Chicago

Staff Picks: Celebrate the season by indulging in hot cocoa. Make sure to try one of the best in Chicago and when you feel like indulging yourself, stay for the homemade marshmallows!

Lucky Peach: WHAT TO EAT: Pozole verde, aka “the green one”. For full review, click Read more. Read more.

Lucky Peach: WHAT TO EAT: Polish sausage, deep-fried pork chop sandwich with griddled onions and pickled peppers. For full review, click Read more. Read more.

Lucky Peach: WHAT TO EAT: Macau pork belly, beef tendon salad. For full review, click Read more. Read more.

GQ Magazine: At Bottlefork in Chicago, chips are shaken with malt-vinegar powder and a poached egg for a saucy-crackly mess. Read more.

Dana Jensen: One of the best art museums in the world. When you start to tire, check out the smaller exhibitions like the glass paperweights and mini rooms.

Chuck Diesal: Basically the heart of downtown Chicago, I dare you not to enjoy yourself while you are there.

Kellen Terrett: Nothing will disappoint you. One of my favorite stops in Chicago. Get the mushroom kale.

Latham Brunson: The cheeseburger was one of the best I've ever had. I'd highly recommend sitting at the counter to watch the kitchen crank out some very sophisticated dishes for a diner style atmosphere.

Fodor's Travel: Known for sending numerous comedic actors along to successful careers at Saturday Night Live and beyond, you can get all the laughs you want without paying for a ticket.

Fodor's Travel: Located right on Lake Michigan, Navy Pier not only provides visitors with stunning lakefront and skyline views, but it also has a number of free activities offered year-round.

Fodor's Travel: The architectural masterpiece, featuring a Carrara marble lobby and large windows, opened in 1897 and hosts more than 700 free exhibits, screenings, performances, and lectures every year.

Fodor's Travel: On select weekday evenings, rock, pop, and indie performers take the stage as part of the Downtown Sound and Loops and Variations programs.

Fodor's Travel: Explore an original settlement house dating back to 1889 at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, with a rotating crop of exhibits and film screenings throughout the year.