Not For Tourists Guide to Chicago 2016

(Paperback)

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The Not For Tourists Guide to Chicagois a map-based, neighborhood-by-neighborhood dream guide that divides Chi-town into 60 mapped neighborhoods from Gold Coast and Lincoln Park to Wrigleyville and Lakeview. Designed to lighten the load of already street-savvy locals, commuters, business travelers, and yes, tourists too, every map is dotted with user-friendly NFT icons that plot the nearest essential services and entertainment locations, while providing important information on things like kid-friendly activities, public transportation, restaurants, bars, and Chicago's art scene.
Need to find the best deep-dish pizza hideouts around NFT has you covered. How about a list of the top sports attractions in the famously sports-crazy city We've got that, too. The nearest beach, jazz club, coffee shop, or bookstorewhatever you needNFT puts it at your fingertips. This book also features:
A foldout highway map
Sections on the North Side, Near North Side, Near West Side, the Greater Loop, the South Side, and Greater Chicago
More than 150 neighborhood and city maps
It's the only key to the Windy City that Rahm Emanuel can't give you.

Reviews

"For people who don't want to be seen carrying a guidebook." The New York Times

"Take an A to Z, mix it with a Lonely Planet and throw in all the things a guidebook should never say, and voil." The Observer

"A series of guides designed to make you feel like a local." CNN

"Quality guides written by travel experts" Travel Channel

Survival handbooks for nativesbut they can be lifesavers for visitors as well. The Boston Globe

Its not quite Lonely Planet, and its not quite the Yellow Pages, but NFT may be their bastard child. Toronto Star

This is one guidebook you wont find in the fanny pack next to the wet wipes. Entertainment

"At NFTs core is that most important of things...good taste. The Guardian
"For people who don't want to be seen carrying a guidebook." The New York Times

"Take an A to Z, mix it with a Lonely Planet and throw in all the things a guidebook should never say, and voil." The Observer

"A series of guides designed to make you feel like a local." CNN

"Quality guides written by travel experts" Travel Channel

Survival handbooks for nativesbut they can be lifesavers for visitors as well. The Boston Globe

Its not quite Lonely Planet, and its not quite the Yellow Pages, but NFT may be their bastard child. Toronto Star

This is one guidebook you wont find in the fanny pack next to the wet wipes. Entertainment

"At NFTs core is that most important of things...good taste. The Guardian

Author Bio

Not For Tourists (NFT) released their first book, a guide to Manhattan, in May of 2000. Today, NFT produces eleven books each year, working closely with city and neighborhood editors in Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC. Their offices are in New York City.