Just west of downtown in an old Italian neighborhood. Lots of good restaurants in the area.
there’s still an Italian neighborhood in Chicago?
Good!! :)
but they don’t have the power in the city anymore.
not for a while.
Yes, there are a bunch of good restaurants there, and a great Italian Ice stand that has people queuing up to it all summer long. Mafia owned; I used to know the owner casually. Really nice guy (as long as you didn’t cross him, lol). He was locked in a vendetta with another old Italian guy from the neighborhood who was trying to force his lucrative Italian Ice stand out of its location because he wanted the property himself to build his own business on. Occasionally their fight would hit the newspapers. He’d complain about it frequently.
Actually, as long as you stick near Campus, it’s a really interesting Hood, lots of nice buildings with lovely historical architecture. Chinatown is close by, and Greektown is a spit away from the Campus. Chicago, in spite of its negative reputation, is actually a fascinating and very historical City. I used to love exploring it. And the lakefront is beautiful. Glad I’m retired now though, and living in the conservative Western suburbs area.