Originally Posted by Big Mo
All good sugestions. Some more info on this general area:
- World-class art in Bridgeport:
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- Clarification:
IIT and Bronzeville are just EAST of Bridgeport / Sox Park
- Other quality places to eat & drink: Bridgeport Restaurant (diner), Cobblestones (tavern with food), Connie's (pizza), Franco's (Italian), Freddie's (pizza / sandwiches), Pancho's (Mexican), Pearl's Place (Soul), Ricobene's (pizza / sandwiches), Schaller's Pump (Chicago's oldest tavern), South Side Shrimp House (fried shrimp), Scoops (ice cream), Wing Yip (Chinese), and Chinatown (just one el stop North of Sox Park).
If you want prototypical Chicago though, I'd say Connie's, Ricobene's or Schaller's. I didn't emphasize Chinatown as much since I presumed, perhaps incorrectly, that since China is closer to OP's homebase in Oz, than the US...
But it is convenient by El. The prices go down and the menus go more native the further you wander down Wentworth. But if you do go, my secret love is the Dong Kee trading company (say it aloud for the easy mnemonic), which sells big bags of malformed-but-still-tasty fortune cookies for $2 or so.