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Film and TV buffs can have an epic few days off in Chicago, touring the most iconic movie and TV show settings in the city. Cruise along 3 days in your best friend’s dad’s car. Marvel at a Seurat and other masterpieces at the Art Institute of Chicago. Catch a foul 33mi (Approx) ball at the Friendly Confines. Then head beyond the city for even more big and small screen landmarks. Film and TV Locations

in Chicago Buckingham Fountain Richard J. Daley Center and Plaza Skydeck Chicago

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Day 1

Start your road trip with a guided tour through Head to on Chicago’s lakefront to grab some of Chicago’s most iconic film locations by delicious deep dish pizza at Giordano’s or a Chicago Film Tours. Notable stops include the famous “Cheezborger” at the , , the tallest building in the Western the restaurant chain that inspired a Saturday Night Hemisphere, which has been featured in box- Live sketch. Navy Pier itself has also been featured office hits like The Dark Knight, Divergent, Ferris in movies like The Dark Knight, The Color of The Berghoff Bueller’s Day Off and Rampage. While you’re at the Money, and the thrilling “Capture the Flag” scene Willis Tower, be sure to check out the 103rd floor of Divergent that takes place on the Pier’s famous where you can find Skydeck Chicago, the highest Centennial Wheel. observation deck in the US. Make another stop at the Art Institute of Chicago. Here, you can marvel Back downtown, you can hop aboard an at impressive artwork by Chagall, Dalí, Matisse, architectural boat cruise along the , Picasso, and Pollock—just like Ferris, Sloane and just like the one Julia Roberts takes in My Best Cameron did in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Stroll Friend’s Wedding, to spot even more movie and downtown to the Richard J. Daley Center and Plaza TV gems around Chicago. Locations include the Navy Pier which features the famous statue gifted to Chicago DuSable Bridge, featured in The Untouchables, the by Pablo Picasso. The statue is included in popular Street Bridge, featured in Office Christmas movies like The Fugitive, Stranger than Fiction, The Party and , featured in films Brothers and the iconic parade scene of Ferris like The Sting, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Public Bueller’s Day Off. Enemies and Derailed. Not far from Union Station is the Chicago Board of Trade which has been featured More nearby movie and TV locations to discover in several films like Begins, Transformers: include (featured in The Blues Dark of the Moon and more. Brothers), Buckingham Fountain, a historic landmark featured in the TV show Married with Have dinner at Smith & Wollensky – located Children and found in . Grant Park is along the Chicago River and known for their Giordano’s known as “Chicago’s Front Yard” and has its own mouthwatering steaks, this restaurant was featured claim to fame after being featured in films like About in the romantic comedy The Break-Up. Get some rest Last Night and -– you guessed it – Ferris Bueller’s after a long day of sightseeing. , Day Off! With so many noteworthy film and TV located along Michigan Avenue was included show locations in Chicago, it’s no wonder the city is in The Untouchables and The Color to several film festivals each year, including of Money; the can be spotted in the Chicago International Film Festival and the movies like The Road to Perdition, The Fugitive Chicago Latino Film Festival. and Little Fockers. The posh Drake Hotel, known for its sweeping views of Lake Shore Drive and Chicago River There are plenty of Chicago restaurants that have , was famously featured in My Best also been featured on screen as well. Just across Friend’s Wedding as well. If you’d like to get a head from the Art Institute, you’ll find The Berghoff, start on day two’s festivities, head north to the a historic family-owned German restaurant that Wrigleyville neighborhood to stay at Hotel Zachary, was featured in The Dark Knight. You’ll be able located just across from , home of the to discover even more Chicago Batman filming . locations soon enough as the next film of the series is to be released in 2022.

Smith & Wollensky

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in Chicago Steppenwolf Theater

