Guidebook for Oak Park

Joel & Brenda
Joel & Brenda
Guidebook for Oak Park

Food Scene

It's an artsy, lively cafe with great coffee and tasty food. Sometimes there is even music in the evenings. 8 minute walk.
37 locals recommend
Buzz Cafe
905 S Lombard Ave
37 locals recommend
It's an artsy, lively cafe with great coffee and tasty food. Sometimes there is even music in the evenings. 8 minute walk.
Publican Quality Bread is a fabulous little cafe and counter where you can buy pastries, bread, sandwiches and pizzas. They also serve beer, wine and La Colombe coffee.
Publican Quality Bread
Publican Quality Bread is a fabulous little cafe and counter where you can buy pastries, bread, sandwiches and pizzas. They also serve beer, wine and La Colombe coffee.
Their chocolate eclairs are unbelievable. Amazing coffee cakes and other pastries too. 15 minute walk.
10 locals recommend
Oak Park Bakery
904 S Oak Park Ave
10 locals recommend
Their chocolate eclairs are unbelievable. Amazing coffee cakes and other pastries too. 15 minute walk.
Good fusion restaurant with sushi, salads and a nice selection of cocktails. 10 minute walk.
6 locals recommend
MORA Asian Kitchen
201 Harrison St
6 locals recommend
Good fusion restaurant with sushi, salads and a nice selection of cocktails. 10 minute walk.
A fun, inviting restaurant serving delicious tacos, tasty appetizers, tortas and more! 10 minute walk.
Taco Mucho
220 Harrison Street
A fun, inviting restaurant serving delicious tacos, tasty appetizers, tortas and more! 10 minute walk.
Delicious Italian restaurant with a pizza oven, pastas and salads, just blocks away. 10 minute walk.
10 locals recommend
Trattoria 225
225 Harrison St
10 locals recommend
Delicious Italian restaurant with a pizza oven, pastas and salads, just blocks away. 10 minute walk.
This is our neighborhood's favorite hot dog stand. They have delicious Italian beef, Gyros and Greek chicken too. 5 minute walk.
10 locals recommend
Pete's Red Hot's
6346 Roosevelt Rd
10 locals recommend
This is our neighborhood's favorite hot dog stand. They have delicious Italian beef, Gyros and Greek chicken too. 5 minute walk.
Tasty Thai restaurant just a couple of blocks from our home. BYOB! 5 minute walk.
25 locals recommend
Bodhi Thai Bistro
6211 Roosevelt Rd
25 locals recommend
Tasty Thai restaurant just a couple of blocks from our home. BYOB! 5 minute walk.
Delicious burgers and more, with nice rooftop dining. 15 minute walk.
17 locals recommend
Avenue Ale House
825 S Oak Park Ave
17 locals recommend
Delicious burgers and more, with nice rooftop dining. 15 minute walk.
This restaurant is run by a couple that worked with Tony Mantuano at Spiaggia in downtown Chicago. Delicious Mediterranean/fusion food and drink, with small and large plates. 10-15 minute walk.
20 locals recommend
Autre Monde Cafe & Spirits
6727 Roosevelt Rd
20 locals recommend
This restaurant is run by a couple that worked with Tony Mantuano at Spiaggia in downtown Chicago. Delicious Mediterranean/fusion food and drink, with small and large plates. 10-15 minute walk.
Best sushi around with sweet atmosphere. 15 minute walk.
27 locals recommend
SEN Sushi Bar
814 S Oak Park Ave
27 locals recommend
Best sushi around with sweet atmosphere. 15 minute walk.
Best outdoor patio in town with excellent Latin American food and margaritas. Live music some nights.
67 locals recommend
Maya Del Sol
144 S Oak Park Ave
67 locals recommend
Best outdoor patio in town with excellent Latin American food and margaritas. Live music some nights.
Excellent latin-fusion restaurant. One of our favorite restaurants in Oak Park!
7 locals recommend
Rustico
155 Lake St
7 locals recommend
Excellent latin-fusion restaurant. One of our favorite restaurants in Oak Park!
Excellent Italian - fusion restaurant.
22 locals recommend
Cucina Paradiso
814 North Blvd
22 locals recommend
Excellent Italian - fusion restaurant.
Fantastic deep dish pizza and Malnati salad! Great atmosphere too!
Oak Park - Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
Fantastic deep dish pizza and Malnati salad! Great atmosphere too!
Best homemade pies in Chicago! Great place for breakfast or lunch, amazing quiche, baked goods and more.
57 locals recommend
Spilt Milk
811 South Blvd
57 locals recommend
Best homemade pies in Chicago! Great place for breakfast or lunch, amazing quiche, baked goods and more.
The best ice cream in the area in a space that was formerly a penny cinema.
18 locals recommend
The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor
7347 Madison St
18 locals recommend
The best ice cream in the area in a space that was formerly a penny cinema.
Cute little frozen custard shop wedged between two buildings on South Oak Park Avenue. A great place to stroll to on a nice summer night. 10 minute walk.
13 locals recommend
Hole In the Wall Custard & Yogurt Shoppe
901 S Oak Park Ave
13 locals recommend
Cute little frozen custard shop wedged between two buildings on South Oak Park Avenue. A great place to stroll to on a nice summer night. 10 minute walk.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great venue for hearing great local and nationally known groups. fantastic patio with food from Babygold Barbecue. 10-15 minute walk.
62 locals recommend
FitzGerald's
6615 Roosevelt Rd
62 locals recommend
Great venue for hearing great local and nationally known groups. fantastic patio with food from Babygold Barbecue. 10-15 minute walk.
Great local microbrewery with charming atmosphere. Limited hours and no food service.
14 locals recommend
Kingslahger Brewing Company
6806 Roosevelt Rd
14 locals recommend
Great local microbrewery with charming atmosphere. Limited hours and no food service.
Great bar about a 15 minute walk from the Airbnb. Music played nightly.
14 locals recommend
Friendly Tap
6733 Roosevelt Rd
14 locals recommend
Great bar about a 15 minute walk from the Airbnb. Music played nightly.

