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Outlet Malls: Shop till drop!
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  • Glorija
  • Updated By Glorija on February 26, 2007
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  • Me shopping shopping shopping !! - Chicago
    Me shopping shopping
    shopping !!
    by Glorija
    Prime Outlets - Huntley has enhanced your shopping experience! Located on I-90, just 30 minutes west of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

    Nike, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Max Mara, Eddie Bauer Outlet, Ann Taylor Factory Store, Liz Claiborne Outlet, Banana Republic Factory Store, and BCBG Max Azria.

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  • Theme: Women's Clothes
  • Address: 11800 Factory Shops Blvd, Huntley , Illinois 601
  • Phone: (847) 669-9100
  • Website: http://www.primeoutlets.com/
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    Eating & Drinking: Polish deli and store
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  • dlandt
  • By dlandt on March 16, 2004
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  • Inside by the deli - Chicago
    Inside by the deli
    by dlandt
    you'll think you are in Poland. Walk in here, and you'll hear little other than Polish. The first thing you will see is rows and rows of sausages and the backs of lots of people. When you listen, you'll hear nothing but Polish spoken here.

    I usually by the fresh sausages of course. They also have other goodies, as well as a lunch counter. Look aroudn and explore a few things, you might like them. Once you have some of their sausage, you'll never pick up a package in the grocery store, or eat in one of those lame, expensive downtown haunts again. For .99 pound, you can get a lot of quality stuff, and because its Polish, its all very clean.

    Prices here are about half or less what you would pay on the North side and about a quarter or less of what you would pay downtown, if you can even find comparable products downtown.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: 51?? W Archer
  • Directions: Little Poland
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    Flea Markets & Antiques: Asian Antique & British Colonial Art Gallery
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  • ChicagoGuy
  • By ChicagoGuy on October 20, 2004
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  • The entrance gate to a 300-year old Chinese house - Chicago
    The entrance gate to a
    300-year old Chinese house
    by ChicagoGuy
    This place is like a museum of Asian furniture and exotic art. The big difference is that you can take the items home. They have everything from Han Dynasty Tomb figures, to dinosaur eggs, to British colonial furniture. Defiantly worth a look.

    art deco furniture, Han pottery, Tang Pottery

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  • Theme: Antiques
  • Address: 72 W Hubbard St Chicago IL 60610
  • Phone: (312) 755-1266
  • Directions: Downtown. Near the Grand EL stop.
  • Website: http://goldentriangle.biz
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    Eating & Drinking: Italian Groceria
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  • dlandt
  • By dlandt on February 20, 2003
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  • This is a medium sized groceria that also serves up good sandwiches. They have the usual assortment of Italian cold cuts and cheeses as well as about five rows of imported food and other things, mostly Italian with a minor in Greek. Olive oils, biscotti, coffees etc.

    Italian Sausage, seafood salad, fresh bread, scamorza, hot capicola, gardiniera, sub sandwiches

    About the same as a grocery store, though some of the imported foods are a little more.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Northwest Highway
  • Directions: Edison Park (near suburb)
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    Eating & Drinking: Best Sausage on the North Side
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  • Updated By dlandt on December 15, 2004
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  • Joe's - Chicago
    Joe's
    by dlandt
    This is a small butcher and sausage shop with a local, loyal clientele. It is NOT a restaurant. The owner is Hungarian though I'd been going there for years thinking he was Austrian. (this is an old German neighborhood) and I think some of his employees are Hungarian because ... 1. I can't identify their language, but its not Slavic, and 2. See they carry Hungarian spices and products.

    All the sausages I have tried are melt in your mouth good and they aren't shy about telling you how to cook them. My favorites are the veal bratwurst and The salamis are fabulous and meaty, full of flavor, try the paprika ones. its homemade and they have their own smoker too. Smoked pork loin and chops.

