Chicago?

[bettingpython]

Yep! So good.

I didn't get to try Gino's East, but I have had Giordano's and it was excellent. I believe Gino's uses a cornmeal crust where Giordano's uses a typical dough.

Here's our Giordano's pizza:


We stayed in the Best Western Hawthorne Terrace in "Wrigleyville" (northside). It was a very liberal part of town (think gay-friendly, rainbow flags, etc), but everything was clean, the people were super nice and we didn't feel like we should worry about being mugged, even when we were out at 2,3,4 AM. If you're still considering hotel choices and you're driving in, this hotel has a 24-hour secured parking garage right next door.

The Wiener Circle was great. Get a traditional Chicago Dog. Goes great with a beer, but you don't drink.

Even if you hate the Cubs or even baseball, definitely check out Wrigley. There's not much too see from the outside, but there are still plenty of spots to view the field. Such a great stadium.

We spent the weekend watching the Cubs get their first sweep of the 2011 season (over the Astros):

Chicago is a great city to visit, but I couldn't or wouldn't ever live there.

Thanks Danny, hotel decision was determined by the fact that the actual equipment training center is in Mundelein 45 minutes outside of Chicago. I'm not a big fan of Chicago style pizza and neither is the wife but the Italian beef sandwich with peppers is definitely on the list. Wrigleyville sounds like a cool place to stay though. I think from some of my previous posts it's easy to figure out the LGBT lifestyle doesn't bother me. Seems like all the suggestions are in line with what we are going to try squeezing in, MSI, Skydeck(shudder), Magnificent mile, and China Town.

 

[bettingpython]

Thanks all for the suggestions, I was pleasantly surprised by Chicago, or at least the parts we went to. The door guy at The Abbey in Irving park did a double take when he checked our ID's. Don't think he's ever seen Okies before LOL. It was strange not seeing gun buster signs as well.

 

[Phildo64]

Edited: Woops, old thread.