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Description of Loop
So named both for the shape of an original transportation mechanism and the elevated track that soon followed, the forty or so blocks at the center of this "Loop" are still bounded by the circle of train tracks from which the CTA's trains begin their journeys.The Loop offers dozens of landmark buildings, a good deal of public sculpture, three of Chicago's finest department stores, many of its Broadway-style theaters, Chicago's financial district and stock exchange, and a considerable number of restaurants.
Local Restaurants
Number in brackets after restaurant name indicates how well-known the restaurant is according to the WildOnions.org rating system: a scale of 1 to 10 where [1] is mainly known in its own neighborhood and [10] is famous throughout Chicagoland.
Restaurants in or near Loop: 1492 Tapas Bar [2] 312 Chicago [3] 437 Rush Grill [3] A and P Deli [1] A Slice of Italy [1] Al's Number 1 Italian Beef [1] Allen's New American Cafe [2] American Girl Place Café [1] Andy's [1] Aon Center Food Court [1] Aria [3] Art Institute Restaurant on the Park [1] Artist's Cafe [2] Atwood Café [5] Aurelio's Pizza [2] avec [4] Avenues [3] Bacci Pizzeria [2] Bacino's [2] Bacino's [3] Bake for Me [1] Bandera [4] Becco d'Oro [2] Ben Pao [5] Benihana of Tokyo [1] Bennigan's [1] Berghoff Restaurant [10] Bice [5] Big Bowl [2] Big Bowl [2] Bijan's Bistro [2] Billy Goat Tavern [7] Billy Goat Tavern [1] Bin 36 [7] Bistro 110 [5] Blackbird [7] Blackhawk Lodge [2] Blackie's [3] Bluepoint Oyster Bar [2] Blues Kitchen (Buddy Guy's Legends) [1] Bo Bo Chinese Restaurant [1] Boni Vino [7] Boston Blackie's [3] Boston Blackie's [1] Brasserie Jo [6] Brett's Kitchen [1] Bubba Gump Shrimp Co [2] Buckingham's [1] Bukhara [2] Buona Beef and Joey Buona's Pizzeria [1] Butcher Shop (The) [1] Butterfield 8 [closed] [2] Cactus [1] Café Gioia [1] Café Iberico [7] Caff Baci [1] Caff Baci [1] Caff Baci [1] California Pizza Kitchen [2] Caliterra [5] Cambridge House Grill [1] Capital Grille [5] Carson's Ribs [1] Carson's Ribs [5] Catch 35 [3] Cavanaugh's [1] Celebrity Cafe [1] Centro [1] Cerise [2] Charlie's Ale House [1] Charming Wok Restaurant [1] Chicago Chop House [7] Chicago Firehouse Restaurant [5] Chicago Flat Sammies [2] Chilpancingo [4] Cielo [1] Club Creole [1] Club Lago [2] Coco Pazzo [8] Coco Pazzo Cafe [1] CoCoRo [1] Connie's Pizza [1] Crofton on Wells [6] Cyrano's Bistrot and Wine Bar [7] d kelly [1] Dao Thai Restaurant [1] Davino's Little Pompei [1] Davino's Little Pompei [1] De Angelos Deli [1] Dick's Last Resort [3] Dining Room at the Ritz Carlton [3] Ed Debevic's [4] Edwardo's Natural Pizza [2] Eli's The Place for Steak [6] Emilio's Tapas [2] Erawan Royal Thai Cuisine [6] Erie Café [3] Everest [7] Fad Irish Pub [1] Fast Track [1] Fio [1] Fluky's [1] Fogo de Chao [6] foodlife [7] Fox and Obel [1] Frontera Grill [7] Fuse [2] Gaylord Fine Indian Cuisine [4] Gene and Georgetti [6] Gino's East [2] Gino's East [3] Gioco [7] Giordano's [3] Giordano's [1] Giordano's [2] Giordano's [2] Giordano's [2] Gold Coast Dogs [1] Gold Coast Dogs [1] Gold Coast Dogs [2] Gold Coast Dogs [1] Gourmand [2] Govnor's Pub [1] Grace [1] Grand Lux Café [1] Green Door Tavern [4] Grillroom (The) [1] Hackney's [5] Hard Rock Cafe [1] Harrison Red Hot [1] Harry Caray's [6] Harry's Velvet Room [1] Harvest on Huron [1] Hatsuhana [3] Heaven on Seven [7] Heaven on Seven [1] Heaven on Seven [7] Hot Diggity Dogs [1] House of Blues [2] Houston's [1] Hubbard Street Grill [1] Hudson Club [1] India House [1] Indian Garden [1] Izumi Sushi Bar and Restaurant [1] Jaipur Palace [2] Jake Melnick's Corner Tap [1] JandC Inn [1] Japonais [4] Joe O'Neil's Bar and Grill [1] Joe's Be-Bop Cafe [1] Joe's Be-Bop Cafe [1] Joe's Seafood Prime Steak and Stone Crab [2] Kamehachi [3] Karyn's Cooked [1] Keefer's [6] Kevin [5] Kinzie Chophouse [4] Kitty O'Shea's [1] Klay Oven [5] L'Appetito Imported Italian Foods [1] La Cantina Enoteca (Italian