    Cheaper than most supermarkets for sausage and meats. Whole salamis (you know with the strings attached etc.) should be about $7.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: Western And Sunnyside, squint or you'll miss it
  • Directions: Lincoln Square (NOT Lincoln Park)
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    Magnificent Mile/Michigan Avenue: If you have money to burn ...
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  • By shrimp56 on April 18, 2004
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  • Chicago Shopping
    by shrimp56
    Water Tower Place is a vertical shopping mall that takes it's name from the adjacent Water Tower -- yes the one that survived the Chicago Fire!
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    The picture shows the fountain inbetween the escalator that takes you up to the shops & restaurants.
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    The "anchor" stores are Marshall Field's & Lord & Taylor. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is perched on the upper floors.

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  • Theme: Other
  • Address: 835 North Michigan Avenue
  • Phone: 312/440-3165
  • Website: http://www.shopwatertower.com/
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    Marshall Field's: Tiffany mosaic ceiling
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  • Dabs
  • Updated By Dabs on April 26, 2009
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  • Tiffany ceiling Marshall Field's - Chicago
    Tiffany ceiling Marshall
    Field's
    by Dabs
    Many people miss this beautiful Tiffany glass mosaic ceiling as they are busy shopping at the Marshall Field's (now Macy's) on State, I didn't even know it was there until about a year ago.

    It was installed in 1907, it’s the largest unbroken example of Tiffany Favrile glass in the world, with over 1.6 million pieces.

    The best way to see it is from the main floor, find the Clinique counter in the cosmetics section and look up. For a closer view you can head up to the 5th floor, I believe I found it in the lingerie section so keep an eye out for undergarments.

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  • Theme: Art
  • Address: 111 N. State
  • Directions: Loop, between Randolph and Washington
  • Website: http://visitmacyschicago.com/
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    Clothing & Accessories: Wild Wild Clothing
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  • ChicagoGuy
  • Updated By ChicagoGuy on October 20, 2004
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  • Used and new threads and jewelry. There are some good buys on club clothing. The window displays are, at times, nasty as hell.

    Leather jacket, crazy t-shirts, freaky pants, wigs, a new life.

    $10-$100 depends

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  • Theme: Other
  • Address: 3400 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL.
  • Phone: 1.773.281.6933
  • Directions: Lakeview,
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    Belmont Army Surplus: NoT WhAt YoU ThInK
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  • ChicagoGuy
  • By ChicagoGuy on December 4, 2002
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  • Do not be fooled by the name. This place has tons of unusual clothing for clubbing, hanging out, or the third world military strong man or woman.

    Trendy shoes, leather jackets, Chicago Police Jackets, wild shirts and pants, skateboard, dog tags, and hair dye.

    $15 - $300. Most stuff under $100.

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  • Theme: Other
  • Address: 945 W. Belmont, Chicago, Il 60657
  • Phone: 773.975.0626
  • Directions: Belmont and Clark, near EL Train
  • Website: http://www.belmontarmysurplus.com/
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    Eating & Drinking: Gourmet Wine/Liquor/Food
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  • ChicagoGuy
  • Updated By ChicagoGuy on February 24, 2003
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  • If you have a taste for gourmet wine, liquors, and food, this is the place for you. I have traveled a lot. Sometimes, at home, I want some of the exotic flavors I have had abroad. I can find many of these things at Binny’s in Lakeview.

    I like the Pisco (from Peru) with sugar and lime juice. The Ravenswood wines, from Sonoma California, are wonderful. The French wines, like Chateauneuf du Pape, are always good. Also, they have some tasty cheese and olives.

    Hours: Mon-Sat: 9:00-9:00
    Sun: 11:00-6:00
    Email: ivanhoe@binnys.com

    You can spend a little or a lot here. I can find a good wine here starting at $10.

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  • Theme: Food and Drink
  • Address: 3000 N. Clark
  • Phone: 773-935-9400
  • Directions: Chicago - Lakeview Nearest intersection: Clark and Wellington. Wellington is located in between Diversey and Belmont Ave. * Has Other Locations
  • Website: http://binnys.com/
  • Other Contact: Fax: 773-935-9403
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