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AugusVSeptember 2001 CHICAGO SECTION ACS WELCOMES ATTENDEES TO THE 222nd AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY'S NATIONAL MEETING IN CHICAGO, AUGUST 26-30, 2001

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AS LIFE GIVING LIGHT RADIATES FROM THE SUN RELAX WITH A CRUISE ON THE LAKE OR A STROLL ALONG THE RIVERWALK BUCK INGHAM FOUNTAIN EMANATES CIVIC ENERGY AND PRIDE VISIT THE LASALLE STREET FINANCIAL DISTRICT AND LISTEN TO ITS CHIME EAST, NORTH , WEST, SOUTH LIES THAT WHICH MAKES CHICAGO GRAND THEN GRAB THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF STAT E STREET AND ALL ITS PEOPLE TALK BASED UPON THE DIRECTIVES IN THE OLD DAVID BURNHAM MASTER PLAN MARV EL AT THE WONDERS OF CHICAGO 'S STRUCTURAL BEAUTY AND STYLE WITH CONTINUOUS REVISIONS DURING THE LAST CENTURY SPAN THE ROOKERY , AUDITORIUM THEATER , MONADNOCK BUILDING WITH THEIR AWESOME DESIGNS METROPOLITAN CENTER DRIVEN BY A CULTURE WITH COSMOPOLITAN SIDE A A BURNHAM , SULLIVAN, HOLABIRD, ROOT, SAAR INEN, JENNEY PRODUCED ARCHITECTURA L RHYMES NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH MANY ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS PRESIDE PICASSO , MIRO , CHAGA LL, CALDER , DUBIFFET HAVE LEFT THEIR ARTIS TIC MARK BROAD SHOU LDER S AND LEADERSH IP INGENUITY HAVE MADE CHICAGO ONE SOME PRAISE THEIR VIS IONARY FORM , OTHERS THINK THEY DID IT AS A LARK PROUD OF ITS HERITAGE , MUCH ACCOMPLISHED , MUCH MOR E TO BE DONE CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE PART II UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FIELDS MUSEUM, SHEDD AQUARIUM, ALL WORLD CLASS WITH NO DISPUTE SOLD IER FIELD, COM ISKEY PARK , THE UNITED CENT ER AND WRIGLEY FIELD VINES LAKE SHORE DRIVE OFFERS AN EVER CHANGING SPECTACULAR VIEW FACILITIES WHERE CHICAGO 'S SPORT TEAMS ARE THEIR LIFELI NES AN EXHILARATING FEELING CAUSING THE BODY AND MIND TO SOAR TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN WITH THE REVERSAL OF THE , THE DEEP TUNNELS PAST HI-RISE APARTMENTS, BEACHES , , MARINA'S AND MUSEUMS GALORE JARDINE WAT ER FACILITIES , SANITARY PLANT AND THE WATER CRIB FUNNELS WITH LINCOLN PARK, ITS CONSERVATORY , ZOO , LAGOONS AND OPEN SPACES , TOO THIS IS THE SURFACE OF CHICAGO, THERE IS MUCH MORE THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE NATUR E MUSEUM AR E ALSO WORTH THE TIME PICK YOUR DIRECTION , STEP OUT, ASK QUESTIONS, SEEK AND EXPLORE EXPERIENCE THE ELOQUENCE AND FINERY OF OAK STREET AND THE 2

Chicago Section AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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August 2001

Dear Attendees:

On behalf of the members of the Chicago Section American Chemical Society I take this opportunity to welcome you to Chicago and the 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

We are very happy to have you visit this great metropolis and all that it has to offer. The Chicago Section Host Committee has been very busy this past year to assure that your visit will be pleasant and entertaining as well as informative. Some twenty general inter­ est tours have been arranged for your enjoyment along with several visits to technical facilities. Please be sure to visit the Hospitality Center at McCormick Place where mem­ bers of the Section will help you find information about local points of interest, restau­ rants, transportation , and answer any questions you may have.

Elsewhere in this issue of the Chemical Bulletin you will find advertisements from sev­ eral of the exhibition's exhibitors. Please support these companies by visiting their booths on the exhibition floor, and giving them a chance to fill your needs for equipment, supplies and reference materials.

We hope this week will be a memorable one for you, and that you will return to the Chicago area frequently as a place of enjoyment as well as a place that helps meet your professional needs.

HERBERT S. GOLINKIN CHAIR, CHICAGO SECTION ACS 3 & INTHIS ISSUE 2001 KIDS CHEMISTRY August/September, 2001 Vol. 88, 2 CHAIR GOLINKIN'S WELCOME WORKSHOPS No. 7. Published by the Chicago 3 KIDS & CHEMISTRY WORK- Have you ever been asked by your Section of The American Chemi­ SHOPS child's teacher to be a guest at "career c a I Society, Editorial Staff: Cherlyn Bradley, Editor, and 3 EDITORIAL day"? Would you like to organize your colleagues to visit schools and do some Fran Kravitz; Ellen Sullivan, GOVERNOR RYAN'S 4 chemical demonstrations and hands-on Business Manager. Address: PROCLAMATION activities? Are you interested in trying to 7173 North Austin, Niles, Illinois 5 MAYOR DALEY'S improve the quality of science educa­ 60714. 847/647-8405. Subscrip­ PROCLAMATION tion in your local schools? If you tion rates: $15 per year, $15 out­ 7 WELCOME FROM DIRECTOR- answered yes to any of these ques­ side North America. AT-LARGE tions , then consider attending one of 7 WELCOME FROM HOST these upcoming Kids & Chemistry EDITORIAL workshops. Kids & Chemistry is an COMMITTEE ACS program that encourages and sup­ The entire Chicago Section of the 9 CHICAGO DIRECTORY ports volunteer scientists doing hands­ American Chemical Society is honored 16 HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM on science with elementary school chil­ to host our fellow chemists at our soci­ 17 MINORITY CHEM BUSINESS dren. Workshop participants will learn ety's Fall 2001 National Meeting. We SYMPOSIUM more about the Kids & Chemistry pro­ extend a warm welcome to you! 17 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS gram , get tips for presenting science The staff of the Chemical Bulletin has 18 PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS activities to young children, sample put aside its usual format to prepare a some age-appropriate hands-on activi­ special edition for you , our guests . PROGRAM ties , and learn about the variety of Usual editorial criteria require articles 19 RESTAURANT GUIDE resources available from the Education relating to chemistry and chemists in 25 SEPTEMBER DINNER MEETING Division. Safety issues and liability will the Chicago area (northeast Illinois and 26 SECTION'S 2001-2002 also be covered. northwest Indiana). To help make the PROGRAM Kids & Chemistry workshops will be many visiting chemists feel more at 26 ARGONNE OPEN HOUSE offered at the Fall National Meeting , home, we have prepared several arti­ 27 CHEMSHORTS FOR KIDS Chicago , August 25 - 30, 2001 . Pre­ cles describing some of the features of registration is not required for any of the city we call home. Enclosed are arti­ CHEMISTRY DAY 2001 27 these workshops. If you have any ques­ cles describing some of the history of 27 CONTACT THE CHAIR tions about these workshops , please the Chicago Section as well as special 27 CONTINUING EDUCATION call the Kids & Chemistry office at 1- symposium schedules and other events SEMINARS 800-227-5558, extension 6249. of the National meeting. Guides to local 27 JOBSPECTRUM sites and restaurants are also included 28 IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR'S - - all prepared to make your stay more REPORT interesting and memorable. We have CHEMICAL BULLETIN DEAD- also included the proclamations from 28 the Governor of Illinois and the Mayor LINES of Chicago for this special National 34 MENTORING PANEL Meeting issue. . DISCUSSION Here and there throughout the issue 35 CAREER RESOURCE CENTER we also share with you our Section 's 38 MINORITY AFFAIRS LUNCHEON regular news, announcements, and fea­ 38 ABBOTT LABS-AWARDS DONOR tures. For example, our "ChemShorts DIVERSITY IN TOP 50 for Kids" continues to be one of our 39 popular regular columns. 42 CHICAGO SECTION HISTORY The special masthead used on this 44 CHICAGO SECTION CHAIRS commemorative edition is a replica of 44 SCHOLARS PROGRAM the one used to publish the first Chemi­ 46 CHEMICAL BULLETIN EDITORS cal Bulletin in 1914. The Chemical Bul­ 46 CAREER SERVICES letin continues to grow with the times by PUBLICATION providing new and innovative ideas in 47 CHEMICAL TECHNICIAN AWARD which we can express our commitment in chemistry to our fellow chemists and GRANTS 49 the public. 49 OLYMPIAD We hope your week in Chicago is sci­ 49 GRAND CHEMICAL ODYSSEY entifically productive and personally REPORT enjoyable and we hope you return 50 ACS CONGRESSIONAL often. VISITS DAY 50 YOUNGER CHEMISTS CHERLYNLAVAUGHN BRADLEY, EDITOR FRAN KAREN KRAVITZ NETWORK 51 VOLUNTEER FORM 52 CALENDAR 4

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WHEREAS, the 222"" Nationa l Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will be held August 26- 30, 2001, in Chicago, Winois; and

WHEREAS,ACS holds two national meeting a year, featuring presentations of cutting-edge research that spans all aspects of chemistry and the chemical-related sciences; and

WHEREAS, the mission of the ACS is "to encourage the advancement of the chemical enterprise and its practitioners," as well as "advance scholarly knowledge, provide professional service and support, communicate with varied audiences, and remain actively involved in the science, education, and public policy arenas"; and

WHEREAS, this year marks the 125'' annive rsary of the American Chemical Society; and

WHEREAS,the first meeting of the ACS was held April 6, 1876, and over the past 125 years, membership has increased to over 160,000 chemists, making it the world's largest scientific society; and

WHEREAS,ACS members have dedicated themselves to scientific excellence in order to enhance our health and safety, strengthen our economy, and transform our homes and workplace;

THEREFORE, 1, George H. Ryan, Governor of the State of Illinois, proclaim August 26-30,2001, as AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY DAYS in Illinois.

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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

CITY OF CHICAGO RICHARD M. DALEY MAYOR PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, founded in 1876, the American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world 's largest scientific society with more than 160,000 members; and

WHEREAS, the Society's mission is to encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of the chemical enterprise and its practitioners. Toward that end, the ACS advances scholarly knowledge, provides professional services and support, communicates with varied audiences , and is actively involved in the science, education and public policy arenas; and

WHEREAS, in 1937, the United States Congress chartered the Society to promote public understanding of the chemical sciences; and

WHEREAS, the ACS national meetings feature presentations of cutting-edge research in all aspects of chemistry and chemical-related sciences and help keep members informed about the latest findings in the field; and

WHEREAS, throughout 2001 , the ACS is celebrating its 125th anniversary and the many accomplishments the organization has made since 1876; and

WHEREAS, on August 26-30, 2001, the ACS will gather in Chicago for its 222 nd National Meeting:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD M. DALEY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, do hereby proclaim August 26-30, 2001, to be AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY DAYS IN CHICAGO , and encourage all Chicagoans to recognize the important work that chemists and chemical engineers do on behalf of all citizens and offer the American Chemical Society best wishes for continued success.

