Best example of a gastro-pub in Chicago, L&E serves up fabulous hearty food from brunch to dinner in a buzzing hipster atmosphere. Enormous selection of whiskeys with a bunch being offered for $3 a shot. Spend the night in Room #4, #7, #13, #43, #55, or #76 and grab the blue line across the street to Bucktown and downtown.

Johnny’s Grill closed without notice May. 2014 and everyone in Logan Square missed one of Chicago’s classic diners. Johnny’s was been serving up the standards long before Logan Square got re-discovered. Reopened under new ownership; Johnny’s now serves updated diner food with emphasis on homemade everything and adjacent bar now makes alcohol possible with your meal.

Wood-fired bagels in the AM give way to wood-fired pizzas in the PM. Homemade pastry and coffee counter gives way to cocktails later in the day. Great corner to watch the Logan Square world go by.

Wares of Chicago designers and artisans and Chicago-based fair trade companies. Many of the garments are produced in-house.

Every time you read a book it changes you. Great place to spend your money in a book and mortar bookstore. Support this place.