Reply #11: If you go between now and xmas eve, Christkindlmarkt

[BiggJawn]

It's a German Christmas market in Daley Plaza downtown. My daughter and I went about 4 years ago while she was still in Chicago. It was wonderful, made you forget you were in Murrika.

Be advised that AMTRAK from Indianapolis and back is not the best way to get there if you don't have a lot of time. The train leaves Indy around 5:30-6AM, passes my house at 8AM, arrives Chicago around 10:30 or so, opposing freight trains permitting.
Then it leaves Chicago about 6PM, passes my house at 9:30 and gets to Indy a little before Midnight. Again, opposing freights permitting. AMTRAK takes the siding for all freights, and you could be waiting in the hole for almost an hour. It's not unusual for the train to be running 1-2 hours behind schedule.

If you get out to Rolling Meadows, visit Sushi Station, a Kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi house. grab what you want as it passes in front of you...

But after Bratwurst und Bier und Gluhwein, you might not have room for sushi...