Dated this 11th day of April, 2001. 6

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www.ondeo-nalco.com ' 7 WELCOME TO CHICAGO! most interesting stuff. Interestingly, www.cityofchicago.org/Tourism an<;t from this link, you can go to the Reader www.123chicago.com. Also, for your I greet you as a member of the Chica­ Restaurant site and a downtown map. convenience we have included a go Section and a director-at-large of the Navypier.com. This exciting entertain­ restaurant guide. In order to get a more American Chemical Society. I am sure ment venue can be accessed through complete list of restaurants we suggest that I speak for all section members links from most of the Chicago sites, checking out these web sites: when I say "Welcome to Chicago." It is but I like to go directly through its www.chicagoreader.com/restaurantfinder indeed a pleasure for us to serve as homepage. and www.opentable.com The first helps host section for all fellow members of If anyone wishes a copy of a restau­ users find restaurants by location, price, our "Great Society" as you come to rant list which I have had compiled, type of cuisine and rating. The second attend the 222nd National Meeting. I do copies will be available in the section's will actually tell the user what restaurants hope that your stay is productive, safe hospitality suite. have available tables and then let them and enjoyable. make reservations. During the meeting, a Chicago is a city of great restaurants, JIM SHOFFNER booth will be available at McCormick jazz and blues venues, museums, the­ Place to help you find a restaurant and aters, sport's teams, etc. I can't possi­ then make reservations. Of course, if you bly go into detail about everything that are staying in a hotel don't forget your the city has to offer. Fortunately, the concierge who can help you get tickets to growth of the WEB and Internet has an event, suggest an interesting sight to made it possible to find out practically ACS Educationsee and_suggest and make restaurant everything about a city before you visit. reservations. National meetings have become so j n We are proud to again have the help of large and complicated and unless one • E. Patrick Lira, Ph.D. who wrote one of does some preplanning, it makes it very Ch I ca g O ! those beautiful poems for our front page. difficult to carry on business and still ♦______,."------Dr. Lira is a retired chemist whose talent have some time to enjoy some of what The ACS Education Division has besides chemistry is producing outstand- the city has to offer. I have listed below programs and materials for ing prose. This has become a tradition some of the Websites that I have found kindergarten through graduate which started during the 1993 National useful. If you don't get a chance to visit school. Visit the ACS booth (#823) ACS Meeting in Chicago and we hope it them before you come, you may be will continue for a long time to come. able to do so while you're here. in the McCormick Center to see the The two photos of the city of Chicago Chicagoreader.com. The "Reader," range of science education materials are courtesy of the Mayor's office. We one of the first of the alternative publi­ available. We will be displaying are most grateful, for all their help in cations and still one of the best, has a , obtaining these beautiful pictures. great Website. I found it great fun to go samples of all of our longstandmg, This meeting does not take place with- through their restaurant listing which popular programs, plus introducing out the help of many individuals who allows you to program your search the new high school programs-- make things run smoothly and look according to location, type of cuisine , and easy. Ellen Sullivan of TEI Analytical and price. It also has links for all types Science in a Technical World h has gone out of her way to get ads for of music, museums etc. the 4t edition of ChemCom-in this issue and help get material togeth- Jazzinstituteofchicago.org. The Jazz addition to the recently established er for this meeting. Cherlyn Bradley, the Institute is a membership organization graduate education program! Chemical Bulletin editor who has put which publishes a monthly newsletter and Come and see what's new and together this marvelous issue without has a hotline number- (312) 427-3300 complaints as articles dribbled in. Our which gives information regarding all of exciting in the world of chemistry past and current Chairs of the Chicago the jazz clubs, concerts, etc. The JI education from the world's largest Section, Sharon Northup and Herbert also is responsible for organizing and scientific society! Golinkin, who provided support and running the "World's largest free jazz 227 5558 encouragement. Adele Rozek, past festival" in Grant Park every year. (800) · or chair of the Host Committee 1993 and Unfortunately, the meeting will be end­ education(a)acs.org 1995, who's guidance help show us the ing just as the festival begins, but for way. Our famous , Jeannette Fields those who are still here on Wednesday, (wife of Ellis Fields, past President of August 29, the Institute sponsors a the ACS) who always sets up our Frank Jazz Club Tour. For a rather modest Lloyd Wright tours and then opens her charge, one can take a bus tour that WELCOME AND THANK YOU home to people on the tour for a glass visits several of the best clubs during On behalf of the Chicago Section, of sherry. Sanford Angelos and Kath­ the evening. The festival runs from leen Carrado who set up unique and August 30 - September 2. Among the American Chemical Society, we would like to welcome you to beautiful Chicago one of a kind technical tours. The many artists who will be appearing are Dee student volunteers and section volun­ Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling and Dave for the 222nd ACS Fall ~-tional Meeting. We look forward to mee1ing all of you teers who work behind the scene and Brubeck. are staffing the Hospitality Center. Chicago.ii.erg/ . 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Chicago Skyline - City of Chicago/Mark Montgomery Courtesy of the Mayor's Office, City of Chicago INTRODUCTION the city of Chicago are can Chemical Society does not have www .cityofchicago.org/Tourism and personal experience with all of the sites The Chicago Section, American Chem­ www.123chicago.com. Also you can get and tour operators. We only present ical Society welcomes you to Chicago. around the city on the CTA (buses and this for your convenience. Our city planners laid out our city trains) by calling 836-7000 extremely well. Our streets are laid out (www.transitchicago.com). taxis (easily POINTS OF INTEREST north and south and east and west with found) , water taxis (near the museum a few crosscuts that go from the center campus) and the FREE trolley system CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, 141 of the city to the outlying areas . The (runs the length of Michigan Avenue W. Jackson Blvd. (Between S. LaSalle intersection of State Street and Madison from Water Tower to the museum cam­ St. and S. Financial St.) , 435- Avenue is the center of Chicago. North pus, daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 3625/3590, www.cbot .com. The Art and South streets number zero at this connecting service to Navy Pier Su-Th Deco building is Chicago 's equivalent point as are East and West Streets. 1O a.m. to 11 p.m. and F-Sa 10 a.m. to to New York's Wall Street. The world's Don't get lost! Directions to all sites are 1 a.m.) by calling 744-3565 oldest and largest futures and options available in the Hospitality Center which (www.cityofchicago .org/transpotation) exchange was founded by 82 mer­ is listed in your program. Remember, a or picking up a map at the Water Works chants in 1848 to stabilize grain prices few key points, such as, don't wear your visitor center. and create a regulated marketplace. name badge on the street, walk in well A special CityPass (www.citypass.net) Trading can be viewed from the 5th lighted areas at night, walk in groups at is available for use up to 9 days at the floor visitor's center. Open M-F 9 a.m. night, stay in areas where people are , the Field Museum, to 2 p.m. A 30- minute tour is conduct­ and take normal big city precautions. If Sears Tower, the Art Institute of Chica­ ed every half-hour from 9:15 a.m. to you are not sure where you are going, go, the Museum of Science and Indus­ 12:30 p.m. Min. age 16. Cost: FREE. ask at the hotel or at the Hospitality try and the John G. Shed Aquarium . Center. Most areas of Chicago or any The cost is Adults $33.75, Seniors $25 CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS big city are safe as long as you use and Children 3-11 $22.25. This is an EXCHANGE , 400 S. LaSalle St. common sense and we want you to excellent bargain, don't pass it up. (at W Van Buren), 800-678-4667. This have fun but remain safe. All information in this book is only a Other sites to get information about guide and the Chicago Section Ameri- (continued to page 10) 10 (continued from page 9) E. Randolph Dr., and E. Randolph St., built for 1893 Chicago 's Worl _d 819-0614 (concert info only). During the Co lumbian Exposition . A Musical is the country 's largest exchange for 1920's the park was built on landfill in Carousel documents the history of the trading stock optio ns. Built in 1985 by accordance with Daniel Burnham 's pier with hand -painted scenes on the Skidmore , Own ings & Merrill , it has a Chicago Plan of 1909. Throughout the rounding boards and 38 hand-painted pedestrian bridge that spans Van Buren summer , the Grant Park Concerts Soci­ animals depicting the history of the Street to meet the Board of Trade . Visi­ ety offers music under the stars at the carousel. Also within Navy Pier is the tors my watch the act ion from a 4th Petrillo Music Shell. The concerts are Chicago Children's Museum (See floor gallery. Open M-F 8:30 a.m. to free , just bring a picn ic dinner. Also family activities) and Navy Pier IMAX 3:00 p.m. Cost: FREE. home to the park is Chicago Bucking­ Theater (Family Pavilion). The theater ham Fountain. In 1927, Kate Bucking­ contains 440 seats and an 80-foot wide , 78 E. ham presented this fountain made of screen . Theater hours are M-Th 10 Washington St. (at N. Mich igan Ave.) , Georgian pink marble in honor of her a.m. to 9 p.m., F-Sa 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 346-3278 , www.cityofchicago .org / brother Clarence , a trustee and bene­ and Su 11 a.m. to 7 p.m . Navy Pier Tourism/CulturalCenter. Built in 1897 by factor of the Art Institute. During the hours are Su-T 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., F-Sa Shepley , Rutan & Coolidge , the Boston summer months , the fountain features a 1o a.m. to midnight. firm commissioned to design the Art colored light display. Institute of Chicago is an architectural NBC TOWER , 454 N. Columbus Dr . beauty inside. This once was the main JOHN HANCOCK CENTER , 875 N. (between E. Water St. and E. Illinois St.), library in Chicago , which now offers lec­ Michigan Ave . (between E Chestnut 832-0484, www.NBC5.com. Built by Skid­ tures , concerts (Wednesday at noon) , Street and E. Delaware Place), 888-875- more , Ownings & Merrill in 1989 , this films and an art gallery . The main 8439 , www.hancock -observa tory .com . streamlined Deco skyscrapper of the entrance opens to a grand staircase This 327-foot building , built by Skid­ 1920s and 1930s gives rise to a spire made of white Carrara marble inlaid with more, Ownings & Merrill in 1970, con­ emblazoned with the cooperate peacock marble and glass mosaics. The Muse­ tains layers of retail, parking , office and emblem . The NBC Tower Gift Shop um of Broadcast Communications residential space . While shorter than sells hats and bags and jogging clothes (629-6000) is also located in the build­ the Sears Tower , its Skydeck Observa­ with insignias from shows like "Saturday ing . The museum highlights national tory on the 94th floor offers views of the Night Live" and "Seinfeld". Open M-F 9:30 radio and television history, including an lake and the Loop or sit down to a meal a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sa 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. extensive library of rare tapes and in the Signature Room on the 95th kinescopes. Chicago's significant role in floor. Both offer spectacular views at PRAIRIE AVENUE HISTORIC early broadcasting and advertising is night or better yet , vis it the massive DISTRICT, 1800 S . Prairie Ave. also featured. Visitors can anchor their Images Lounge on the 96th floor, where (between E. Cermack Rd. and E. 18th own news show (and buy a tape to take you can have a drink and the kids can St.), 326-1480 , www.glessnerhouse.org. home) , as well listen to radio show have a soda and take in the same view After the 1871 fire , Chicago 's leading being broadcast and shop in the Com­ for close to the same price as you'd pay entrepreneurs (i.e. Potter Palmer, Philip mercial Break store. Open daily , M-W for entry to the Observatory. Open daily Armour , Marshall Field , George Pull­ 1o a.m. - 7 p.m., Th 1O a.m.-9 p.m., F from 9 a.m. to midnigh t. Cost: Adults­ man and John Glessner) built elegant 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sa 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Su $9, Senior-$? , Children 5 to 12-$6. mansions in every style in this area . 11 a.m.-5 p.m . Tours on T-Sa at 1:15 Henry B. Clarke House is also known p.m. at the Randolph St. Lobby. Cost: MERCHANDISE MART, W. Kinzie St. as the Widow Clarke House which is an FREE (between N. Wells St. and N Orleans 1836 Greek Revival style home. It is the St.), 527-4141. Built by Marshall Field in oldest surviving building to escape the CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, 1931 to house wholesale offices and Great Fire of 1871. Open W-Su noon to 30 S. Wacker (at W Monroe St.) , showrooms . The Mart 's thousands of 3 p.m. John J. Glessner House was 930-8249 , www .cme.com. This is the showrooms display home and office fur­ designed in 1886 by American architect city 's most boiste rous trading nishings , business products , and gift­ Henry Hobson Richardson. Tours begin exchange. This exchange houses ware . Most of the Mart is devoted to at the Prairie Avenue Tour Center in the future and options on agricultural com­ wholesale and is not open to the public, Glessner House . Open W-Su 1 p.m. to modities , foreign currencies , interest except the 13th floor showrooms. Open 3 p .m. Cost : One house Adult-$7 , rates , stock market indices and gold . M-F 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a 1 1/2 hour Senio r/Student-$6 , Children 5 to 12-$4; Visitors may witness shouting, frantic tour given at noon. Cost: $10 for the tour. both houses Adult-$11 , Senior/Student­ hand signals and jumping up and down $9, Children 5 to 12-$7. on the trading floor from the gallery . NAVY PIER, 700 E. Grand Ave . Open M-F 9 a.m. to noon. Cost: FREE. (at N. Streeter Dr .), 595-7437 , SEARS TOWER , 233 S. Wacker Dr . www.navypier .com. This 3,000 foot (between W. Jackson Blvd . and CHICAGO WATER WORKS , 811 N. long municipal pier built in 1916 to W. Adams St.) , 875 -9696 , Michigan Ave . (between E. Chicago serve both commercial and excursion www .searstower.com. Built in 1974 by Ave. and E. Pearson St.) , 744 -2400 , boats. The US Navy occupied it during Skidmore , Ownings & Merrill, the Sears www.ci.ch i. us/cu ltu ralaffai rs/tourism/ World War II and then later it became Tower is America 's tallest building. The vistorinfo.html. This Old Water Tower's the first Chicago campus for the Univer­ 1,454-foot building was the highest Pumping House is the home of the sity of Illinois. Today it is one of Chica­ allowed by the Federal Aeronautics Chicago Office of Tourism Visitor 's go's major attractions with over 40,000 Adm inistration at the time it was built. Center. Stop by and find out what spe­ squa re feet of restaurants and retail Take a ride to the 103rd floor , Skydeck cial events are going on around the city. shops . It houses a six story glass atri­ Observatory for a spectacular view of Open 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. um of the Crystal Gardens , a year ­ the city. The Chicago Experience at the round, one acre , indoor botanical park. visitor 's center is a multi-image slide GRANT PARK, bound by Lake Michi­ There is also a Ferris Wheel that rises gan , Michigan Ave. , E. Roosevelt Rd., 150 feet and is modeled after the one (continued to page 11) . 11

