Your ultimate guide to Chicago
Discover Chicago's best things to do, events, restaurants, theater and nightlife
The best dessert delivery in Chicago
We rounded up all of the desserts you can have delivered to your apartment
Nominate your favorite local spots in the Time Out Love Chicago Awards
Consider this your chance to show love for your favorite places in Chicago
The best Chicago helicopter tours
Prepare to fly with our guide to the top Chicago helicopter tours
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The three best things to do today in Chicago
1. Discover your new favorite singer Head to Pilsen’s Thalia Hall to see singer-songwriter Angel Olsen in concert. Olsen is touring for her breathtaking...
We want to know all about your life in Chicago
We think living in Chicago is pretty great, with all the beautiful attractions and delicious restaurants—but we also know it comes with some challenges...
Logan Square is probably getting a Jewel Osco grocery store
Within the past few years, enough bars and restaurants have opened in Logan Square to make it possible for residents to eat (and drink) at a different place...
Word on the Street: Presidential debate edition
We always overhear crazy quips in Chicago, but the insanity of Monday night’s debate seemed to rub off on Chicagoans citywide. You’ve seen the candidates’...
Uh oh: A Red Line car is infested with bed bugs, according to Reddit
PSA to Red Line passengers: take a careful look at your seat on the train before sitting down. Reddit user UeSuRi reports an infestation of either bed bugs...
The three best things to do today in Chicago
1. Eat your way through the West Side You’d better come hungry to the Wicker Park & Bucktown Fall Dinner Crawl. Choose one of four routes to gobble up all...
The best of Chicago
The best pizza in Chicago
Chicago's deep-dish pizza is legendary, but this city offers up so much more
Best bookstores in Chicago
The next time you need a page-turner, browse one of the city's best bookstores
The 13 best day trips from Chicago
Chicago is the perfect launching spot for a host of one-day escapes
The 25 best sights and attractions in Chicago
Make sightseeing a lot easier by consulting Time Out's definitive guide to Chicago's best sights
The best Chicago hot dog stands
Chicagoans take hot dogs very seriously, and for good reason
Life in Chicago
Study shows Chicago is friendliest city for tourists in U.S.
Chicago is famous for being friendly to tourists
15 signs you know you're in Lakeview
Lakeview is a neighborhood best known for baseball games, raucous bars and parking restrictions
Chicago neighborhood guides
Lincoln Square and Ravenswood
This German-American enclave has retained much of its heritage (not to mention some great German restaurants)
Old Town and Goose Island
Old Town is a neighborhood filled with history, including speakeasies and churches
Ukrainian Village and Noble Square
Ukrainian Village and Noble Square are home to tons of restaurants, bars and attractions
Lakeview
Spend an afternoon wandering Boystown, cheer on the Cubs in Wrigleyville or a find quiet spot in Lakeview
Humboldt Park
Humboldt Park is a West Side neighborhood with no shortage of attractions