Village) [3] La Rosetta [1] La Scarola [4] La Strada Ristorante [3] LaLo's [2] Lawry's the Prime Rib [8] Leona's [3] Les Nomades [6] Lino's [2] Lobby (The) [1] Los Amigos Grill [1] Lou Malnati's Pizzeria [1] Lou Malnati's Pizzeria [2] Lou Mitchell's [9] Mac Kelly's Greens and Things [1] Mac Kelly's Greens and Things [1] Mac Kelly's Greens and Things [1] Mac Kelly's Greens and Things [2] Mac Kelly's Greens and Things [1] Maggiano's Little Italy [7] Magnum's Prime Steakhouse [2] Maller's Coffee Shop and Deli [1] Mama Falco's [1] Mambo Grill [3] Manny's Coffee Shop and Deli [8] Miller's Pub [5] Mister J's [1] Mity Nice Grill [2] Mossant [1] Mr Beef [7] Mrs Levy's Delicatessen [2] Nacional 27 [6] Naha [7] Narcisse [2] Nick and Tony's Italian Chophouse [2] Nick's Fishmarket [6] Nick's Grill [1] Nine [6] NoMi [7] O'Leary's Public House [1] Oasis Cafe [4] One North [1] Opera [5] Orange [2] Oysy [1] Pal Joey's - Papa Nicholas' Cafe [1] Palaggi's Ristorante [1] Palm [4] Papagus Greek Taverna [5] Park Grill [2] Pasha [3] Pat's Pizzeria [1] Pepper Canister (The) [1] Petterino's [4] Pierrot Gourmet [1] Pili Pili [5] Pizzeria Due [7] Pizzeria Uno [9] PJ Clarke's [1] Plaza Tavern [1] Poag Mahone's Carvery and Ale House [1] Polk Street Pub [1] Portillo's Hot Dogs [2] Prairie [4] Printer's Row [2] Puck's at the MCA [1] Quincy Grill [2] Rain Dog Books and Cafe [1] Rainforest Café [2] Ranalli's [1] Redfish [4] Restaurant on the Park (Art Institute) [1] Reza's [5] Rhapsody [4] Ritz-Carlton Dining Room [2] Riva [3] Rivers [1] Rizzata's Pizzeria [1] RL [2] Robinson's Number 1 Ribs [1] Robinson's Number 1 Ribs [2] Rock Bottom Brewery [2] Ron of Japan [3] Ronny's Steakhouse [1] Ronny's Steakhouse [1] Room 12 [2] Room 22 [1] Rosebud [1] Rosebud [1] Roy's [3] Rumba [2] Russian Tea Time [9] Ruth's Chris Steak House [2] Saiko [1] Salad Spinners [1] Savarin [1] Sayat Nova [7] Scoozi! [6] Shanghai Terrace [2] Shaw's Crab House [6] Shedd's Soundings [1] Simon Lin's Asian Bistro [1] Sixty-Five Seafood Restaurant [1] Sixty-Five Seafood Restaurant [1] Smith and Wollensky [3] Sopraffina Marketcaffe [1] Sopraffina Marketcaffe [1] Sopraffina Marketcaffe [1] Sorriso [2] South City Tavern [1] South Loop Club [2] South Water Kitchen [1] Spago [closed] [2] Spruce [1] SRO [1] Standing Room Only [1] Star of Siam [4] Stetson's Chop House [1] Su Casa [1] Sugar: A Dessert Bar [2] Sullivan's Steakhouse [2] Suparossa [1] Supraffina Marketcaffe [1] Supraffina Marketcaffe [1] Supraffina Marketcaffe [1] Supraffina Marketcaffe [1] Supraffina Marketcaffe [1] Sushi Naniwa [4] Sushisamba Rio [3] SWK [2] Szechwan [1] Szechwan East [1] Taste of Siam [1] Thai Star Café [1] The Village (Italian Village) [4] Tizi Melloul [7] Tokyo Lunchbox [1] Tokyo Lunchbox [1] Tokyo Lunchbox [1] Tokyo Lunchbox [1] Topolobampo [8] Trader Vic's [3] Trattoria Caterina [2] Trattoria No 10 [8] Trattoria Parma [2] Tru [8] Tuscany [1] Tutto Pronto [1] Under 55 [1] Vermilion [3] Viand Bar and Kitchen [1] Vivere (Italian Village) [5] Volare [2] Volare Ristorante Italiano [1] Vong's Thai Kitchen [6] Walnut Room [1] Wave [4] We [1] Weber Grill [1] White Palace Grill [2] Wildfire [3] Zealous [7] Zest [1] Zinfandel [1]
Landmarks Nearby
24 E. Congress Building A. M. Rothschild Company Store A.M. Rothchild & Company Academy of Music (site of) Alexander Hamilton Monument Allerton Building Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago Association Building Auditorium Annex (North Building) Auditorium Annex (South Building) Auditorium Building Auditorium Building (Roosevelt University) Balaban And Katz Chicago Theatre Balbo Bridge Bankers Building Baskin Building Bells Commerical College (site of) Benson & Rixon Building Bigelow House (site of) Blackstone Hotel Blackstone Theater Boardman House (site of) Borg-Warner Building Boston Store Bowen Block Britannical Center Brock And Rankin Building Brunswick Building Bryan Hall (site of) Buckingham Building Buckingham Fountain Burton Estate Building Carson Pirie Scott Annex