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Borders
You couldn't ask for a better location, right across from Water Tower
Place. This place is like a minidepartment store, with books, magazines, CDs,
and computer software spread over four floors, and a cafe with a view overlook-
ing the Mag Mile. There's also a new Borders in the Loop at 150 N. State St., at
Randolph Street (
&
312/606-0750
), and one in Lincoln Park at 2817 N. Clark
St., at Diversey Avenue (
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773/935-3909
).
830 N. Michigan Ave. (at Pearson St.).
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312/573-0564.
Subway/El: Red Line to Chicago.
Children in Paradise Bookstore
This is Chicago's largest children's
bookstore, with storytelling hours Tuesday and Wednesday and special events on
Saturday. The personal service makes up for the somewhat limited selection.
909
N. Rush St. (between Delaware Place and Walton St.).
&
312/951-5437.
Subway/El: Red Line to
Chicago.
Powell's Bookstore
Used books, especially from scholarly and small
Chicago presses, dog-eared paperbacks, and hardcover classics fill the shelves.
There are also outlets in Lakeview at 2850 N. Lincoln Ave. (
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773/248-1444
),
and Hyde Park at 1501 E. 57th St. (
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773/955-7780
).
828 S. Wabash Ave. (between
8th and 9th sts.).
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312/341-0748.
Subway/El: Red Line to Harrison.
Prairie Avenue Bookshop
This South Loop store does Chicago's architectural
tradition proud with the city's finest stock of architecture, design, and technical
books.
418 S. Wabash Ave. (between Congress Pkwy. and Van Buren St.).
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312/922-8311.
Subway/El: Red Line to Jackson.
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
A classic campus bookstore located near the
University of Chicago, this shop has extensive philosophy and theology sections
and is one of the premier academic bookstores in the country.
5757 S. University Ave.
(between 57th and 58th sts.).
&
773/752-4381.
Bus: 69 (Jeffrey Express).
Unabridged Books
This quintessential neighborhood bookseller in the area
known as Boys Town has strong sections in gay and lesbian literature, travel, film,
and sci-fi.
3251 N. Broadway (between Belmont Ave. and Addison St.).
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773/883-9119.
Subway/El: Red Line to Addison.
Women & Children First
This feminist and children's bookstore holds
the best selection in the city of titles for, by, and about women.
5233 N. Clark St.
(between Foster and Bryn Mawr aves.).
&
773/769-9299.
wcfbooks@aol.com. Subway/El: Red
Line to Berwyn.
CANDY, CHOCOLATES & PASTRIES
Bittersweet
Run by Judy Contino, one of the city's top pastry chefs and bak-
ers of all things sweet, this Lakeview cafe and shop is sought out by brides-to-be
and trained palates who have a yen for gourmet cakes, cookies, tarts, and
ladyfingers. The rich chocolate mousse cake, a specialty of the house, is out of
this world.
1114 W. Belmont Ave.
&
773/929-1100.
Subway/El: Red Line to Belmont.
Ghirardelli Chocolate Shop & Soda Fountain
This Midwest outpost of
the famed San Francisco chocolatier, just a half block off the Mag Mile, gets
swamped in the summer, but they've got their soda fountain assembly line down
to a science. Besides the incredible hot-fudge sundaes, there's a veritable mud-
slide of chocolate bars, hot-cocoa drink mixes, and chocolate-covered espresso
beans to tempt your sweet tooth.
830 N. Michigan Ave.
&
312/337-9330.
Subway/El: Red
Line to Chicago.
Margie's Candies
This family-run candy and ice-cream shop hasn't
changed much since it opened in 1921. It still offers some of the city's finest
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