Planning Your Trip to Chicago - Chicago - page 22

Plaza at 211 S. Clark St., the James R. Thompson Center at 100
W. Randolph St., and a couple of blocks off the Magnificent
Mile at 227 E. Ontario St.
Taxes In Chicago, the local sales tax is 9%. Restaurants in the
central part of the city, roughly the 312 area code, are taxed
an additional 1%, for a total of 10%. The hotel room tax is a
steep 14.9%.
Transit Info The CTA has a useful number to find out which
bus or El train will get you to your destination: & 836-7000
(from any area code in the city or suburbs) or TTY 836-4949.
Visas For information about U.S. Visas, go to http://travel.
state.gov and click on “Visas.”