Hyde Park has it all from A-Z including some of Chicago's best places for:
- Architecture
- Bicycling along the Lakefront or finding great books. Hyde Park boasts theMidwest's largest collection of new, used, academic and popular books at: 57th Street Books, Borders, O'Gara & Wilson, Powell's, Seminary Co-op Bookstores and University of Chicago Bookstore
- Ciabatta (the olive oil and salt ciabbatta is outstanding!) breads, muffins and amazing cinnamon rolls can be found at the Medici Bakery on 57th Street. Great thin crust pizza by the slice is available weekedays between noon and 2:30 pm.
- Deep dish pizza at Pizza Capri (rated as the best deep dish by Chicago Tribune) Giordano's or Edwardo's.
- Enjoying Chicago's only Japanese Garden
- French food (La Petite Folie) and pastry (Bonjour Bakery)
- Gourmet cookware at Freehling Pot and Pan and great homemade salsa and guacamole at Hyde Park Produce.
- Hyde Park Produce features wonderful produce and the best homemade salsa.
- I-GO - Like owning a car but better. Chicago's non-profit carsharing service has four vehicles in Hyde Park.
- Jogging along the Lakefront
- Kids
- Lawn bowling- The Lakeside Lawn Bowling Club, founded in 1926, has games twice a week at 57th and South Shore Drive in Jackson Park. Free lessons are given at 12:30pm on Sundays and the club will even lend you equipment.
- Monk parakeets
- Near Eastern artifacts
- Outdoor movies and concerts on the Midway in the summer
- Picnics - The Chicago Tribune recommends Jackson Park and says to bring your binoculars, a copy of Devil and the White City and golf clubs. Jackson Park, designed by Olmsted for the 1893 World's Fair, remains a historic 525 acre oasis in the city.
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- Re-sale shops - Dr. Wax is number 1 for LP's, CD's and tapes. Both Powell's and O'Gara & Wilson carry used and antiquarian books.
- Site of the first sustaining nuclear reaction
- Tell us your Hyde Park favorites.
- U505 submarine at the Museum of Science and Industry
- Views of the Chicago skyline
- Walking
- Xtraordinary people
- Your last meal on earth: at Harold's Chicken Shack (1208 E. 53rd Street) Chicago Magazine recommends ordering a whole fried chicken, fries with hot sauce and extra white bread and recommends eating it right in the parking lot.
- Zealots on any number of topics
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University of Chicago selects retail development for 53rd & Harper.