(continued from page 10) way to the Magnificent Mile. Housed CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY , inside are the corporate offices of the 1601 N. Clark St. (at W. North Blvd.), show. Open daily, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., chewing gum company and Kenyon 642-4600 , www.chicagohistory .org. last ticket sold 30 minutes before clos­ Oppenheimer, Inc. which is a gallery Designed in 1932 by Graham, Ander­ ing. Cost: Adult-$9.50 , Senior-$7.75 , devoted to original prints by 19th centu­ son, Probst & White, this is the 4th Children 3 to 11-$6.75 . ry naturalist John James Audubon are location since the society's founding in available for purchase. Open daily. 1857. Among the museum's numerous JAMES R. THOMPSON CENTER, holdings are one of the nation's largest 100 W. Randolph St. and N. Clark St., MUSEUMS 19th century women's costume collec­ 814-6684 , www .state. ii. us/cms / jrtc/ tions, extensive artifacts from the Civil building.html. The 1985 structure is AMERICAN POLICE CENTER & War and the Chicago Fire, as well as named for the governor who commis­ MUSEUM, 1717 S. State St. (between Chicago architectural records and sioned it. Chicagoans visit the center to E 18th St. and E 16th St.), 431-0005. drawings. Open M-Sa 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 get help with the ir taxes , renew their Established in 1974 by friends and fami­ p.m. and Su Noon to 5 p.m. Cost: Adult driver's licenses, and obtain postal ser­ ly of police in response to tensions that $5, Student/Senior $3, Children 13 and vice . Those with more time can enjoy occurred after the antiwar and inner-city under $1, admission free on Monday. lunchtime concerts inside and have a riots of the 1960 's. Exhibits include meal at the Great State Fare food court sawed off gangster shotguns from DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN­ downstairs. Also housed within this build­ Capone era, confiscated drug parapher­ AMERICAN HISTORY, 740 E. 56th Pl. ing is the Illinois Artisans Shop, works by nalia, police uniforms and a memorial to (just east of S. Payne Dr.), 773-947- some of the state's finest craftspeople (M­ officers recently-killed in the line of duty. 0600 , www.dusablemuseum .org. This F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mezzanine, 814-5321, Open M-F. Donations requested. museum is named in honor of Chica­ www.museum.state.il.us) and the Illinois go's first permanent settler, Jean Bap­ Art Gallery, exhibitions by Illinois artist's , 111 S. tiste Point du Sable, a Haitian of mixed in such media as painting , , Michigan Ave. (between E. Jackson Dr. African and European Parentage. quilting and performance art (M-F, 9 and E. Monroe Dr.) , 443-3600 , Inside is an extensive collection of arti­ a.m. to 5 p.m., Mezzanine, 814-5322). www .artic .edu/aic/ . Incorporated in facts , photos, and paintings that trace 1879 for the purpose of maintaining a the African-American's experience in TRIBUNE TOWER, 435 N. Michigan museum and a school of art, the insti­ America. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ave . (between the Chicago River tute grew steadily under the direction of Cost : Adults $3 , Student/Senior $2 , and E. Illino is St.) , 222-3080 , Charles L. Hutchinson, first president of Children 6-13 $1, Su FREE. www.chicagotribune.com. This building the Board of Trustees and president of was designed by Hood & Howell came the Corn Exchange. Two bronze lions INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF SUR­ about from an international design com­ unveiled in 1894, stand guarding the GICAL SCIENCE, 1524 N. Lake Shore petition held by the newspaper in 1922. museum entrance . Discover forty cen­ Dr. (between E. Burton Pl. and LaSalle At street level, the walls have embed­ turies of human creativity through the Dr .), 642-6502 , www.imss .org. The ded stones from famous and ancient permanent collections including building was designed in 1918 by monuments including pieces of the acclaimed Impressionist and Post Howard Van Doren Shaw . Inside , 32 Parthenon, Notre Dame, and the Pyra­ Impressionist collections. Don't miss rooms of displays depict the history of mids. In the north wall of the lobby is a the ever popular Miniature Thorne surgery , including early methods as stone from the Cave of the Nativity in Rooms which are 68 dollhouse scale trepanning (drilling through the skull to Bethlehem. A fully equipped WGN recreations of period interiors. For chil­ release evil spirits), bloodletting by Radio Studio can be found at street dren, visit the new Kraft Education Cen­ leech, wound-licking by serpent, cauter­ level. You can watch local radio person­ ter with special family activities. Free ization with hot irons and boiling oil, alities through a glass window as they guided tours available each day; check bone-crushing orthopedic procedures , report on traffic, sports and business with information desk. Open daily 10:30 cesarean sections , amputations , and reports and converse with them by a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tu until 8 p.m. Cost: much more. More modern exhibits microphone when they are off the air. Free on Tuesday , Adults $10 , Stu­ include X-rays, laser surgery, anesthe­ The newspaper is printed at the Free­ dents/Seniors/Children $6. sia and pharmaceuticals. Open Tu-Sa dom Center , 777 W. Chicago Ave . 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with tours available (between the Chicago River and N Hal­ CHICAGO ATHENAEUM MUSEUM by advance reservation. Cost: Adult $5, sted St.), 222-2116 . Free 45-minute OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN , Student/Senior $3, Tu FREE tours are given every hour during busi­ 307 N. Michigan Ave. , 372-1083 , ness hours M-F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. by http://www.chi-athenaeum.org. A small R. H. LOVE GALLERIES, INC., 40 E. reservation only. and new independent museum devoted Erie St. (at N. Wabash Ave.), 640-1300, to architecture and design. Open Tu­ www .artnet.com/rhlove.html. R. H. WATER TOWER , 800 N. Michigan Su. Cost: Adults $3 and Love, once an art history professor now Ave . (at E. Chicago Ave.) , 744-2400. Students/Senior $2. runs a gallery that offers an education This is one of the few buildings to sur­ in American painting and drawing. The vive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. BALZEKAS MUSEUM OF LITHUANI­ collection begins with 17th century colo­ Designed in 1869 by W.W. Boyington it AN CULTURE, 6500 S. Pulaski Rd., nial portraits and goes into classics is now a favorite Chicago site to see. 773-582-6500 . This is small Balzekas such as Mary Cassatt and Grant Wood Museum, about a half-hour drive south­ and concludes with contemporary WRIGLEY BUILDING, 400 N. Michigan west of Hyde Park that will give you a works by Kenneth Noland , Robert Ave. (at the Chicago River), taste of 1,000 years of Lithuanian histo­ Goodnough and more. Open M-Sa 9 www.wrigley.com/building. Built in 1922 ry and culture. Open daily 10 a.m. to 4 a.m. to 5 p.m. by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. p.m. Cost: Adult $4, Student/Senior $3, This white terra cotta building with clock Children $1, free on Monday. tower has been a landmark at the gate- (continued to page 12) 12 (continued from page 11) MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, mold, insects and mammals that secret­ 220 E. Chicago Ave . (at N Miles van ly share our homes; Butterfly Haven, MEXICAN FINE ARTS CENTER, 1852 der Rohe Way) , 280-2660, which is a humid walk-through of 20 W 19th St. (between S. Wood St. and www.mcachicago.org. Founded in 1967 local species of butterflies and moths; S. Darnen Ave.), 738-1503, to expand the Chicago art world beyond and Wilderness Walk , where a diora­ www.mfacmchicago.org. This museum the boundaries imposed by the conser­ mas recreate a Chicago Prairie, savan­ opened in 1967 as the first Mexican cul­ vative Art Institute. This building nah and dune as they existed 200 years tural center in the Midwest with ever opened in 1996 and covers 220,000 ago. Open M-F 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and changing exhibitions. The Tzintzuntzan square feet which includes besides Sa-Su 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: Adult $6, gift shop sells outstanding Mexican arts exhibits, a museum shop, a 15,000 Student/Senior $4, Children $3. and crafts. Open Tu-Su 10 a.m. to 5 square foot studio classroom facility, a p.m. Cost: FREE. 15,000 volume art library and a 300 , 984 seat theater for film screening and lec­ N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-384-3352, THE MUSEUM CAMPUS, S Lake tures. Open W-Su 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tu www.prcuofa.org. Located on the upper Shore Dr. and E. William Mcfetridge 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Cost: Adult $8, Stu­ floor of the Polish Roman Catholic Dr. The Field Museum , 922-9410, dent/Senior $5, Children 12 and under Union of America, it is the oldest and www.fieldmuseum.org. This museum FREE, admission FREE on Tuesday largest ethnic museum in the US and was design by D.H. Burnham & Co. and contains an extensive collection of fine Graham, Anderson , Probst & White to MUSEUM OF HOLOGRAPHY, 1134 W. arts and historical artifacts. Open daily resemble a Greek temple and housed Washington Blvd. (At N. May St.), 226- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m . Guided 30 minute the 1893 Chicago World 's Columbian 1007. This museum is filled with aston­ tours available. Cost: $3. Exposition natural history collection. ishing holographic images, as well as a Today it is home to the world famous medical exhibit, and much more. Open ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, 1155 E. 58th Sue, the largest and most complete T. W-Su 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $3. St. (between S. Woodlawn Ave. and S. Rex discovered to date. Exhibits University Ave. , 773-702-9520, include an Underground Adventure, MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND www.oi.uchicago.edu/ol. The building Inside Ancient Egypt, a New Living But­ INDUSTRY, E. 57th Dr. and S. Cornell was designed in 1931 by Mayers, Mur­ terfly Exhibit and much more. An excel­ Dr., 773-684-1414, www.msichicago.org. ray & Phillips to house a world class lent family adventure. Open daily 8 a.m. The museum was originally built as the collection of treasures of treasures dug to 5 p.m. Cost: Adult $8, Palace of Fine Arts, which was designed up in Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Palestine. Student/Senior/Children 3-11 $4, by Charles B. Alwood for the 1893 The pieces date from 9000 BC to 900 admission free on Wednesday. John Chicago's World Columbian Exposition. AD and include clay tablets , papyrus G. Shedd Aquarium , 939-2426 , After the Exposition closed, the building scrolls, well-preserved mummies , a www.sheddaguarium.org. This museum was used by the Field Museum until statue of King Tut, and much more. The has the largest indoor aquarium with 1920. The museum's 14 acre contains Suq museum store carries authentic more than 6,000 aquatic animals. Visit sound, light and activity as visitors push reproduction jewelry , gifts and books. the Coral Reef exhibit (with feeding buttons, operate computers, turn cranks, Guided tours available with advanced daily at 11 a.m. , 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.) watch videos, and hear recordings. reservations. Open Tu-Sa 10 a.m. to 4 Where divers enter this 90,000-gallon Attractions include a captured World War p.m., Su Noon to 4 p.m. Cost: FREE. re-creation of a Caribbean coral reef II German submarine, a high tech exhibit and talk to visitors through a micro­ unlocking the mysteries of the human DAVID AND ALFRED SMART phone while they feed sharks, sea tur­ brain, a replica of a Southern Illinois coal MUSEUM OF ART, 5550 S. Green­ tles, eels, and hundreds of tropical fish. mine, complete with a coal train and a wood Ave. (between E. 56th St. and E. Don't miss the Seahorse Symphony hoist down a mine shaft , a simulated 55th St.), 773- 702-0200 , http:// exhibit, the 60,000 gallon penguin habi­ space shuttle ride, a walk along a turn of smartrnuseum.uchicago.edu. Founded tat and the 10 year anniversary of the the century cobblestone street, Colleen by the University of Chicago in 1974, it Oceanarium, which opens up to Lake Moore's Fairy Castle, a full size United houses a substantial art collection Michigan as a backdrop. It is home to Airlines Boeing 727 and a fully restored including Christian and Byzantine arti­ beluga whales, sea otters, dolphins and "silver streak'' San Francisco Zephyr train. facts and furniture by Frank Lloyd seals. There are daily shows at the Within the Wright. The building was designed by Oceanarium. Many adventures for chil­ are and Aurora 7 Mercury New Yorker Edward Larrabee Barnes, dren. Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: spacecraft, plus a five story, 76-foot wide who also designed the Walker Art Cen­ Adult $15, Senior/Children 3-11 $11. screen Omnimax Theater. A real thrilling ter in Minneapolis. Open Tu-F 10 a.m. Adler Planetarium , 322-0300, place for families , although you don't to 4 p.m., Th until 9 p.m., Sa-Su Noon www.adlerplanetarium.org. This pink have to be a child to enjoy it. Open daily to 6 p.m. Cost: FREE. granite dodecahedron was designed in 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Cost: Museum 1930 by Earnest A. Grunsfeld Jr. as the only- Adult $9, Senior $7.50, Children 3- SPERTUS MUSEUM OF JUDAICA , country's first planetarium. Antique 11 $5; Museum and Omnimax- Adult 618 S. Michigan Ave. (between E. astronomical instruments are displayed, $15, Senior $10, Children $12.50. Balbo Dr. and E. Harrison St.) , 922- along with exhibits on navigation, histo­ 9012 , www.spertus.edu. The largest ry of exploration and space travel. The PEGGY NOTEBAERT NATURE Jewish museum in the Midwest has an gem of the museum is the narrated Sky MUSEUM, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., 755- excellent collection of religious and dec­ Show in the domed theater . This is a 5100, www .chias.org. The 73 ,000 orative art objects which represent Jew­ favorite of young and old alike. Open square foot building was designed by ish life and culture through the cen­ M-F 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sa-Su 9 a.m. to 6 Perkins and Will. The museum houses turies. The Rosenbaum Artifact Center p.m. Cost: Adult $15, Senior/Children 4- six permanent exhibits such as the is a unique, hands-on exhibit which 17 $14, admission free on Tuesday. Family Water Lab, which features a 40 allows children and grown-ups to play foot interactive model of an urban river; City Sciences, which introduces fungus, (continued to page 13) 13

