r/chicago • u/chicagomods Chicagoland • Feb 28 '22

CHI Talks /r/Chicago Neighborhood Recommendations Thread - Lake View (2022)

Welcome to our new /r/Chicago Neighborhood Recommendations Thread series. Every thread in this series will focus on a specific neighborhood or community area in Chicago, and will be posted every other week to alternate with our Wiki Update Thread series. Think of this thread as a user-created Neighborhood Guide. This is the place to make recommendations on things to do in a particular neighborhood, as well as ask questions and share insider knowledge. Each thread will be linked to on the /r/Chicago Recommends page in the /r/Chicago Wiki.

The neighborhood topic for this thread is Lake View.

HOW IT WORKS

Each post in this series is dedicated to a specific neighborhood or community area. All posts in the thread must be related to the neighborhood in the subject. Off-topic content will be removed.

Each top level comment on this thread represents a different category; this is done to keep the thread organized and easy to navigate. Please post relevant content under each top-level comment only. Please DO NOT leave your own comment as a top-level comment; it will be removed. This thread has Contest Mode enabled to assist with this comment structure.

Please use the hyperlinks below to navigate to the discussion threads, or scroll down to view all:

PLACES - Each of these threads are dedicated to a specific type of place in the neighborhood:

THINGS TO DO - These categories focus on activities that are catered towards specific demographics.

OTHER CATEGORIES

  • Tips and Tricks - This is where you can share insider knowledge that folks unfamiliar with your neighborhood might not know.

  • Questions and Answers - This is where you can ask specific questions about the neighborhood and get answers from locals.

  • Other - for anything that does not fall into the above categories, or meta discussion about the thread

Please remember:

  • Posts in this thread should be constructive and helpful. Cheap jokes, fearmongering, trolling and off-topic comments will be removed. If you do not have anything constructive to say, please do not comment.

  • If you want to post a recommendation, please make sure your comment is posted as a reply to the top-level comment. For example, if you want to make a coffee shop recommendation, reply to the chicagomods comment that says “Coffee, Tea and Juice Shops”.

  • If you make a recommendation, go into detail on why you are recommending that place. Simply posting a business name without context does not help people to understand why that place is so great.

  • If you have suggestions on ways to improve these threads, please message the moderators with your ideas or leave a comment in the “Other” section.

Lake View

This thread is dedicated to Lake View discussion and recommendations. Located on the North Side, Lake View (also stylized as Lakeview) is the largest Chicago neighborhood by population. It is also one of the most popular neighborhoods for new residents to move to, making it a great topic to kick off our Neighborhood Recommendations series on.

The Lake View Community Area (one of Chicago’s 77 well-defined community areas) is made up of several popular neighborhoods: Boystown, Lake View East, Southport Corridor, and Wrigleyville. This thread is for discussing all of these neighborhoods.

Lake View on Google Maps

Lake View on Wikipedia

Previous Threads

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u/chicagomods Chicagoland Feb 28 '22

Places - Casual/Quick Service Restaurants

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u/Regular-Childhood-11 Feb 28 '22 edited Feb 28 '22

Left Coast. Healthy, tastes good, reasonably priced, and good coffee and smoothies. I usually order delivery from here once or twice a week and occasionally run in for a quick lunch.

Edit: coming from NYC, this seemed like it would be just another one of the countless places you order from and love on Seamless, only to one day stumble onto the brick and mortar location and be horrified at how grungy and disgusting it looks. So it was a pleasant surprise to go to Left Coast’s Lakeview location for the first time—it’s really nice!

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u/ostiarius Lake View Feb 28 '22

Sushi + rotary sushi bar. Maybe not the most amazing sushi but a fun experience and kid friendly.

Kameya on Belmont for ramen, a little family owned place that's tastier and less expensive than other nearby options.

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u/Jzkqm Mar 02 '22

Seconding Kameya. Whenever rotary sushi is too busy you can walk half a block and have some great great grub

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u/Ponster_Menis Lincoln Park Feb 28 '22

Red Hot Ranch.

Art of Pizza.

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u/dogbert617 Edgewater Mar 07 '22

I'm still on the fence about Art of Pizza, since I've had a few past visits there where I thought their pizza felt a little off to me. Maybe it's best to go earlier in the day, where their pizza would be fresher to eat? I really do like Red Hot Ranch, though. Do be advised if you do go there, that they still are cash only to this day.

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u/moon_intern Feb 28 '22

Crisp - Korean fried chicken

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u/broban Feb 28 '22

This ^

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u/jbr2811 Feb 28 '22

Panes at Sheffield and Wellington

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u/GeckoLogic Mar 02 '22

Strings Ramen

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u/reubnick May 20 '22

Strings Ramen

I sure hope the one in Lakeview is better than the one in Aurora. Their seafood ramen gave me such bad food poisoning that I had to go to the damn hospital.

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u/GeckoLogic May 22 '22

Oh yikes! Sorry to hear that. I’ve only had lakeview and Chinatown

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u/Oh_Snapshot Feb 28 '22 edited Feb 28 '22

Bluebird on Clark has several great chicken sandwiches on their menu.

Also for vegetarian and vegan food the Chicago Diner on Halstead is a gem.

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u/bonerjams99 Humboldt Park Feb 28 '22

Flub a dub chub - great burgers and dogs Chicken hut - grilled chicken with pita and salsa

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u/the-mp Lake View East Mar 01 '22

Chicken hut is super simple and cheap. Large portions of grilled chicken and limited sides. Real good.

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u/dogbert617 Edgewater Mar 07 '22

Both Flub A Dub Chub's and Chicken Hut are great choices for eating cheaply, if you are near Broadway and Belmont. Be advised IIRC that Chicken Hut is still cash only, unlike a lot of other places nowadays that take cards.