Carson Pirie Scott Building Central Ymca Headquarters Champlain Building Chapin And Gore Building Charro Restaurant Chemical Plaza Chicago Athletic Association Building Chicago Board of Options Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Chicago Building Chicago Business College Chicago City Hall Chicago Club Chicago Federation of Musicians Chicago Public Library Cultural Center Chicago Savings Bank Building Chicago Theater Chicago Transit Authority-Quincy Station City Hall-County Building Commercial National Bank Continental Center Conway Building Cook County Building Cook County Courthouse Couch Building Couch Estate Building Covenant Club Crafts House (site of) Daley Center Delaware Building Delaware-Oliver Theater Depaul Center Depaul University - Lewis Center Depaul University - O'Malley Building Dexter Building Dirksen Federal Building Dixon Building Donohue Building Doral Building Dwight Building Edison Building Entrance Canopies South Garage Entrance Canopies Van Buren Station Equitable Building Farwell Hall (site of) Federal Center Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Field Building Fine Arts Building Fisher Building Foreman National Bank Building Fountain of The Great Lakes Gage Building Gage Group Garrick Garage Goodard Building Grace Place Griffiths Building Harold Washington Public Library Harris And Selwyn Theaters Harris Theater Harvester Building Haskell & Barker \ Atwater Buildings Heyworth Building Historic Michigan Boulevard District Illinois Athletic Club Illinois Central Gulf Station Inland Steel Building Insurance Building Exchange Insurance Exchange Building Jeweler's Building Jewelers Row District Jewelers' Building John Hancock Tower John P. Atwater Building Jones School (site of) Keith And Ascher Building Kluczynski Federal Building Kresge Lake View Building Lakemoor City Hall Lakeview Building Lasalle - Monroe Building Lasalle Hotel (site of) Lasalle-Wacker Building Leiter II Building Lemoyne Building Linden Building Madison/Wabash El Station Madison/Wells El Station Mandel Annex Mandel Brothers Store Manhattan Building Marquette Building Marshall Field & Co. Marshall Field Company Store Marshall Field Men's Store Matteson House (site of) Maurice L. Rothschild Store Mccarthy Building Mcclurg Building Mccormick Block (site of) Mccormick Building Mentor Building Merchandise Mart Merganthaler Building Merle Reskin Theatre Metropolitan Correction Center Metropolitan Hall (site of) Michigan Avenue Bridge Michigan Boulevard Building Michigan Gardens Michigan-Wacker Historic District Mid-Continental Plaza Building Midlothian Village Hall Millennium Park Monadnock Block Monadnock Building Monadnock/The Kearsarge Monroe Building Monroe St. Bridge Montgomery Ward Building Morton Building Moser Building Municipal Courts Building Musical Arts Building New Masonic Building And Oriental Theater North American Building Old Colony Building Old Courthouse Arts Center Old Holy Resurrection Serbian Orth. Church Oliver Building Olympia Center On Leong Building One Financial Place One Grand Place One Illinois Center One North Lasalle Building One Northwestern Center Ontario Building Orchestra Hall Oremus Fine Arts Center Orland Park Fire Station Number 1 Page Brothers Building Paine Webbler Tower Pakula Building Palmer Building Palmer House Peck Building Peck Estate Building Pedestrian Bridge Harrison St. People's Gas Light & Coke Building Peoples Gas Building Pittsfield Building Plymouth Building Pontiac Building Pope Building Porter Building Printers Square Printing House Row District Prudential Building Quincy/Wells El Station Rae Building Railway Exchange Building Ralph H Metcalf Federal Building Randolph Building Regal Building Reliance Building Richard J. Daley Center Richelieu Hotel Roanoke Building Rookery Building Rothschild Building Rowe Building Santa Fe Center Schiller Building (site of) Schlessinger & Meyer School Number 1 (site of) Sears Building Second Leiter Building Shops Building Shubert