(continued from page 12) a musical revue for children 7 and up, 1300 , htt_p://disney.go.com/Disney . but reservations are required. The show Quest/chicago /home.html. A high-tech archaeologists in the ancient Near East. features young girls in the roles of six indoors play venue, where you pay for Open Su-Th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Th until brave characters. Open M-Sa 10 a.m. each activity rather than pay a fixed 8 p.m., F 1O a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: $5. to 9 p.m. and Su 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. admission price . In the Explore Zone Cost: FREE except the theater $25. · · kids can jump into a raft and ride the SWEDISH-AMERICAN MUSEUM rapids through a virtual jungle as they CENTER, 5211 N. Clark St., 773-728- BUCCANEER PIRATE ADVENTURE try to avoid ferocious 3-D dinosaurs and 8111, www.samac.org. Tiny , but wel­ CRUISES, Wagner Charter Cruise Co, escape before a meteor crashes to coming , this museum has an ever­ Lower Wacker Dr. (between Wells St. earth. They fly Aladdin 's magic carpet changing exhibit on the art and culture and Franklin/Orleans St. bridges), 630- and in the Score Zone, they can fight vil­ of Sweden . A gift shop sells Swedish 653-8690 . Leaving the dock on the lains or climb a giant disc to get in the books, greeting cards, place mats, craft Chicago River, the ship motors through middle the Mighty Ducks Pinball Slam. items , tablecloths and candelabra. the locks, where the young pirates learn There is Replay Zone where they win Open Tu-F 1O a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sa-Su how the gates are closed and the water tickets redeemable for prizes and Buzz 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost: Adult $4, Stu­ level is raised so a boat can enter Lake Lightyear's Astroblaster, where kids ride dent/Senior/Children 12 and under $2. Michigan. The Buccaneer heads north in bumper cars and shoot balls at other past Navy Pier toward Evanston during vehicles to spin them slightly out of con­ OF AMERICAN ART, this 1 1/2 hour cruise. Children enjoy a trol. Open Su-Th 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. , F­ 666 N. Michigan Ave. (between E. Erie pirate magician perform tricks and make Sa 1O a.m. to 11 p.m. Cost: $26 One­ St. and E. Huron St.), 664-3939, balloon . When the Bucca­ day, unlimited play. www.terramuseum.org. This museum neer returns to shore, the young pirates contains a collection of 19th and 20th receive diplomas stating that they have DIVERSEY MINIATURE , 141 W. century American paintings, particularly completed and survived the excursion Diversey, 742-7929. In Lincoln Park, next strong in the Impressionists. Guided 30- and performed all their duties. Open Sa to a harbor where boats are docked, you minute tours available. Open Tu-Sa 10 at 10:30 a.m. Cost: $11. can see the Chicago skyline in the dis­ a.m. to 6 p.m. and Su noon to 5 p.m. tance. Recently renovated , the course Cost: $7, Tuesday FREE. CHICAGO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, has enough difficult obstacles to keep 700 E. Grand Ave. , Navy Pier , 527- older children challenged but remain sim­ zoos 1000, www .chichildrensmuseum.org . pler for novices to conquer. Open M-F 9 Three floors of hands-on exhibits a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sa-Su 7 a.m. to 11 BROOKFIELD ZOO, First Ave. and include a three-story schooner, Face to p.m., weather permitting. Cost: Adults-$5 31st St., Brookfield , 708-485-0263 , Face (exhibit dealing with prejudice and and Children under 13- $4. www.brookfieldzoo.org. A suburban zoo discrimination) , Dinosaur Expedition , 17 miles west of the Loop which spans PlayMaze (for pre-schoolers) , Tree­ DOUBLE DECKER BUS TOURS, 888- 204 acres of naturalistic habitats and house Trails (for toddlers) and Kraft DD-BUSES. A ticket buys passage on gardens, with more than 2,000 animals Artabounds Studio. Open M-W and F­ a 90 minute narrated tour. However , representing 425 different species . Su 1O a.m. to 5 p.m. and Th 10 a.m. to you can get off and on repeatedly for no Things to see are the Tropic World of 8 p.m. Cost: $6.50 ages 1 and up , extra charge . Stops include , State St. Apes and Monkeys , the Seven Seas Senior $5.50, Th 5-8 p.m. FREE and Washington Ave., the Art Institute, Panorama , the Children 's Zoo , Back­ the Museum Campus , Navy Pier, the stage at the Zoo and the new Hamill CHICAGO METRODUCKS TOURS, Water Tower, Wacker Dr. and Michigan Play Zoo. Open daily 9:30 a.m. to 6 Quack Shack in parking lot of Rock'n Ave. , and Sammy Sosa's restaurant. p.m .. Cost: $7 and $4 to park. Roll McDonald's, Clark and Ontario St., Open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: 800-298-1506. A great way to see the Adults-$12 and Children under 11-$8. LINCOLN PARK ZOO, 2200 N. Cannon city in an open-air vehicle known as a Dr. (south of W Fullerton Dr.) ,742-2000, Duck, World War II DUKW. The driver ECHO, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michi­ www.lpzoo.com. A very accessible city describes the sights as he drives gan Ave., 294-3000, http://echo.cso.org . zoo in Lincoln Park. Founded with a gift through River North and along Michigan It is a music lab where children try dif­ of a pair swans from New York's Central Avenue. At Burnham Harbor the Duck ferent electronic activities associated Park in 1868. The zoo covers 35 acres heads down a steep ramp into Lake with music. Plugging in a music box and houses over 1,000 animals. Due to Michigan. The cruise portion of the tour activities the touch screen and the renovation some of the large animals last 35 minutes. Open daily 9:30 am. to sound of music, from classical to jazz, are have be temporary sent to other zoos. 6 p.m. every 1/2 hour weather permit­ at your kids' fingertips. Open T-F 10 a.m. Don't miss the Primate House , Lion ting, Open 1O a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost Adults­ to 5 p.m., reservations recommended . House , Bird House , Sea Lion House, $15, Senior $11, Children 4-12 $10. Cost: Adults-$11 and Children 8-17 -$5. Mammal-Reptile House, the Great Ape House , the Crown-Field Center , the CHICAGO TROLLEY CO., 663-0260 . SIX FLAGS GREAT AMERICA , Penguin and Seabird House and Farm The best way to see Chicago is to get Off 1-94 at Grand Ave. east exit in in the Zoo. Open daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. aboard a red and green trolley. Trolleys Gurnee , 847-249-INFO , www.sixflags. and weekends until 7 p.m. Cost: FREE. keep coming by every 10-20 minutes com/greatamerica . Amusement park and make a loop with dozen of stops. about 2 1/ 2 hours north of the city. KIDS By staying on board for a complete loop, Roller coaste rs, carousel , train rides , you enjoy a narrated tour of about 1 1/2 Looney Tunes National Park, rockets AMERICAN GIRL PLACE, 111 E. hours. Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: and more. Open Sa-Su 10 a.m. to 9 Chicago Ave. , 877-AGPLACE. This Adults-$12 and Children 3-11 - $8. p.m. Cost: Adult over 48" $39.99 and more than an elegant, three-level store, children age 3-48" $19.99. it's a place to learn about America's his­ DISNEYQUEST, 55 E. Ohio St., 222- tory. A cozy 150-seat theater presents (continued to page 14) 14 (continued from page 13) conies, stained glass windows , mural on founded in 1980. All productions are pre­ side walls , and the proscenium arch , sented in English with foreign wor ks LIBRARIES gold stenciling , and encrusted ornament carefully edited. A performance of Kismet throughout are a feast to the eye. The by Alexander Borodin , Robert Wright , JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY , 5730 theater has had a recent number of hits George Forrest , Charles Leder and S. Ellis Ave. (between E. 59th St. and E such as Les Miserables and The Phan­ Luther Davis will be presented at Cahn 57th St. ) , 773-702-7409 , tom of the Opera. Inquire about tours. Auditorium, 600 Emerson in Evanston on www.lib .uchicago.edu /e/crerar / . This Friday, Aug 24 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. library was built in 1984 by Stubbins BRIAR STREET THEATER, 3133 N. 25 at 8 p.m. and Sunday , Aug. 26 at 2 Associates and Loebi Schlossman & Halsted St. (between W California Terr p.m. Tickets range from $24 - $53. Easy Hacki. The Crerar has one of the most and W. Briar Pl.) , 348-4000. Built in to get to by public transportation. extensive science collections in the world, 1901 as a stable for Marshall Field and one million volumes in pure and applied Company 's del ivery horses and car­ ORCHESTRA HALUSYMPHONY sciences , from agricultu re to zoology. riages , the building was purchased in CENTER , 220 S. Michigan Ave . Open M-Th 8 a.m. to 1 a.m., F-Sa 8 a.m. 1930 by Martin H. Kennelly and turned (between E. Jackson Blvd . And E. to 10 p.m., Su Noon to 10 p.m. into a warehouse. In 1970 Swell Pictures Adams St.) , 435-6666 , WWW.Chicago converted it into a soundstage. Recent symphony.org . In 1997, a $110 million­ , 60 W. Walton productions include the Blue Man Group three-year renovation and expansion St. (between N. Dearborn St. and N. (www.blueman.com /ticketinfo /chicago) project was completed by the fi rm of Clark St.), 943-9090, www.newberry.org . which is still currently performing. Skidmore , Ownings & Merrill. The reno­ The building was designed in 1892 by vated space includes a new artistic sup­ Henry Ives Cobb in a Romanesque CHICAGO THEATER, 175 N. State St. port wing , a six story arcade that runs Revival style. The climate-controlled (between E. Randolph St. and E. Lake from South Wabash to South Michigan library has 1.4 million books , 5 million St.) , 443-1130 . This lavish movie Avenues , and an atrium rotunda illumi­ manuscript pages and 75 ,000 maps . palace designed by Rapp & Rapp first nated by a skylight that links the three Subjects span Western Europe and the opened its door in 1928. After a period buildings . Daniel Barenboim is currently Amer icas from the Middle Ages to the of neglect , it is now is a stage for con­ the music director of this internationally 20th century. It houses one of the finest certs , tour ing companies of Broadway renowned orchestra , now more than a collections of genealogical data in the musica ls , dance performances , and century old. Box office is open M-Sa. country . Open Tu-Th 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., variety shows. Box office open daily . F-Sa 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tours on Th 3 ORGANIC/TOUCHSTONE THEATER, p.m. and Sa 10:30 a.m. GOODMAN THEATER, 170 N. Dear­ 2851 N. Halsted St. (between W. born St., 443-3800 , www.goodman-the Diversey Pkwy and W. Oakdale Ave .), HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY atre.org . The theater designed by 404-4700 . Two of Chicago 's best the­ CENTER, 400 S. State St. (at W. Van Howard Van Doren Shaw was built in ater companies , Organic and Touch­ Buren St.) , 747-4050 , www .chipublib . 1925 and donated to the Art Institute . In stone merged in 1996. org/001 hwlc /001 hwlc .html . In 1991 , Nov 2000 , the theater officially moved this became the world's second largest into its spectacula r new state of the art ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE CEN­ public library designed by Hammond , theater complex in Chicago 's North TRE, 1641 N. Halsted St. (between W. Beeby & Babka in a Neo-Classical struc­ Loop. Box office open daily. Concord Pl. and W Willow St.) , 988- ture. Named after the city's first African­ 9000 . Two theaters , a cabaret , a American mayor, who was a bookworm. HUBBARD STREET DANCE restaurant , a piano lounge and a wine There is an 18,000 square foot children's COMPANY , 218 S . Wabash Ave. cellar make up this entertainment com­ library, a 400-seat auditorium/theater , a (between E. Jackson Blvd. and E. plex. A number of Chicago companies TV studio and film/video center, special Adams St.), Th ird Floor , 663-0853 , use this theater for their performances. collections on Chicago theater, the Civil www.hubbardstreetdance .com . Found­ War , and Harold Washington himself. ed in 1978, this popular troupe is con­ SECOND CITY, 1608-16 N. Wells St. Free tours and a video overview are sidered to be Chicago 's premier dance (between W North Ave. and W Eugenie available in the Orientation Theater on the company , staging performances here St.) , 337-3992 , www.secondcity.com . 3rd floor. Open M-Th 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., F­ and around the world. Lou Conte, artis­ This unique brand of satirical comedy is Sa 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Su 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. tic director leads his dancers through a an instant hit both locally and globally. A uniquely American blend of styles , from list of just a few people who performed THEATER ballet to jazz. here are Alan Arkin, Ed Asner, Bill Mur­ ray , Shelley Long, and John Belushi. APOLLO THEATER CENTER, 2540 N. IVANHOE THEATER , 750 W. Welling­ The revue has stuck to its original format Lincoln Ave. (between W. Altgeld St. ton Ave. (at N. Halsted St.), 975-7171. of an empty stage, a few props, and six and N. Sheffield Ave.) , 935-6100 , This building was constructed as a din­ or seven actors who lampoon contempo­ www.apollochicago .com . This 350-seat ner theater in the 1940 's . Extensive rary life in a series of skits . This is a theater is one of the oldest commercial renovations gave the theater new life must see show while in Chicago. Shows theaters outside of the loop. It usually and it reopened in 1990 with a produc­ are Tu-Su. Reservations recommended has big budget productions Off-Broad­ tion of Shirley Valentine starring Ellen and required for Friday and Saturday. way hits. Burstyn. Since then it has presented a number of other successful dramas. SHUBERT THEATER, 22 W . Monroe AUDITORIUM THEATER , 50 E. St. (between S. State St. and S. Dear­ Cong ress Pkwy. (At S. Wabash Ave.) , LIGHT OPERA WORKS OF born St.), 977-1700. Touring Broadway 922-4046, www .auditoriumtheat re.org . EVANSTON, 927 Noyes St., Evanston , musicals often land in this 1904 theater The theater is renowned, as is its lavish 847-869-6300 , WWW.light-opera designed by Edmund C. Krause . Box inter ior designed by Louis Sullivan. works.org . Light Opera Works is a resi­ office is open daily. Mosaic floors , sinuously curved bal- dent professional not-for-profit theater (continued to page 15) 15 (continued from page 14) UNITED CENTER, 1901 W. Madison dance cruises. Cost: Lunch M-F Noon· STEPPENWOLF THEATRE , 1650 N. St., 455-4500, www.united-center.com . to 2 p.m. $34, Sa-Su Noon to 2 p.m. Halsted St. (between W. North Ave. and The Near West Side is home to a sport $39; Dinner Su-Th & p.m. to 10 p.m. W. Willow St.), 335-1650, www.steppen venue for Chicago's basketball team, the $68, F 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. $79, Sa 8 p.m. wolf.erg . Founded in a church base­ Bulls (www.nba.com/bulls)and the hock­ to 11 p.m. $98. ment in 1976, this company has gone ey team , the Blackhawks (www. on to present more than a hundred pro­ chiblackhawks.com) . Erected at a cost WENDELLA SIGHTSEEING BOATS, ductions and win national renown for of $175 million, the 1,000,000 square 400 N. Michigan Ave. (at Wrigley Build­ itself and its actors (Gary Sinise, John foot structure replaced the 1929 Chicago ing), 337-1446, www.wendellaboats.com. Malkovich and Laurie Metcalf). In 1991, Stadium, which was torn down in 1994. This is the oldest and most established the 500 seat main stage and 100 seat of the Chicago boat tours. 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Nanoparticle Science e Also, the CT A's Red Line from the p.m., 4 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:15 Research p.m. , 7 p.m. - Adult $17, Senior $15, r Loop runs along the Dan Ryan ~topbyBooth1 317,31q &321 for your free Expressway two blocks east. East and Children $7; Water Taxi 1o a.m. to 6 1 South of the park are two of the city's p.m. - One-way Adult $6, Senior $5 , journal1ample1, anda 25% di1count offbook1! most crime-ridden areas. Children $3 and All day Adult $12, Senior $10, Children $6; One-day Pass WWW.WKAP.Nl SOLDIER FIELD, E. William on anything Adult: $26, Senior $23, Chil­ McFetridge Dr. ( in the Museum Cam­ dren $11; Two-day Pass on anything pus), 747-1285 . A colonnade of hun­ Adult: $30, Senior $26, Children $13. dred foot concrete Doric columns rise majestically in this stadium. Originally SPIRIT OF constructed in 1926 by Holabird & CRUISES, Navy Pier (south side), 836- Visit the Roche as a war memorial. The stadium 7888, www.spiritofchicago.com/chicago/. Chlcago Section has been remodeled to accommodate This lakefront cruise enterprise is adept at the Chicago Bears football team at providing a quiet atmosphere from ♦ http://membership.acs.org/C/Chicago (www.nfl.com/bears) . Recently, funds which to view the skyscape of Chicago. have been approved for a new stadium. Offering lunch , dinner and moonlight 16 ACS HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR CHICAGO MEETING AUGUST 27, 2001 Your Environment. ACS High School Day is an opportuni­ ty for teachers from all around the nations to learn what is new and excit­ Is It Healthy ing in chemical education. Illinois State Board of Education Provider - Each session will offer Or Hazardous? one Professional Development Cred­ it (CPDU). Ask 8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration and Refreshments

