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Chicago Staff Recommendations

Since SCCM’s Critical Care Congress is being held in the Society’s hometown of Chicago, SCCM staff put together a list of their favorite locations to eat and enjoy what the city has to offer!

All distances are calculated from McCormick Place® West Building.

Food

Fatpour Tap Works 0.1 miles
$$ ∙ Sports bar and restaurant

Pizano's Pizza & Pasta 0.2 miles
$$ ∙ Pizzeria

Chicago Oyster House 0.3 miles
$$$ ∙ Seafood and steaks

MingHin Cuisine 0.8 miles
$$ ∙ Cantonese and dim sum

DaiFuku Ramen 0.9 miles
$$ ∙ Japanese ramen

Sushi Plus Rotary 0.9 miles
$$ ∙ Sushi bar

The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant 1.0 mile
$$$ ∙ Seafood and steaks

Joy Yee 1.0 mile
$$ ∙ Pan-Asian

Shinhwa Korean Steakhouse 1.1 miles
$$$ ∙ Korean steakhouse

Flo & Santos 1.2 miles
$$ ∙ Polish/Italian pub featuring tavern-style pizza

Burger Bar Chicago 1.4 miles
$$ ∙ Burgers and weekend brunch

The Berghoff 2.3 miles
$$ ∙ German restaurant and brewery

The Gage 2.9 miles
$$ ∙ Gastropub

Lou Mitchell’s 2.9 miles
$$ ∙ Breakfast and lunch only

Virtue Restaurant 5.4 miles
$$$ ∙ American Southern

Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse 5.5 miles
$$$ ∙ American steakhouse

Activities

Buddy Guy's Legends 1.7 miles
Enjoy live music and a bite to eat at this iconic blues bar.

Art Institute of Chicago 2.1 miles
Located prominently downtown, this museum boasts art from cultures and locations around the world, as well as one of the world’s largest collections of Impressionist paintings.

Chicago Cultural Center 2.4 miles
Featuring wall-to-ceiling mosaics, two Tiffany stained glass domes, and a marble lobby, the Chicago Cultural Center is free for the public to enjoy, always offering art exhibits, demonstrations, and a local artisan market.

Chicago Architecture Center 2.7 miles
Learn all about Chicago’s historied buildings with a walking tour, a bus tour, or a traditional boat tour down the Chicago River.

Field Museum 2.8 miles
This natural history museum hosts the legendary Sue, the world’s most complete and largest Tyrannosaurus rex specimen.

Shedd Aquarium 2.8 miles
Explore aquatic animals of all sizes—from seahorses to belugas—from around the world, book an up-close animal encounter, and discover how to help protect vulnerable species.

Adler Planetarium 3.1 miles
Learn all about planets, celestial bodies, and the universe with exhibits and theater showings.

DuSable Black History Museum 4.9 miles
The nation’s oldest Black history museum features the art, history, and culture of Black and African American people.


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