Chicago

Cellars Market

A hidden gem serving breakfast and lunch only, this cafeteria closes soon after the trading floors upstairs do. Made-to-order deli sandwiches, homemade soups, a large salad bar, and daily specials prepared on-site. The turkey club sandwich is enormous, especially if you're polite and cheerful toward the person making it.

Mon-Fri 7AM-2PM (approx)·$4-12

Panozzo's Italian Market

A neighborhood deli with sandwiches and such. Perfect place to prepare a picnic lunch for a day at the Museum Campus.

Tue-Fri 10AM-8PM, Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun 10AM-4PM·$5-8

Sultan's Market

Few restaurants smell as good as Sultan's Market, and the prices are absurdly low for the amount of satisfaction you'll get. Cheese and egg pitas make a nice complement to any falafel sandwich, and they also do a fine shawerma. Cash only, ATM in the back.

Mon-Sat 10AM-10PM, Sun 10AM-9PM·$3.50-8

New Maxwell Street Market

The much smaller size and higher vendor fees ensure that the original flavor of the world's greatest outdoor market is now only a piece of history, but the New Market has a truly awe-inspiring number of cheap Mexican food along with discount jewelry, t-shirts, random vintage items, suspicious electronics, and other flea market classics, and is a lot of fun.

Sun 7AM-3PM year-round

Sultan's Market

If you're in the park by the lakefront, or if you're carrying a lighter wallet after a trip to the Century Shopping Centre in Lakeview a couple blocks north, the prices are absurdly low for the amount of satisfaction you'll get from the Mediterranean salad bar or falafel sandwiches here. They also do a fine shawerma.

Mon-Thu 10AM-10PM, Fri Sat 10AM-midnight, Sun 10AM-9PM·$3.50-8

Tai Nam Market Center

Under the red arch on Broadway near Argyle, this strip mall has outlets for Vietnamese, Chinese & Thai restaurants and groceries, nail & skin care, and imported jewelry, music and videos.

Hours vary by store

Thai Pastry

Inside the Tai Nam Market Center, this is a Thai bakery with a nice sit-down area to relax over coffee, although they do have a full lunch and dinner menu.

Sun-Thu 11AM-10PM, Fri Sat 11AM-11PM·$8-10 (meal)

Logan Square Farmers Market

In 2018, Time Out named the LSFM "Best Farmers Market" in the city. Outdoors along Logan Boulevard in the summer, indoors at the Congress Theater (see above) in the winter.

Sun·Free

The Obama House

This beautiful house is owned by the family of former U.S. President Barack Obama. The vacant lot to the left was the source of minor controversy in Chicago, when it came out that the Obama family had purchased it at sub-market rates from friend and criminal real estate broker Tony Rezko. The block is closed off to non-residential vehicular traffic, and crawling with police and Secret Service, but you should be able to walk on the street and get catch glimpse of the house provided you don't get too close.

Christkindlmarket

Christkindlmarket is a Christmas market held annually at Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The festival attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.

Green City Market

900 West Monroe Street

Closed · opens 8 am Saturday·Wheelchair accessible

Chicago French Market

131 North Clinton Street

Open now · closes 7 pm

Northcenter Farmers Market

4100 N Damen Ave

SOAR Farmers Market

220 E Chicago Ave

The Lincoln Park Farmers Market

2001 N Orchard St

Wicker Park Farmers Market

1425 N Damen Ave

Bridgeport Farmers Market

3500 S Wallace St

OTIS Fresh Farm

1513 w 51st St

Chicago Artisan Market - Fulton Market

401 N Morgan St

Green City Market

2430 N Cannon Dr

Green City Market

1817 N Clark St

Green City Market Fulton

801 W Fulton Market

Low-Line Market at Southport

3410 N Southport Ave

Printer's Row Park Farmers Market

711 S Dearborn St

Nettlehorst Market

3252 N Broadway

Chicago Flea Market

4200 S Ashland Ave

Randolph Street Market

1340 W Washington Blvd

Alliance Poultry Farm Market

1636 W Chicago Ave

McKinley Park Farmers Market

3705 S Archer Ave

South Loop Farmer's Market

430 W Roosevelt Rd