9:00-9:50 a.m. Session I "The TOXNET® Elements of Chemical Leadership: Chemical Demonstrations with a Theme" Dr. C. Marvin Lang and Dr. Don Showalter , University of Wisconsin­ Stevens-Point

10:00-10:50 a.m. Session II Concur­ rent Sessions _A. "Hands-on Computer and Cal­ culator Data Collection with Vernier" Robyn L. Johnson, Vernier Software & Technology _B. "What Should the High School Chemistry Curriculum Cover?" William J. Pilotte, Newington , CT High School _C. "Lessons from History ... and Chemistry Lessons" Dr. Leonard W. Fine, Columbia Univer­ sity, New York, NY

11:00-11 :50 a.m. Session Ill Concur­ rent Sessions A. "Continued .. Hands-on Com­ puter and Calculator Data Collection with Vernier" Robyn L. Johnson , Vernier Software & Technology B. "Famous Mad Hatters" Dr. James F. O'Brien ___ C. "Promoting Safety in the Chemistry Lab" Larry Flinn, Flinn Sci­ entific Corporation

12:00-1:30 p.m. High School/College Interface Luncheon "America's Funniest Chemical Videos: Dazzling Demos and Video­ taped Bloopers" Keynote Speaker: Dr. John Fortman, Wright State University (Drawing I - Door Prizes)

2:00-2:50 p.m. Session IV Concurrent Sessions _A. "Chemistry Is Fun" Marie Sher­ man, Ursuline Academy , St. Louis, MO _B . "Computers in Chemical Edu­ cation" Dr. John C. Kotz, State Univer­ sity of New York (continued to page 17) 17 (continued from page 16) _C. "Appropriate Assessment and A SYMPOSIUM ON "SMALL 2001 SCHOLARSHIP Science Standards" Lucy Eubanks, MINORITY CHEMICAL WINNERS NAMED ACS Exams Institute, Clemson University BUSINESSES" AT ACS The High School Education Committee 3:00-3:50 p.m. Session V Concurrent NATIONAL MEETING IN of the Chicago Section ACS held its 47th Sessions CHICAGO annual High School Scholarship _A. "Do pH in Your Head" Examination on May 5, 2001 at the Dr. Addison Ault , Cornell College, The Committee on Minority Affairs Loyola University. This year, 82 students Mount Vernon, IA has organized a symposium titled were nominated to take the examination. __ B. "A World Class Experience: "Small Minority Chemical Businesses: Each high school chemistry teacher How to Prepare Students for the US Challenges and Triumphs ." The sympo­ could nominate up to two students. Chemistry Olympiad." Ann Levinson , sium is cosponsored by the Division of First Place, a $5,000 Rohm & Haas Niles West High School and Cecelia Professional Relations , along with the Scholarship was awarded to Kannan Hernandez Division of Small Chemical Businesses , Puthuval, a student at Naperville North C. JCE: Multimedia Resources Younger Chemists Committee, and High School, nominated by his teacher for High School Teachers , Dr. John Women Chemists Committee. The Bob Schmitt. Second Place, a $3,000 W. Moore and Jon L. Holmes, UW­ symposium is scheduled for Mon­ Scholarship was awarded to Henry Lu, Madison and J. Emory Howell, Univer­ day, August 27 from 8:30-11 :30 a.m. a student at Niles North High School, sity Southern Mississippi As I write this , we have not yet been nominated by his teacher Najwa Dajani. assigned a location. We have invited Third Place , a $2,500 Akzo Nobel 4:00-5:00 p.m. Presentation & Recep­ several minority entrepreneurs to tell their Scholarship was awarded to Benjamin tion (Drawing II - Door Prizes) stories, and I am sure that they will all be Kaduk , a student at Naperville North interesting, exciting and straight from the High School, nominated by his teacher £. heart. I know two of them personally. Dr. Bob Schmitt. Fourth Place , a Lincoln Diuguid started his business in $1,500 Scholarship was awarded to 0 ~ ►t:1 St. Louis fifty-three years ago, and is still Joshua Liu , a student at Naperville y . ~ running it. A Ph.D. in organic chemistry Central High School, nominated by his 0 s: -~ from Cornell , he has motivated and teacher Steve Wiesbrook. Fifth Place, £. helped many young chemistry students a $1,250 Nalco Scholarship was award­ 2::- 8 by employing them in his lab . Walter ed to Matthew Robbins , a student at .Jl 0 0 Benson has a consulting firm that has Loyola Academy High School, nominat­ ~~M-0~~ had contracts with various African gov­ ed by his teacher Walter Pape. 'U ernments to assist them in their pharma­ The $200 Marshall S. Smoler Award ceutical regulations and practices. was awarded to Ramkumar Nair, a stu­ :N *Spring/Fall Admission Although I don't have personal knowl­ dent at Lincoln Park High School, nomi­ I edge or relationships with the other two nated by his teacher James Galinski. y *Evening Classes speakers, I am sure they will give a good The Marshall S. Smoler Award is given 'E account of their experiences in establish­ to the highest scoring Chicago Public *Research Opportunities ing and running their businesses. High School student. This award was n The symposium will conclude with a established in 1972 in memory of Mar­ s *Coursework only M.S. panel discuss ion with representatives shall S. Smoler, by his sister Rachel. I Program from the US Small Business Administra­ Mr. Smoler. Marshall S. Smoler was a T tion, the Ill Department of Commerce chemistry teacher in the Chicago public *GAANN fellowships for and Community Affairs and the Chicago schools for many years. y eligible Ph.D. students Technology Park, a small business incu­ The Marie Lishka Scholarship was bator . We should remember that our awarded to Jamee Castillo , a student at C *Graduate Assistantships first and only black president, Henry Hill, Maine East High School, nominated by was also the owner of a small chemical J-[ her teachers William Lewis and Tina *Nationally Recognized business. So, please, if you can, come Sabatello. The Marie Lishka award I Faculty and hear the stories of these owners of is given to the highest scoring female C small chemical businesses, all of whom in the examination. .Jl Phone: (773)508-3100 have shown great courage and fortitude The section is grateful to Dr. Daniel in stepping out on their own to create Graham from Loyola University for (j Fax: (773) 508-3086 www.luc.edu/depts /chem and sustain their enterprises. authoring and administering the exami­ 0 nation. Dr. Graham administered this JIM SHOFFNER exam for two consecutive years. Symposium Organizer and Presider The section is also grateful to the fol­ lowing companies for their contributions which made these scholarship awards possible: Rohm & Haas , Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., The Nalco Foundation, Abbott Laboratories, Unilever Baxter Support Our Advertisers Healthcare Corp. , Pharmacia, and Rachel Smoler.

