Chicago is packed with some 7000 restaurants of all types, serving food from around the world.
Regional specialities:
• Prime rib steaks.
• Deep pan Chicago pizza.

Chicago boasts everything from nightclubs, jazz spots, cinemas and discos to belly dancing, rock bands and folk music. It is the home of ‘urban blues’, a form developed by such greats as Muddy Waters and Elmore James, continued today in Chicago and around the world by performers such as Buddy Guy and Robert Cray.

The main shopping areas in Chicago include State Street, North Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile, Woodfield Mall and the quaint speciality stores in Old Town, Lincoln Avenue and New Town.