Theater Silversmith Building Singer Building Smith And Nixons Hall (site of) Standard Club State of Illinois Building State of Illinois Center State Street Methodist Episcopal Church (site of) State-Lake Theater (site of) State-Madison Building Steger Building Steuben Club Steuben Club Building Stevens Building Studebaker Building Sutton Female Seminary (site of) Terminals Building The Auditorium Building The Berghoff The Chicago Club The Covenant Club The Franklin Building The Northern Trust Company The Printer's Building The Rookery Building The Singer Building Theodore Thomas Orchestra Hall Thirty-Three East Congress Building Thom Building Three First National Plaza Tower Building Traders Building Transportation Building Transportation Building (site of) Triton Fountain Two First National Building Two Hundred Eight South Lasalle Building Two Prudential Plaza Union League Club University Club University Club of Chicago Wabash Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church (site of) Ward Building Washington And Wabash Building Washington Block Williams Building Willoughby Tower Witkoskey Hall (site of)
Facilities and Resources
Chicago Loop Eagle Fountain LaSalle Street Station Loop Station Chicago Post Office Printing House Row
Alfred Adler Institute of Chicago American Academy of Art American Bartenders School American Conservatory of Music American Floral Art School American Institute for Paralegal Studies American Institute of Drafting of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago Automation Academy Berlitz School of Languages Bryman School Career Academy Catherine College Cecchini Jack Classic and Modern Guitar School Center for Effective Communication Center for Psychoanalytic Study Chicago Business Academy Chicago College of Commerce Chicago Hearing Society School Chicago Institute for Financial Studies Chicago International School Foundation Chicago Musical College Chicago Professional College Chicago Training Center Chicago Urban League Computer Training Center College of Advanced Traffic College of Automation Colonial Prep School Columbia College Cornell University Cosmopolitan Preparatory School Ellis-DuBoulay School of Ballet Freemans Fashion Academy Gelinas Philippe Piano Studio Gibson School of Modeling and Performing Arts Harrington Institute of Interior Design Hypnotism Institute of Chicago Illinois School of Professional Psychology Illinois Technical College Inlingua School of Languages Institute of Lettering and Design John Marshall Law School Jones College Prep Jones Metropolitan High School LaSalle Extension University Linguists Institute Loop Campus DePaul University Louis Hall School McCormick Junior College Medical Aids Training School Medical Career Institute Metro High School Miss Collins Studio Music Dynamics Center National College of Education Urban Campus Onyx Vocational School Phillip Stanger School Professional Bartending School Professional Secretarial Skills School Project Skill School Revell Training Center Richard Pick School of Guitar Rita Blair Music-Dance Studio Robert Benson School Roosevelt University Security and Safety Training Institute Security Schools Selans Beauty School Selenas House of Beauty and School of Hair Weev Technology Spertus College of Judaica Taylor Business Institute The Academy The Bryman School The Institute of Financial Education - Chicago Chapter Number 64 The Reading Institute The Word Processing Center Trainco Business School Trans-Lingual Communications School Tri-Associates Training Center University of Health Sciences William Jones Commercial High School William Rush Vocal Studio
Places of Worship
Bahai Chicago Center Central Church of Chicago Chicago Loop Synagogue Chicago Temple First Methodist Church Christ the King Lutheran Church First United Methodist Church of Chicago Garden Mission Grace Episcopal Church I Am Temple Islamic Center Old Saint Marys Paulist Church Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church St. Peter