Help The Chemical Bulletin stay healthy. AMI LEFEVRE AND ANN LEVINSON, HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION CO­ CHAIRS 18 DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL development arising from student American Chemical Society, Committee RELATIONS involvement in future faculty develop­ on Chemists with Disabilities, Division ment. B. P. Reynolds , B. P. Coppola of Chemistry and the Law, Committee ACS National Meeting Program on Minority Affairs , Women Chemists Thomas Kucera , Program Chair 2:00 - 12. Finding the right match : A Committee , and Younger Chemists personal odyssey . S. P. Watton Committee MONDAY MORNING (August 27, 2001) McCorm ick Place North 2:20 - Intermission. E. A Nalley and D. G. Schmidt, Organizer Room N230A H. M. Free, Presiding 2:30 - 13. Applications of PFF to the 9:00 - Introductory Remarks. Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) I academic job search and in instruction. Cosponsored with Division of Chemical L. B. Sonnichsen 9:05 -19. New millennium workforce: Education, Women Chemists Commit­ How diverse is it? How diverse should it tee, and Younger Chemists Committee 2:50 - 14. PFF as an aid to an academic be? H. M. Free, Y. Curry, S. Allen S. Bailey, Organizer career. C. Abeywickrama, T. C. Strekas 9:00 - 1. Overview of the preparation 9:30 - 20. Age and employment status of future faculty program. J. G. Gaff 3:10 -15. PFF experiences : New York are also diversity issues. J. K. Borchardt City. T. Strekas, J. I. Cohen, R. Engel 9:20 - 2. From PFF Fellow to Faculty 9:55 - 21. Breaking boundaries , build­ Mentor. J. A. Cody 3:30-16. PFF and the ACS. J. A. Bell ing opportunities: The Ronald E. McNair post-baccalaureate achievement pro­ 9:40 - 3. Preparing Future Faculty in a 20 th Anniversary Celebration of the gram K. J. Koll , C. Glover-Johnson multidisciplinary context. S. L. Smith, J. Chinese American Chemical Society Smith Cosponsored with the Chicago Section 10:20 - Intermission. ACS, Division of the History of Chemistry 10:00 - 4. Preparing future faculty: and Division of Professional Relations 10:30 - 22 . Chemists with disabilities : Musings of a mentee and mentor . S. W. Tapping the talent pool. D. L. Miner Hunt, A. T. Schwartz Sheraton Chicago Erie Room 10:55 - 23. Integrating diversity issues 10:30 A - Intermission. into ACS local section and divisional 3:30 - 4:00 - Remarks by Attila E. activities. H. M. Peters , S. B. Peters 10:40 - 5. From training to informed Pavlath and Eli M. Pearce pedagogy: Graduate programs for TUESDAY AFTERNOON future chemistry faculty . C. F. Bauer 4:00 - 5:30 - PANEL DISCUSSION: "Perspectives of Chemical Research in McCormick Place North 11 :00 - 6. Developing the next gener­ the 21st Century" Room N230A ation of academia: The Preparing Panelists: Sunney I. Chan, Chi-Huey Future Faculty program in action . J. A. Wong, Hai-Lung Dai, Ming-Daw Tsia, Diversity: A Requirement for Success II Firestine, J. P. Birk Reuben Hwu . Cosponsored with Chicago Section 11 :20 - 7. Preparing Future Faculty 5:30 - 6:30 - Reception/Social Hour American Chemical Society , Chinese mentoring program at the University of American Chemical Society, Committee Kentucky . D. W. Jensen , C. Carter MONDAY EVENING on Chemists with Disabilities , Division of Chemistry and the Law, Committee 11 :40 - 8. PFF component of the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Minority Affairs , Women Chemists graduate program in chemistry at the Committee , and Younger Chemists University of Massachusetts Amherst: A Sci-Mix Committee catalyst for changes in graduate educa­ tion on the UMass campus? J. Tyson , J. K. Borchardt , Presiding D. G. Schmidt and E. A. Nalley, Organizer A. Fahey, G. Gallagher 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. E. A. Nalley, Presiding 1 :30 - Introductory Remarks. MONDAY AFTERNOON 24. See subsequent listings. 1 :35 - 24. The Civic Scientist: The Sci­ McCormick Place North 17. Development of a high performance ence Policy Fellowship. C. Woytowicz Room N230A work team. J. K. Borchardt 2:00 - 25. Diversity fuels innovation: The engine of corporate success. D. G. Preparing Future Faculty II 18. Women chemists and work func ­ Schmidt tions. M. W. Jordan, B. M. Millar Cosponsored with Division of Chemical 2:25 - 26. Female chemists in the top Education, Women Chemists Commit­ TUESDAY MORNING (August 28, 50 chemistry departments. D. J. Nelson tee, and Younger Chemists Committee 2001) S. Bailey, Organizer 2:50 - Intermission. 1 :00 - 9. Faculty 2.0: Embedding the McCormick Place North scholarship of teaching and learning in Room N230A 3:00 - 27. Innovations to creating a future faculty development B. P. Coppola diverse workforce . Z. Lerman 1 :20 - 10. CSIE at the University of Diversity: A Requirement for Success I Michigan: Lessons learned. M. M. 3:25 - 28. Multicultural pipeline. I. M. Batchelor, B. P. Coppola Cosponsored with Chicago Section Warner, S. Watkins, E. Baker , S. Pang 1 :40 - 11. 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Wheelchair accessible. elegant dining is the focus at this restau­ 6361 . A Middle Eastern decor with a rant. The extensive menu ranges from globetrotting menu which includes sev­ The Grill on the Alley, 909 N. Michi­ Big Blonde Pizza to Gibson Park Ten­ eral veggie friendly dishes and marinat­ gan (in the Westin Hotel) , 255-9009. derloin. Open: Tues.-Sun. for Dinner. ed skirt steak. Open: Dinner Mon.-Sat. Offering a wide selection of food includ­ and brunch on Sat.-Sun., Entree Prices: ing Cobb salad, Dungeness crab cakes Marshall Field's Walnut Room, 111 $13-$17, Credit Cards : AE , MC , V. and homemade soups. Open: Daily for N. State St., Seventh Floor, 781-3125. Reservations recommended. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner plus Sun. Open since 1907, this Chicago land­ Brunch, Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. mark charms guests with its original 437 Rush, 437 N. Rush St., 222-0101. beauty. The menu includes a wide vari­ Hard Rock Cafe, 63 W. Ontario, 943- An American Cafe features a ety of dishes, including grilled chicken 2252. This establishment has the menu containing blackened shrimp with and wild mushroom tortellini , shrimp largest collection of rock 'n' roll memo­ Creole remoulade , prime steaks and and basil gnocchi and t raditional grilled red snapper. Open: Lunch Mon.­ rabilia and serves up juicy burgers, siz­ favorites. Open: Daily for Lunch, Credit zling fajitas , salads , and sandwiches. Fr i. and Dinner Mon .-Sat., Entree Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner , Prices: $20-$25, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Entree Prices: $6-$16 , Credit Cards: OS, MC, V. Reservations recommend­ Mike Ditka's Restaurant , 100 E. ed. Wheelchair accessible. AE, DC, MC, V. Chestnut St., 587-8989. Located next to the Tremont Hotel, this hot spot is the The Foundation Room at the House Harvest on Huron, 217 W. Huron St., creation of sports legend Mike Ditka 587-9600. Alan Sterneiler's superb Amer­ of Blues , 329 N. Dearborn St. , 923- and Chicago restauranteur Joe Carluc­ ican food includes scallops and oxtail 7050 (after 5 p.m. call 923-2053). Chef ci. The food includes pork chops, steak Cheryl Clark prepares a "progressive tower, roasted sweetbreads, roasted rab­ and seafood. Open: Daily for Lunch and bit and poached pear. Open: Lunch Mon.­ American " meals including braised Dinner plus Sunday Brunch , Credit Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sat., Entree Prices: Atlantic salmon in a coconut green Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. $140-$31, Credit Cards: AE, OS, MC, V. curry sauce with sesame glazed Reservations recommended. spinach and black Angus tenderloin of Mity Nice Grill , , beef with brie au gratin potatoes. Open: 835 N. Michigan Ave. , Mezzanine Dinner Tues.-Sat. , Entree Prices: $22- Hooters, 660 N. Wells St., 944-8800. Level, 335-GRILL. A 40s style bar and $34, Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. The jukebox plays tunes from the grill which offers simple contemporary 1950s and 60s with the famous Hooters food as grilled steaks and fish, pastas, Geja's Cafe , 340 W. Armitage Ave ., girls. Dishes include chicken wings, flatbreads and salads. Open: Daily for 773-281-9101. Romantic fondue dinning chicken and steak sandwiches, shrimp Lunch and Dinner , Credit Cards : AE , with flamenco and classical guitar music. and oysters. Open: Daily for Lunch and DC, DS, MC, V. Fondue entrees include vegetable , Dinner , Entree Prices : $4-$16 , Credit Cards: AE, DC. MC, V. shrimp, scallops , lobster, chicken , and MK, 868 N. Franklin St ., 482-9179. beef. Open : Daily for Dinner , Entree Renowned chef Michael Kornick puts an Prices: $20-$37, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Houlihan's, 111 E. Wacker Dr., 616- imaginative spin on American cuisine, DS, MC, V. Reservations accepted. FOOD. The restaurant boasts a view of influenced by French and Italian provin­ Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River cial delicacies. Entrees like a grilled loin and includes a menu containing woo fla­ Govnor's Pub, 207 N. State St., 236- of ranch raised venison , chestnuts , vored grilled steaks , fish, jambalaya , 3696. An Irish pub known for casual pearl onions and apple in a currant pep­ friendly dining with a menu which fajitas and more. Open: Daily for Lunch percorn sauce is featured. Open: Lunch includes signature sandwiches, pizzas, and Dinner, Entree Prices: $7-$12 , Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sun., Entree Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. seafood , steaks, pastas and salads . Prices: $15-$34, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Open: Lunch Mon.-Sun. and Dinner Sat.­ MC, V. Reservations recommended. Sun., Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Hudson Club Restaurant & Bar, 504 Wheelchair accessible. N. Wells St., 467-1947. Designed like the interior of an airplane hangar, this Grace, 623 W. Randolph St., 928-9200. MOD, 1520 N. Darnen Ave., 773-252- restaurant offers classic American dish­ The restaurant is named after Chef Ted 1500. Terry Alexander's newest venture Cizma's daughter and features American es by Chef Lisa Schmidt. Open: Dinner features seasonal, modern American cui­ cuisine with an emphasis on wild game. Mon .-Sat., Entree Prices: $14-$24 , sine prepared by Chef Kelly Courtney. Meals include horseradish crusted Cali­ Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. The menu includes ribeye steak and fornia sturgeon and Swan Creek Farm chocolate assortments. Open: Daily for duck breast. Open: Lunch Mon.-Fri. and Joe's Be-Bop Cafe & Jazz Empori­ Dinner, Entree Prices: $14-$26 , Credit Dinner Mon.-Sat. , Entree Prices: $15- um, 700 E. Grand Ave. (in Navy Pier), Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Reservations $32, Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. 595-5299. Joe and Wayne Segel of the recommended. Wheelchair accessible. Jazz Showcase and the Chicago Restaurant Group have created a jazz Green Dolphin Street , 2200 N. Ash­ Molive , Whitehall Hotel , 107 E. land Ave ., 773-395 -0066. Photos of and barbecue on Navy Pier. Hickory Delaware Pl., 573-6300. The California jazz musicians adorn the walls of this smoked chicken and pulled pork are the style food is more grounded, but miles 1940s style restaurant serving contem­ favorites with music beginning at 6 p.m. above typical hotel fare . The menu porary American dishes with a French Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner with includes mussels, artichoke salad, scal­ influence. Dishes include tuna tartare brunch on Sun., Entree Prices: $8-$16, lops with "paella risotto", osso buco and with wasabi caviar and Thai chili Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. chocolate lava cake . Open: Daily for coconut sauce. Open: Daily for Dinner, Breakfast , Lunch and Dinner , Entree Entree Prices: $18-$25 , Credit Cards: Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club, Prices: $19-$32, Credit Cards: AE, DC, 3700 N. Halsted St ., 773 -525-1111. (continued to page 21) 21 (continued from page 20) P. J. Clarke's , 1204 N. State Pkwy. , Quincy Grille on the River , Located . 664-1650. Great grill food including P.J.'s on the banks of the Chicago River, this DS, MC, V. Reservations recommend­ famous burger, steaks and chops. Open: restaurant offers fresh ahi tuna from ed. Wheelchair accessible. Lunch and Dinner Mon.-Sun. including Hawaii and risotto specials . Open : Sun. Brunch , Entree Prices : $5-$20 , Lunch Mon.