Things To Do
Garfield Park Conservatory
This is a gorgeous and free-to-visit greenhouse. It's very close to where we will be having our ceremony if you need to kill a few hours somewhere beautiful.
Siam Noodle & Rice Restaurant
Ellen's parents went on dates here, and her family has been regulars ever since.
Armadillo's Pillow Inc
A favorite Chicago bookstore.
New York Bagel & Bialy Corporation
They have the greatest bagel sandwiches, made with some of the greatest bagels. They also have chocolate chip bagels and challah and noshes. They have desserts, but these should only be eaten if you like bad tasting food.
Novelty Golf & Games
Ellen and Oliver's favorite mini golf.
Lincoln Marsh
Ellen and Oliver have gone on many walks here
Spunky Dunkers Donuts
It's open 24 hours.
O'Donovan's
Eat a burger. Ask to see the magician. Spend the next two weeks talking about how he made that orange appear.
American Science & Surplus | Geneva
Idiosyncratic to the max and thoroughly delightful. The only place you can purchase a Nikolai Tesla votive candle, vacuum sealed frog, Kaptan tape, and a massive umbrella. Oliver bought an ostrich llama for Ellen here.
Emerald City Coffee
Ellen's favorite coffee shop. She recommends the breakfast taco and the Italian Soda.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Wrigleyville
Ellen and Oliver showed up thirty minutes early for their movie and the theater was running clips from a Japanese tv show where people bit into random household items that may or may not be made of candy. Needless to say the movie that followed had a lot to live up to.
Margie's Candies
The preferred ice cream parlor. Aesthetically.