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restaurants in chicago---there are SO many of them and some of them are excellent. i'd suggest a great one very near my headquarters in logan square: cafe lula.
you should check out the museum of the art institute--the chicago cultural center usually has interesting visuals to look at on 3 floors of galleries--the museum of contemporary art is good as well.
there's a ton of free music during the summer--depends what you'd like to see/hear. and it happens all over the city.
if your interested in more experimental jazz, check out the velvet lounge.
green mill for more traditional stuff.
there are tons of blues clubs..
stranger experrymental options abound as well--on more underground happenings, things will become clearer as the Date approaches.
btw: while i defer to mr, jazz and shesus on things chicago as they've been here longer than i have, i will say that i dont like the loop. well, that's not true quite: i'd get an architecture guide and wander around looking at buildings, many of which are fabulous. a good place to get a sense of it is from the bowl at millenium park, optimally as you sit there drinking a bottle of wine and listening to a show: the loop skyline is quite spectacular, but you need to give yourself a little time to actually look at it (trust me on this one) and hanging out at the park (which has ridiculously good sound for a public outdoor space) is a lovely vantagepoint.
but for stuff to do, especially at night, you'l probably find yourself outward bound. the hothouse is an exception--its on balbo, is a nice space with great sound--they usually book "world music" along a roughly putamayo logic, so the shows are up and down, but the space is cool.
i second or third all ideas concerning gathering.
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