Chicago can be a cheap trip
For a free ride, catch one of four color coded trolleys that shuttle tourists to and around Chicago’s most popular destinations. It’s a useful service, considering the city’s museum campus can be miles (and a $20 cab ride) from your shopping trip on Michigan Avenue. There are other options. Prices are $28 to $34 a night.
HOT DOGS, PIZZA
When it comes to cheap and authentic food, try a Chicago style hot dog pure beef on a poppyseed bun with tomatoes, relish, pickle spear, onions and celery salt.
Hot Doug’s The Sausage Superstore and Encased Meat Emporium is a favorite on the city’s northwest side. Hot dogs are $1.75 and a Polish sausage is $2.50. If you’re there on a Friday or a Saturday, don’t miss the duck fat fries for $3.50. No worries if you can’t make it to one of these recommendations, there are hot dog stands all over Chicago.
Pizza, another Chicago food staple, also can be found on most neighborhood corners. The most expensive dish is $8.50. During lunch, Ronny’s Original Steakhouse in the Loop offers an 8 ounce steak, baked potato, garlic bread and salad for $6.99.
Neighborhoods: Chicago’s ethnic neighborhoods offer lots of food deals. The strip runs from the far south side to trendy neighborhoods on the north side, with a great view of Lake Michigan and the skyline. A favorite is Oak Street Beach for its downtown vista.
The crown jewels of Chicago’s lakefront are Grant Park and Millennium Park. Grant Park has free concerts, classes, outdoor movies and festivals. Millennium Park is home to Crown Fountain. Plant lovers will want to visit the free Garfield Park or Lincoln Park conservatories.
CATCH THE VIEW
It costs $15 to $25 for an adult to enjoy the view of Chicago from the John Hancock building’s observation deck. But here’s the local trick: Take the elevator to the Signature Room restaurant cheap jerseys on the 95th floor and for the cost of a drink you can take in the skyline. But most offer free admission days the Chicago Children’s Museum offers free Thursday nights and the Art Institute is free on http://www.cheapjerseys11.com/ Thursday and Friday nights. Check the museums’ Web sites.
WALK THE CITY
Chicago is a diverse city teeming with different ethnic groups. Grab a map to discover black, Indian, Irish, Italian, Polish, Greek, Chinese, even yuppie, cultures with a self guided walking tour.