-Fri., Credit Cards: AE, DC, Mrs. Park's Tavern, 198 E. Delaware Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. DS, MC, V. Pl., 280-8882 . This bistro features American cuisine in a charming setting. Palette's, 1030 N. State St., 440-5200. R. J. Grunts, 2056 N. Lincoln Park The menu varies from chicken and This funky , classy restaurant's menu West, 773-929-5363. This casual dining jalapeno dumplings to wild mushroom includes steaks, fresh seafood, gourmet spot is famous for its salad bar, ched­ and Swiss cheese meatloaf. Open: pizzas , pastas and award-winning dar burgers and award winning chili. Daily for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, desserts. Open: Daily for Dinner , Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner plus Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. Entree Prices: $12-$26, Credit Cards: Sun . Brunch , Entree Prices: $6-$15 , AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Naha, 500 N. Clark St., 321-6242. Chef Carrie Nahabedian, formerly executive Park Avenue Cafe, 199 E. Walton St., Rainforest Cafe, 605 N. Clark St., 787- chef at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills 944-4414. The sister restaurant to New 1501. The restaurant/retail store recre­ prepares an array of dishes comple­ York City's famed location is headed by ates a tropical rainforest environment mented by Mediterranean influences in Executive chef Jason Handelman. including stars , animated wildlife and this new American contemporary Among the specialties are steak Diane cascading waterfalls. Menu items feature restaurant. Entree includes Barigoule of with wild mushrooms, lobster and shrimp American food with a tropical flair, includ­ artichokes , vanilla scented scallops , cocktail with fresh avocado, seared red ing pastas, seafood, sandwiches and sal­ mustard-glazed salmon, Moulard duck snapper paella and the chocolate cube. ads. Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner, and strawberry consomme. Open: The American dim sum brunch on Sun­ Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Lunch Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sat., day is a treat that must be experienced. Entree Prices: $20-$32 , Credit Cards : Open: Daily for Dinner and Sun. Brunch, Restaurant on the Park, 111 S. Michi­ AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Reservations rec­ Entree Prices: $18-$32 , Credit Cards : gan Ave., 443-3600. The Art Institute of ommended. Wheelchair accessible. AE, DC. DS, MC, V. Reservations rec­ Chicago 's renovated restaurant offers ommended. Wheelchair accessible. an artistic interior with a view of Grant Nine, 440 W. Randolph St., 575-9900. A Park . The menu features wild mush­ singular dining experience which includes Petterino's , 150 N. Dearborn St., 422- room tart and roasted Vidalia onion caviar cones, seafood platter, pancetta 0150. The look and feel of 40's and soup for appetizers and shrimp penne wrapped sea bass and root beer floats. 50's dining inside the Goodman The­ or dijon crusted venison for entrees . Open: Lunch Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.­ atre building. The menu includes Open : Daily , Entree Prices: $9-$17 , Sat ., Entree Prices: $14-$32 , Credit shrimp de jonghe , red snapper soup, Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. Reservations rec­ tomato bisque , NY strip steak , fettuc­ ommended. Wheelchair accessible. cine Alberto , chocolate pudding and Rhapsody, 65 E. Adams St., 786-9911. cheesecake. Open : Lunch Mon .-Fri. The luxury dinning room inside the glit­ North Pond Cafe, 2610 N. Cannon Dr., and Dinner Mon.-Sat ., Entree Prices: tering Symphony Center is home to 773-477-5845 . This seasonal restau­ $13-$36 , Credit Cards : AE , DC, DS, renowned chef Roland Liccioni. The rant offers comfortably soph isticated MC, V. Reservations recommended. menu includes Roland's signature ter­ American cuisine beside a pond in Lin­ Wheelchair accessible. rine, seared scallop, onion-crusted stur­ coln Park. Entrees feature ingredients geon and rack of lamb. Open : Lunch from local artisan and organic farmers. Plaza Tavern , 70 W. Monroe St., 977- Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sun., Entree Open : Lunch Tues.-Sun. and Dinner 1940. Reminiscent of the New York Prices: $19-$29, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Tues.-Sun. with Brunch on Sun. supper clubs of the 40's, this restaurant DS, MC, V. Reservations recommend­ offers three distinct environments; The ed. Wheelchair accessible. O'Neil's Bar & Grill , 152 E. Ontario , Fountain Room for dining , 787-5269 . Voted for having Chicago 's Tavern Lounge for cocktails and the The Ritz-Carlton Dining Room, 160 E. best burger, this grill has been around Oyster Bar & Grill for informal meals . Pearson St. , 573 -5223. Chef Sarah since 1961. The menu includes burg­ Entree include tournedoes of beef with Stegner, the James Beard Foundation's ers, hot dogs, turkey , tuna and other lobster medallions and grilled sea bass "Best Chef of the Midwest in 1998 " sandwiches. Open: Daily for Lunch and crusted with orange horseradish. Open: offers such specialties as applewood Dinner, Entree Prices: under $7, Credit Lunch Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sat., home-smoked salmon with two caviars Cards: AE, MC, V. Entree Prices: $18-$28 , Credit Cards: and roasted rack of Colorado lamb with AE, DC, DS, MC, V. balsamic-glazed onions and Coach One Sixtyblue, 160 N. Loomis St., 850- Farm goat cheese gratin. Open: Daily 0303. Upscale restaurant features con­ The Pump Room, Omni Ambassador for Dinner and Sun . Brunch , Entree temporary American cuisine. Entrees East Hotel, 1301 N. Sate Pkwy., 266- Prices: $30-$36, Credit Cards: AE, DC, include grilled salmon with a salad of 0360. For decades celebrities , royalty DS, MC, V. crushed cucumber , walnut and majoul and politicians have called it home. The date with an emulsion of saffron, olive oil menu includes pepper-crusted salmon Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, and lemon, and prime-aged delmonico and veal chop stuffed with prosciutto 1 W. Grand Ave., 755-9339. An upscale steak with portobella mushroom, yokon and asiago cheese. Open: Daily for brewery/restaurant which features such gold potato puree and ginger balsamic Breakfast , Lunch and Dinner, Entree favorites as asiago cheese dip, Buffalo vinegar broth. Open: Dinner Mon.-Sat., Prices: $23-$35, Credit Cards: AE, DC, wings , barbecue ribs, center cut pork Entree Prices: $19-$29, Credit Cards : DS, MC, V. Dinner jacket and reserva­ AE, DC, MC, V. Reservations recom­ tions required. mended. Wheelchair accessible. (continued to page 22) 22 (continued from page 21) Open: Lunch Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.­ emphasizes contemporary American . Sat. , Entree Prices: $16-$28 , Credit cuisine featuring signature dishes such chop and catch of the day. Open: Daily Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Reservations as grilled foie gras with spicy lobster for Lunch and Dinner , Entree Prices: recommended. Wheelchair accessible. toast and pineapple vinaigrette and $7-$20, Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. panseared hamachi with sweet and Tanzy , 215 W. North Ave., 202-0302. sour beet sauce. Open: Dinner Tues.­ Rushmore, 1023 W. Lake St., 421 - Bright and bold Old Town spot near Sat. , Entree Prices: $18-$26, Credit 8845. Named not for the monument but Second City with well-prepared Ameri­ Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Reserva­ a tavern that occupied the same build­ can cuisine by Chef Sandra Beckett. tions recommended Jacket required . ing. The menu includes scallops with The menu includes skate-wing , garlic Wheelchair accessible. cider vinaigrette , grilled cheese "sand­ crusted lamb chops and Tosca's Kiss. wich", lobster pie, braised shortribs and Open: Dinner Tues.-Sat., Entree Prices: ASIAN hot-chocolate cake. Open: Lunch Mon.­ $13-$21, Credit Cards: AE , MC, V. Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sat., Entree Reservations recommended. Jia's Restaurant , 2 E. Delaware, 642- Prices: $15-$30, Credit Cards: AE, MC, 0626. This restaurant cuisine includes V. Reservations recommended. 312 Chicago, Hotel Allegro, 136 N. signature dishes from Thailand, Japan LaSalle St., 696-2420. An affordable and with a sushi bar. Open: Season's Restaurant, Four Seasons Italian influenced menu includes veal Lunch Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sun. Hotel, 120 E. Delaware Pl., 280-8800. chops and yellowfin tuna. Open: Break­ Entree Prices: $7-$14 , Credit Cards: Executive chef Mark Baker's menu fast and Lunch Mon.-Fri. and Dinner AE, DC, OS, MC, V. includes appetizers such as sesame Mon.-Sun. with Sun. Brunch , Entree crusted freshwater prawns with heart of Prices: $14-$24, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Japoni Sante , 2044 N. Halsted St., palm-jicama salad in a curried carrot OS, MC, V. Reservations recommend­ 773-348-8228. Sushi meets foie gras at reduction and entrees such as thyme­ ed. Wheelchair accessible. this French-Japanese fusion restaurant roasted scallop, lobster cocktail, roast­ by Chef Shigeyoshi Kojima. Entrees ed salmon, Colorado lamb and apple­ Tomboy, 5402 N. Clark St., 773-907- include foie grass and duck breast, eel wood bacon-grilled organic veal chop 0636. Artistic presentations and imagina­ and eggplant millefeuille , seared with garlic potato cake , golden tive dishes typify this Andersonville bluefin, stuffed snapper and barbecued chanterelles, Swiss chard and artichoke restaurant. The menu includes porcupine salmon. Open: Dinner Tues.-Sun. , ragout. Open: Lunch Mon.-Sat. and shrimp and creme brulee. Open: Dinner Entree Prices: $8-$15, Credit Cards: Dinner Mon. -Sun. with Sun. Brunch, Mon.-Sun. , Entree Prices: $15-$25, AE , MC , V. Reservations accepted. Entree Prices: $24-$45, Credit Cards: Credit Cards: AE, MC, V. Reservations Wheelchair accessible. AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Reservations rec­ recommended. Wheelchair accessible. ommended. Wheelchair accessible. Red Light, 820 W. Randolph St., 733- Tru, 676 N. St. Clair St., 202-0001. The 8880. Chef Paul Wildermuth specialties She She , 4539 N. Lincoln Ave. , 773- culinary talents of chefs Rick Tramonte include grilled quail , gingered pork 293-3690. The menu features playful and Gale Grand are shown in this dumplings, Twiwanese catfish , Wai food by chef/partner Nicole Parthemore menu which includes mosaic of seafood Chee duck and creme brulee trio. including Yellowfin tuna , creme brulee and caviar staircase. Open: Dinner Open: Daily for Dinner, Entree Prices: and lemon tart. Open: Dinner Tues.­ Mon.-Sat., Prix-fixe Dinner: $75-$150 , $17-$33, Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. Sun ., Entree Prices: $15-$25 , Credit Credit Cards: AE , DC, DS, MC , V. Reservation recommended. Wheelchair Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. Reservations Reservations and dinner jacket accessible. recommended. Wheelchair accessible. required. Wheelchair accessible. Typhoon , 900 N. Michigan Ave., Level Signature Room at the 95th & the 96t~, Twisted Spoke, 501 N. Ogden Ave. , Six , 642-5030. Favorite dishes of 875 N. Michigan Ave., 787-9596 . This 666-1500. Small town fare meets biker China , Thailand, Korea, Japan and restaurant offers an amazing views of bar ambiance where everything is Vietnam including fresh fish dim sum, the skyline from atop the John Hancock made from scratch. The menu includes noodles and sushi. Open: Daily Lunch Center. The restaurant is acclaimed for onion rings , Fatboys (hamburgers), and Dinner, Entree Prices: $7-$26. its contemporary American cuisine. Alberto's jumbo burrito. Open: Daily for Open: Lunch Mon.-Sat. and Dinner Lunch and Dinner, Entree Prices: $7- Vong , 6 W. Hubbard St. , 644-8664. Mon.-Sun. with Sun. Brunch, Entree $9, Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. The clean, fragrant flavors of Thai food Prices: $21-$30, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Reservations not accepted. and the subtle complexities of French DS, MC, V. cooking are merge together by Wildfire, 159 W. Erie St., 787-9000 . acclaimed chef Jean-Georges Von­ Soul Kitchen, 1576 N. Milwaukee Ave., This restaurant's open-flame cooking gerichten, in partnership with Lettuce 773-342-9742. Expect the unexpected and spit roasting over wood creates Entertain You Enterprises . The menu from this restaurant . Chef Scott Freer unique flavors. Entrees include oak­ includes foie gras with ginger and offers flavors from throughout the Ameri­ roasted prime rib, horseradish crusted mango, crabmeat spring rolls, Thai­ can South including pecan-crustedcatfish filet and tender barbecued beef ribs. spiced grilled quail, grilled beef in gin­ and gumbo. Open: Daily for Dinner and Open: Daily for Dinner, Entree Prices: ger broth, baked monkfish and Sun. Brunch , Entree Prices: $14-$21 , $12-$26 , Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, Vairhona chocolate cake. Open: Lunch Credit Cards: AE, MC, V, Reservations MC, V. Reservations recommended. Mon.-Fri. and Dinner Mon.-Sun., Entree not accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair accessible. Prices: $18-$34, Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Reservations recommend­ Spago, 520 N. Dearborn St., 527-3700. Zealous , 419 W. Superior St., 475- ed. Wheelchair accessible. Outpost of Wolfgang Puck's inventive 9112. The protEgE of Charlie Trotter , California concept offers such entrees chef /owner Michael Taus' menu as Cantonese duck and seafood risotto. (continued to page 23) . 23

