has the best service of any restaurant in Chicago that does not cost a small fortune.
Their birds eye view of Michigan Ave. could offer a chance to watch some of the filming.
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This week in Shopping:
Friday June 25th marks the return of one of the events that make Chicago a great city, The Taste of Chicago. With over 50 vendors offering more than 200 different choices it is a great chance to sample many of Chicago best foods. There are all of the classics, Chicago style hotdogs, Chicago style pizza, Ricobene's breaded steak sandwich, rainbow cones and Eli's Cheesecake.
The taste is mostly about the food but there is also entertainment. There will be daily cooking demonstrations, the highlight of which is the Food Network's Mario Batali
June 25th at 1:00. There is also live music all day culminating at 5:30 with national known acts performing.
The taste runs June 25th to July 4th, 11:00-9:00 with early closings on the 3rd and 4th. Admission is free and foods range from $2 to $10.
Article about the Taste
The Transformers Invade Chicago:
No you will not see giant robots change into cars but you may see movie stars, including possibly
Shia LaBeouf or John Malkovich. Watching a movie of this magnatude being filmed can be a lot of fun. The huge production, with poeple running every where, banks of lights and stars trailers parked up and down side streets is quite a sight. It can also be a test in patients. You can stand there for an hour and not see any filming take place.
Filming is scheduled to take place in the Loop on Lasalle from Friday, July 9th at 8:00 until early Monday morning. On North Michigan Ave. from 8:00 on Thursday the 15th until the morning of the 19th. Wacker will be closed from Michigan to Wabash from 9:00 on the 18th to the 22nd.
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