Arts & Culture

Take a tour of world famous architect's home and studio. Walk around the area to see other impressive homes.
184 locals recommend
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
951 Chicago Ave
184 locals recommend
Take a tour of world famous architect's home and studio. Walk around the area to see other impressive homes.

Getting Around

When you get off at the Austin stop, walk west and get out at the Lombard entrance to save yourself a few blocks of walking. If you already have a Ventra card, you can enter at the Lombard entrance without needing to go to the Austin station.
13 locals recommend
Austin Blue Line Station
13 locals recommend
When you get off at the Austin stop, walk west and get out at the Lombard entrance to save yourself a few blocks of walking. If you already have a Ventra card, you can enter at the Lombard entrance without needing to go to the Austin station.
Closest car rental to our home.
11 locals recommend
Budget Car Rental
801 Chicago Ave
11 locals recommend
Closest car rental to our home.

Essentials

52 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
483 N Harlem Ave
52 locals recommend
47 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
7245 Lake St
47 locals recommend
A good basic grocery store about a mile away.
13 locals recommend
Jewel-Osco
438 W Madison St
13 locals recommend
A good basic grocery store about a mile away.
Close pharmacy about a 5 minute walk away.
Walgreens
Close pharmacy about a 5 minute walk away.
Convenient shop for various goods. 5 minute walk.
Dollar Tree
Convenient shop for various goods. 5 minute walk.

Shopping

This is the Saturday morning place to be in Oak Park. The old fashioned powdered sugar or cinnamon donuts are fantastic, along with some coffee, and you can listen to local musicians who join in to entertain the crowd. Market stalls sell all kinds of local produce. (Open through October)
10 locals recommend
Oak Park Farmers' Market
460 Lake St
10 locals recommend
This is the Saturday morning place to be in Oak Park. The old fashioned powdered sugar or cinnamon donuts are fantastic, along with some coffee, and you can listen to local musicians who join in to entertain the crowd. Market stalls sell all kinds of local produce. (Open through October)

Entertainment & Activities

The Lake Theatre has been around forever but has been updated with comfortable seats, showing new release movies.
72 locals recommend
Classic Cinemas Lake Theatre
1022 Lake St
72 locals recommend
The Lake Theatre has been around forever but has been updated with comfortable seats, showing new release movies.