(continued from page 22) MC, V. Reservations accepted for par­ Prices: $6-$13, Credit Cards: AE, DC,. ties of 6 or more. OS, MC, V. Reservations recommended. BULGARIAN King Wah , 2225 S. Wentworth Ave ., FRENCH Mario's Caffe , 5241 N. Harlem Ave. , 842-1404. The menu features over 100 773-594-9742. The best of Bulgaria and items , including fresh seafood daily . Ambria , 2300 N. Lincoln Park West , beyond is represented in the following Specialties include lemon chicken , 773-472-5959. The Ambria has a mod­ dishes , Guvedze , shopska , snezanka, fresh Pacific Coast oysters and tea ­ est menu as well as the five or seven shish kebab and creme caramel. Open: smoked duck. Open : Daily for Lunch course petite degustation , Open : Din­ Daily for Lunch and Dinner , Entree and Dinner with Dim Sum Sat.-Sun. in ner, Mon-Sat., Entree Prices: $32-$75, Prices: $7-$15, Credit Cards: AE, OS, the afternoon , Entree Prices : $7-$15 , Credit Cards : AE , DC , OS, MC , V. MC, V. Reservation accepted. Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. Rese rvations recommended . Jacket required, Wheelchair accessible. CAJUN Lao Sze Chwan, 2172 S. Archer Ave., 326-5040. This Mall Aubriot , 1962 N. Halsted St. , 281 - Club Creole, 226 W. Kinzie (next to the restaurant offer such Szechwan delights 4211. The French cooking is light but Merchandise Mart) , 222-0300. This as steamed sole, twice-cooked pork and packed with flavor. Open: Dinner, Tue­ restaurant has New Orleans' favorites Chinese eggplant. Open: Daily for Lunch Sun., Entree Prices: $16-$32 , Credit such as jambalaya , etouffee, gumbo , and Dinner , Entree Prices : $7-$11 , Cards : AE, DC, OS, MC, V, Reserva­ po-boys, blackened chicken or fish and Credit Cards: AE, OS, MC, V. Reserva­ tions recommended on weekends. all the sides that make Creole cooking tions accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair accessible. famous. Open: Lunch Mon.-Fri and Din­ ner Tues.-Sat., Entree Prices: $10-$23, P. F. Chang 's, 530 N. Wabash Ave ., Bistro 110, 110 E. Pearson St., 266- Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. 828-9977. This restaurant incorporates 311 O. Known for its , oven-roasted both authentic Chinese cuisine and whole garlic served with crusty French Heaven on Seven on Rush , 600 N. American-style hospitality . Popular bread Bistro has French cuisine with an Michigan Ave ., 280-7774. Chef/owner entrees include the warm duck salad American accent. Open Lunch and Din­ Jimmy Bannos ' critically acclaimed and orange peel shrimp. Open: Lunch ner, Mon-Sun., Credit Cards : AE, DC, Louisiana style Cajun and Creole cui­ and Dinner Mon.-Sat., Entree Prices: $5- OS, MC, V. sine inc ludes gumbo , barbecued $13, Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. shrimp , Mardi Gras etouffee , bread Bistrot Margot, 1437 N. Wells , 587- pudding and coconut cake. Open: Daily Phoenix, 2131 S. Archer Ave., 328-0848. 3660. Coq au vin, grilled salmon, beef for Lunch and Dinner with Sat.-Sun. Pretty dining room with city views and Wellington, is just some of the menu at brunch, Entree Prices:· $10-$19, Credit entrees which include drunken crab, Bud­ Bistrot Margot, Open: Dinner, Mon-Sun., Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Reserva­ dha's Delight, Peking duck , pork shu mai Entree Prices; $13-$20, Credit Cards: AE, tions accepted. Wheelchair accessible. and dim sum. Open: Daily for Lunch and DC, MC, V. Reservations recommended. Dinner, Entree Prices: $10-$30, Credit CHINESE Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Reservations Bistrot Zinc , 3443 N. Southport Ave. accepted. Wheelchair accessible. 773-281-3443 or 1131 N. State St. 337- Ben Pao, 52 W. Illinois St., 222-1888. 1131. The precise bistro cooking rings Specializing in Cantonese , Hunan and Szechwan East, 340 E. Ohio St., 255- of authenticity . Open: Lunch and Din­ Szechuan cuisine, entrees include black 9200. Voted "best Chinese restaurant in ner , Tue-Sun ., Brunch , Sat-Sun ., peppered sea scallops, as well as veg­ the city" by the Zagat Guide for 1997 Entree Prices: $13-$22 , Credit Cards : etable , noodle and rice dishes. Satay and 1998. Unlimited 30 item unlimited AE, DC, MC, V, Reservations for bistro bar available. Open: Daily for Lunch and lunch buffet for $9 and a 120-item dinner only, Wheelchair accessible. Dinner with Dim sum available on Sat.­ menu. Open: Daily for Lunch and Din­ Sun. afternoons, Entree Prices: $7-$18, ner, Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Brasserie Jo, 59 W. Hubbard St., 595- Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. 0800. The festive Alsatian brasserie fea­ CUBAN tures soaring ceiling , and oversized Emperor's Choice, 2238 S. Wentworth murals. Open: Lunch and Dinner, Tue­ Ave., 225-8800. One of the stars of Chi­ Ambassador Caffe, 3605 N. Ashland Sun., Brunch, Sat-Sun., Entree Prices: natown where seafood is the specialty. Ave., 773-404-8770. An eight-table $9-$25, Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. Entree includes pot stickers, spicy soft restaurant guarantees a hearty serving Reservations recommended , Wheel­ shell crab, sauteered shitake mush­ of Cuban home cooking including Yuca chair accessible. rooms , lobster Peking style and eight con mojo, El Famoso sandwich, Valen­ treasure duck. For the more exotic the cian paella and rueda de surrullo . Chez Joel , 1119 W Taylor St., 226- menu offers pork bellies with preserved Open: Lunch and Dinner Tues .-Sun. , 6479. A straightforward French bistro. greens and winter serpent (rattlesnake) Entree Prices : $7-$15 , Credit Cards : Open : Lunch , Mon-Fri ., Dinner , Mon­ soup . Open: Daily for Lunch and Din­ AE, OS, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Sat. , Entree Prices: $13-$24 , Credit ner , Entree Prices: $7-$24, Credit Cards: AE, DC, OS, MC, V. Reserva­ Cards: AE, OS, MC, V. Reservations FILIPINO tions recommended. recommended. Wheelchair accessible. Rambutan, 2049 W. Division St., 773- Cyrano's Bistrot and Wine Bar, 546 Hong Min, 221 W. Cermak Rd., 842- 772-2727 . Jennifer Aranas ' delightful N. . Wells, 467-0546. This bistrot has an 5026. A simple Chinatown mainstay "Filipino fusion " food , served tapas­ off the beaten path wine list. Open: with Dim Sum served daily and hot and style. Specialties include Lumpia, snap­ Lunch and Dinner , Mon-Sat. , Entree sour soup and curried chicken puffs. per ceviche, shrimp fritters and Mahjong Prices: $11-$23, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner, tiles. Open: Daily for Dinner , Entree DS, MC, V. Reservations recommend- Entree Prices : $7-$22 , Credit Cards: (continued to page 24) 24 (continued from page 23) ingredients. Open: prix fixe lunch, $72, GREEK ed on weekends, Wheelchair accessible. Dinner Tue-Sat., Entree Prices: $24- $27, Credit Cards: AE , DC, MC, V, Athena, 212 S. Halsted St., 655-0000. The Dining Room, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Reservations recommended for dinner, Restaurateurs Andreas Angelopoulos 160 E. Pearson St., 266-1000. Delivers Jackets required. and Pete Tsoukalas have combined French and American cooking and offers their experience along with Chef Niki­ a large cheese presentation. Open: Din­ Marche, 833 W. Randolph St. , 226 - foros to offer tradit ional Greek dishes 8399. This restaurant has bistro clas­ ner Mon-Sun., Brunch on Sun., Entree as grilled fresh seafood and vegetables. sics with contemporary twists. Open: Prices: $29-$38, Credit Cards: AE, DC, Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner, Lunch, Mon -Fri., Dinner , Mon-Sun. , DS, MC, V, Reservations recommended, Credit Cards: AE, MC, V. Entree Prices: $16-$34, Credit Cards: Wheelchair accessible. AE, DC, MC, V, Reservations recom­ Costa's, 340 S. Halsted St., 263-9700. mended, Wheelchair accessible. D'Vine, 1950 W. North Ave., 773-235- Very good cooking and extremely friend­ 5700. This new classical French fare ly service characterizes this restaurant. Mon Ami Gabi, 2300 Lincoln Park features haute cuisine . Open: Dinner, The menu includes stuffed calamari, Mon-Sat., Entree Prices: $15-$24 Cred­ West , 348-8886. A classic French shrimp piperates, taramosalata, whole bistro, the menu includes four version it Cards: AE, DC, MC, V. sea bass, Athenian chicken and ek-mek of steak trites. Open: Dinner, Mon-Sun., katafi. Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner, Entree Prices: $13-$28, Credit Cards: Entree Prices: $9-$25, Credit Cards: AE, Entre Nous, 200 N. Columbus Dr., A AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Reservations rec­ DC, DS, MC, V. Reservations recom­ straightforward French-influenced menu ommended, Wheelchair accessible. can be found on the lobby level of the mended. Wheelchair accessible. Fairmont Hotel. Open: Dinner, Tue-Sat., Mossant, 225 Wabash Ave. 236-9300. Entree Prices: $27-$38, Credit Cards: AE, Hellas, 310 S. Halsted St., 993-0933. Incorporating themes that play on a DC, DS, MC, V, Wheelchair accessible. Traditional fare in a warm, lively atmo­ 19th century French bisto, the restau­ sphere at the popular establishment. Kiki's Bistro, 900 N. Franklin St., 335- rant menu revives classic dishes. Open: Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Dinner , Mon-Sun., Brunch on Sun. , 5454. Light sauces are featured on the Entree Prices: $13-$24, Credit Cards: menu, Open: Lunch, Mon-Fri., Dinner, Papagus, 620 N. State St. (in Embassy AE, DC, DS, MC, V. Mon-Sat., Entree Prices: $13-$18, Suites Chicago), 642-8450. This River Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. North restaurant relies heavily on Nomi, 800 N. Michigan Ave., 239-4030. Reservations recommended. mezedes, small appetizer plates similar On the seventh floor of the Park Hyatt to Spanish tapas. Entrees include La Petite Folie, 1504 E. 55rH St. 773- Hotel you get a French international Tirosalata (feta cheese spread}, grilled menu that also has a sushi bar. Open: 493-1394. Near the University of Chica­ octopus, spanakopita , broiled lamb Breakfast, lunch and Dinner, Mon-Sun., go campus, La Petite Folie lets the sim­ chops, baklava and lemon yogurt cake. Entree Prices: $26-$38, Credit Cards: p Ie pure favor of their French food Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner , shine through. Open: Lunch, Tue-Fri, AE, DC, DS, MC, Reservations recom­ Entree Prices: $10-$25, Credit Cards: mended, Wheelchair accessible. Dinner, Tue-Sun. , Entree Prices: $15- AE, DC, DS , MC, V. Reservations $24, Credit Cards: AE, DC,. DS, MC, V. accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Sinibar, 1540 N. Milwaukee, 773- Reservations recommended, 787797. Cafe menu range from steak Wheelchair accessible. The Parthenon, 314 S. Halsted St., 726- trites to penne arrabiata DJ nightly in 2407. This well-known establishment of the lower lounge . Open: Dinner , Tue­ La Sardine, 111 N. Carpenter St., 421- Greektown serves such specialties as Sun., Lounge open Mon-Sun. 2800. This west of the loop bistro is gyros, mezedes assortment, lamb with across from Oprah's Harpo Studios artichokes, grilled quail and broiled snap­ serves classic French food. Open: Tru, 676 N. St. Clair St. 202-0001. This per. Open: Daily for Lunch and Dinner, restaurant offers progressive French Lunch, Mon-Fri. , Dinner , Mon-Sat., Entree Prices: $7-$16, Credit Cards: AE, Entree Prices: $13-$20, Credit Cards: cuisine. Open: Dinner, Mon-Sat. DC, DS, MC, V. Reservations recom­ AE, DC, OS, MC, V, Reservations rec­ mended. Wheelchair accessible. ommended, Wheelchair accessible. Thyme, 464 N. Halsted St. 226-4300. Lively atmosphere, dishes include giant QP, 200 E. Chestnut St. , 751-2100 . shrimp with vanilla bean nage , fresh Le Bouchon, 1958 N. Darnen Ave., Decorated with a large wine list and seafood, Open: Dinner, Mon-Sun, 773-862-6600. Simple hearty food. wide ranging menu which includes lamb Open: Dinner, Mon- Sat., Entree Prices: Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, MC, V. chops, stuffed calamari , skordalia , $11-$15 , Credit Cards: AE , DC, DS, grilled octopus, broiled snapper, yuvetsi GERMAN MC, V, Reservations recommended. and ravani (semolina cake with honey). Wheelchair accessible. Open: Daily for Dinner, Entree Prices: The Berghoff , 17 W. Adams St., 427- $12-$38 , Credit Cards: AE, DC, DS, New Le Passage, One Oak Place , 3170. A must visit stop on anyone's list. MC, V. Reservations recommended. 255-022. Beneath the pulsing house This restaurant is more than a century Wheelchair accessible. music is a down to earth bistro. Open: old and serves excellent German and Dinner , Mon-Sat., Entree Prices:$15- American dishes which include Weiner Santorini, 800 W. Adams St. , 829- $34 , Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V, schnitzel, sauerbraten, sausage combi­ 8820. The least touristy stops in Greek­ Reservations recommended. nation , sirloin steak , salad , and Black town for serious eaters. The restaurant Forest cake. Open: Lunch and Dinner serves charcoal-grilled octopus, Mon.-Sat., Entree Prices: $9-$18, Cred­ Les Nomades, 222 E. Ontario St., 694- taramosalata, shrimp tourkolimaro, it Cards: AE, MC, V. Reservations 9010. The cuisine is characterized by whole red snapper , whole black sea accepted. Wheelchair accessible. harmonious flavors and uncommon (continued to page 29)