What do I need to know/experience to be considered a true Chicagoan?

SpaceshipEarth · 3 months

Try this stuff sometime, it's delicious!

birdFEEDER · 3 months

Get a Polish or a Pork Chop Sandwich from Maxwell Street (http://www.jimsoriginal.com/jimsoriginal/Welcome.html). But be warned, don't eat it in your car, that smell will linger for days. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's a good or bad thing.

thegreatsharkhunt · 3 months

Here's my completely unorganized and incomplete list of fun things to do in Chicago (I'm leaving out all the bad stuff, like parking tickets, watching a homeless man poop on the el, etc): Eat at Hot Doug's. See a movie at the Music Box. Check out some Chicago International Film Fest movies. Get out on a boat and see the skyline from the water. Wander through Quimby's & Myopic Books. Participate in a Critical Mass ride. Eat a falafel at Sultan's Market. Take advantage of all the free, outdoor music in the summer. Get some sweets from Sweet Mandy B's. Experience chicken like never before at El Pollo Express. Try the gelato at Black Dog Gelato. Catch a show at Empty Bottle. See an exhibit at the MCA. Kayak down the Chicago River. Check out Soup & Bread or the Interview Show at the Hideout. See Too Much Light.

viola3458 · 3 months

-Develop a pizza opinion (ie, where is the best deep dish in the city), and then be able to tell someone who doesn't like your chosen place why they are so fucking wrong. This is quite possibly the best argument you can have.

-I think you have to go the wrigleyville barleycorn at least once just to see how horrible it is.

-Second city/IO/any improv

Get your car towed at least once and have to experience the clusterfuck that is trying to get it out.
Order a chocolate shake at the Weiner's Circle
Go see a christmas carol at the goodman
Go to anything at the steppenwolf

-Eat in the walnut room at macy's (sigh) over christmas. Or, if you don't want to spend money on the food, go look at the tree from the viewing gallery.

Harold's. Go forth and experience the magical chicken.

matdevdug · 3 months

I would say getting arrested by the CPD.

BruisedGhost · 3 months

This video sums it up pretty well

SlagginOff · 3 months

Make sure you develop a high tolerance for alcohol so that you can outdrink those patsies from either coast.

stumpdawg · 3 months

you ever put ketchup on a hotdog your fuckin out of the club!

Ez90 · 3 months

Have a nice chat with a homeless person.

Have a not so nice chat with a homeless person.

Make a random friend on a train/bus.

Stop being scared of rats.

Hang out at the Harold Washington Library because it is magnificent.

silverrabbit · 3 months

Visit the Shedd, Art Institute, and the Field Museum

See the Lincoln Park Zoo Christmas lights

See a concert at the Pritzker Pavilion (they are free afterall)

Take a water taxi down to Chinatown from Downtown.

Those are just a few.

Not sure why all the downvotes? Who from Chicago hasn't gone to all the museums? If you haven't you are truly missing out. I don't know where this guy lives so I didn't give him neighborhood suggestions because "chocolate shakes" are a northside thing and being arrested by the cops is just silly.

Koyore · 3 months

Walk around the Chicago Tribune Building-see all the different rocks from all over the wolrd with plaques. See the city from the Hancock Tower. Find your Vienna Hotdog place-Mine's Murphy's on Belmont. Eat at the original Leona's. Breakfast at http://www.loumitchellsrestaurant.com/-start of Route 66. Know Chicago is the birthplace of Skyscrapers!. Buckingham Fountain light-show. Blues Fest. Know your Chicago Movies-Blues Brothers,Ferris Bueller,etc. Air and Water show. CSO. Uncle Fun on Belmont., Intelligentsia Coffee on Broadway. Argo Tea. Reckless Records-any location Summer street fests The Chicago Cultural Center-the Tiffany dome is a must see Walk the Campus of the Univ. of Chicago spring/fall-first atomic reactor! Smart Museum while there, and local bookstores. Also the Oriental Art institute on campus. Duke of Perth for all you can eat fish and chips wed&fridays! Adult nights at the Museums-NO KIDS!! plus booze! Pick a baseball team-Cubs of course-got to love the losers and the oldest baseball park in the nation. Know your Chicago History/trivia. See the Real Water Tower! Hate Macey's for Killing Marshall Fields! Margie's Candies/ice cream Drive the entire LSD! Bike the Drive or the Bike the night rides!

Teh_Cheese · 3 months

Become a cubs fan and immediately start hating yourself.

Edit: I'm a cubs fan.

fr0ntl1n3 · 3 months

start touring the neighborhoods- this is what makes Chicago a great city.

Corbindallaz · 2 months

To be an honorary Chicagoan. You must complete and sing this number:

588-2300 ??????

To be a TRUE Chicagoan you must complete the above and also the following two tasks.

1) Name the ingredients on a Chicago Style Hot Dog.

2) Correctly label the following on a map of the Chicagoland Area:

Edens, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, Dan Ryan, LSD, Bishop Ford, Skyway, Edens Spur, Tri-State.

At least that is my test! Good Luck!

TheDrewster · 3 months

/wave from fellow Ohioan living in chicago

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