Taking all things Cub out of the equation, what is the one place you dislike the most in Chicago? That place or thing to do that when you are showing someone around and they ask to see/do it that makes you wanna :puke

Any of the clubs/bars/malls/retail stores.

 

You can do that crap anywhere. Go see the things that make Chicago unique.

The Sears Tower.

 

Never understood it.

I was thinking Water Tower Place as I was writing. I am planning a trip back and planning on meeting up with a friend from Miami and she wants to go there. I thought it was about the worse suggestion.

I was thinking Water Tower Place as I was writing. I am planning a trip back and planning on meeting up with a friend from Miami and she wants to go there. I thought it was about the worse suggestion.

 

 

I was thinking Water Tower Place as I was writing. I am planning a trip back and planning on meeting up with a friend from Miami and she wants to go there. I thought it was about the worse suggestion.

 

Yeah, but at least you're in striking distance of the Clark Street Ale House. Mmmmm beer...

 

I think that craptacular Al Capone's themed dinner show place (near Hard Rock and the Wells and Ontario 50s/60s McDonald's - is it still even there anymore?) was a pathetic eyesore. I never went, but I had a couple people ask to go there when we went in for a visit. I slapped them around for the stupid suggestion of course.

Yeah, but at least you're in striking distance of the Clark Street Ale House.  Mmmmm beer...

 

I think that craptacular Al Capone's themed dinner show place (near Hard Rock and the Wells and Ontario 50s/60s McDonald's - is it still even there anymore?) was a pathetic eyesore.  I never went, but I had a couple people ask to go there when we went in for a visit.  I slapped them around for the stupid suggestion of course.

 

 

Yeah, R&R McDonald's and Hard Rock. :puke

 

Of course, I was going to say Wrigley first.

 

perfectly innocent

Yeah, R&R McDonald's and Hard Rock.  :puke

 

Of course, I was going to say Wrigley first.

 

Hard rocks are essentially a joke. If you have been in one, you have seen them all. The only thing they are worth is getting a glass from them from each city.

Hard rocks are essentially a joke.  If you have been in one, you have seen them all.  The only thing they are worth is getting a glass from them from each city.

Geek!

I'd have to go with Navy Pier. It's nice that they decided to use it for something back in the early '90s but, unless you really like ferris wheels, it's just a crowded tourist trap.

 

When I entertain friends in the city, I like to take them up to 96th floor of the Hancock building for drinks at dusk. The view is spectacular.

I'd have to go with Navy Pier.  It's nice that they decided to use it for something back in the early '90s but, unless you really like ferris wheels, it's just a crowded tourist trap.

 

When I entertain friends in the city, I like to take them up to 96th floor of the Hancock building for drinks at dusk.  The view is spectacular.

 

I love telling them we'll be having drinks at the tip of the (Han)cock

 

Nothing really...I love EVERYTHING that is Chicago (well, except for the ugly urinal on the north side).

Nothing really...I love EVERYTHING that is Chicago (well, except for the ugly urinal on the north side).

 

Even the traffic?

Even the traffic?

 

Nope! Don't mind it at all! I'd rather have it than no traffic living in the middle of nowhere.

Nope!  Don't mind it at all!  I'd rather have it than no traffic living in the middle of nowhere.

Are you sure about that?

Without a doubt, unquestionably, the most overrated tourist things to do in Chicago are the Chicago Auto Show, the Taste of Chicago, Billy Goat Restaurant.

The way the local media covers these events, you would think we lived in Pig Slop, Mississippi, and we have nothing else to offer.

 

The Auto Show: A bunch of cars. That's it, no big deal. No reason for every local TV station to have hour-long shows showing you the cars.

 

Taste: Nothing like some 350-lb temporary worker sweating over your over priced turkey leg in 100 degree heat, while fighting through 1 million people, most of whom smell like they haven't showered in a decade.

 

Billy Goat: s***ty, crappy, overpriced, miniscule burgers. f*** Sam Siannis and his uncle's dumb curse. I think the reason I would not want the Cubs to ever win has more to do with not wanting to see that old bastard and his girlfriend (some goat they got from Lincoln Park Zoo), than anything about the baseball team.

Hard to answer. I love everything about that city whenever I get to make it up there.

Billy Goat: s***ty, crappy, overpriced, miniscule burgers. f*** Sam Siannis and his uncle's dumb curse. I think the reason I would not want the Cubs to ever win has more to do with not wanting to see that old bastard and his girlfriend (some goat they got from Lincoln Park Zoo), than anything about the baseball team.

 

The popularity is mostly from the SNL bit with Belushi, Akroyd and company.

Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, no fries, cheeps, no Coke, Pepsi!

Taste: Nothing like some 350-lb temporary worker sweating over your over priced turkey leg in 100 degree heat, while fighting through 1 million people, most of whom smell like they haven't showered in a decade.

Disagree, I love Taste. It's the only time I get a Rainbow Cone, b/c I'm rarely in Chicago, and even then I'm not going to drive all the way to the sw side for an ice cream. Plus, the concerts were fun when I was in hs.

Disagree, I love Taste.  It's the only time I get a Rainbow Cone, b/c I'm rarely in Chicago, and even then I'm not going to drive all the way to the sw side for an ice cream.  Plus, the concerts were fun when I was in hs.

Rainbow cone? None for me. I'm a Republican!

The Division street bar scene. Is Mother's still there? LAME!

I grew up 5 blocks away from Rainbow Cone, and it's still one of the first places I go to when I go back to visit. Yummm!

I grew up 5 blocks away from Rainbow Cone, and it's still one of the first places I go to when I go back to visit.  Yummm!

Lucky. Only place I've ever had it is at Taste. I keep planning on making a trip there when I'm in Chicago in the summer, but then I think to myself, I'm going to drive 45 min each way (at least) for ice cream???

Hard rocks are essentially a joke.  If you have been in one, you have seen them all.  The only thing they are worth is getting a glass from them from each city.

 

I agree and every city has that 'touristy neighborhood' that are pretty much clones.

You have to get into the neighborhoods and the underground and meet the people to see the real city.