Day 2 On day two, venture further north into some of Murray (Groundhogs Day and Ghostbusters) and Chicago’s most charming neighborhoods that have (, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and set the scene for even more beloved films .) You can also spend a day at the and TV shows. Lincoln Park is home to one-of- ball game at perhaps one of Chicago’s most-used a-kind attractions like the free Lincoln Park Zoo film locations, Wrigley Field. It’s been featured in where you can spot nearly 200 animal iconic movies including Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, species. There’s also the , The Break-Up, , Rookie of where you can learn about the city’s storied the Year, , Sleepless in Seattle past. Both are featured in the romantic comedy, and more. And with so many stars wanting to pay Return to Me. Inside the Chicago History Museum, a visit to the “Friendly Confines” to sing during the Wrigley Field stop at North & Clark Cafe to enjoy a quick and seventh inning stretch, Wrigley Field is also one delicious breakfast. of the best locations in Chicago to spot film and television stars in the flesh! Along Armitage Avenue, featured in The Break-Up, you can browse quaint boutiques and perhaps pick For dinner, head to Twin Anchors in Old Town, up something to remember your trip by. Lincoln featured in films like The Dark Knight and Return Park’s not just featured in rom-coms, though! Not to Me. It’s an old-school barbecue joint (with far from Lincoln Park Zoo, you can stroll past the seriously good ribs) that was founded in 1932 and house used in The Fugitive as the home of Dr. once frequented by . Head north Twin Anchors Richard Kimble (336 W. Wisconsin St.), as well as to catch a show at one of the city’s most iconic the Biograph Theater. It was here that notorious theaters/music clubs like Music Box gangster was killed, with Lakeview (High Fidelity), (The the location being used as one of the sets in the Break-Up) or Green Mill Tavern in Uptown - an film Public Enemies, detailing Dillinger’s . Also Art-Deco club with a storied speakeasy in Lincoln Park is the Steppenwolf Theatre, which past, dating back to the days of prohibition (The was founded in 1976 by actors Gary Sinise, Terry Dilemma and High Fidelity). Kinney and Jeff Perry and boasts plenty of notable past ensemble members like John Malkovich, End the day with a nightcap at Lottie’s Pub, , John Mahoney and Joan Allen. featured on TV regularly as “Molly’s Bar” on Chicago PD, and – or Next, head to The Second City where so many Skylark, used in the movie The Break Up. Music Box Theater legendary comedians got their start and eventually made their way to including Mike Meyers (Wayne’s World and Austin Powers), (The Blues Brothers and ), Tina Fey (30 Rock and Mean Girls), Bill

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Green Mill Tavern

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Route 66 begins in Old Joliet Prison downtown Chicago

Day 3

For the last day of your road trip, choose your In Winnetka, drive past the picturesque home own adventure out to the suburbs surrounding featured in the beloved holiday comedy classic, Chicago, depending on which direction you’re (671 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka). Not heading to next. far from there in Wilmette, you can drive past Trinity United Methodist Church which was also If you’re heading south, take a drive down the iconic used in the movie. While both of those locations Route 66, that starts right in downtown Chicago were used for exterior shots of Home Alone, Joliet Area Historical Museum (at the corner of Adams Street and Michigan not many people realize that the entire interior Avenue), to Joliet. Before you head out of the city, of the film was shot on a set built inside the stop by Lou Mitchell’s, a Chicago institution that gymnasium in Northfield! has been featured on Chicago PD and is known Rumor has it the Home Alone crew had the idea for delicious diner-style breakfast and their to film there after shooting another one of John signature mouthwatering donut holes. Plan a visit Hughes’ famous movies there, , featuring to Old Joliet Prison that once housed infamous the cherished late comedian . criminals like Leopold, Loeb and Gacy. The prison has also been a filming location for movies and More northside areas to add to your tour includes TV shows like The Blues Brothers and Prison spotting Glencoe Union Church ( Candles), Break. Old Joliet Prison is now reborn as a tourist shopping at (Weird Science) Hackney’s on Lake destination offering guided history tours for visitors, and marveling at the mid-century modern style- some led by former prison guards! Stop for lunch home in Highland Park that was the setting for at Thayer Brothers Deli & Grille in Joliet, owned Cameron Frye’s house in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and operated by 1985 (370 Beach St., Highland Park). While your Illinois champ Tom Thayer and his family, known for movie and TV road trip won’t end in a freeze-frame their mouthwatering chicken noodle soup. Don’t like most ’ films, we hope you’re able to forget to snap a pic at the Blues Brothers bench freeze your favorite stops with tons of pics to enjoy at the Joliet Area Historical Museum, an Illinois for years to come! road trip must!

You can also head north from Chicago to enter into John Hughes’ movie territory, an iconic 80’s film Home Alone House writer and director who was known for filming his movies on site around the Chicagoland northern suburbs. Make sure to stop for lunch or dinner at Hackney’s on Lake in Glenview, home to the “Original French Fried Onions” and signature reuben sandwich.

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