Chinatown, ChicagoTravel Brochure

By: Anna Hayes and Nikole Trudeau

IntroductionOn May 30th we will be taking a bus to Chinatown, Chicago. The

Chinatown neighborhood in Chicago, IL, is on the South Side (located in the Armour Square community area). Centered on Cermak and Wentworth Avenues, it becomes an example of an American Chinatown, or ethnic-Chinese neighborhood. It is not to be confused with an area sometimes called "New Chinatown", which is on the North Side around Argyle Street, and which attracts a larger number of people of Southeast Asian heritage. Chicago's Chinatown emerged largely because the clusters of Chinese immigrants who had settled on the West Coast of the United States were being treated inhumanely, hence their decision to head east to find a more peaceful place to live. Throughout Chinatown there are many places to eat and see.

How to Get There?You will be traveling by bus. It should take about 2 hours and 25 minutes.-Start out going southeast on E Wisconsin Ave/WI-67/WI-16 toward St Paul St. for 0.2

miles.-Enter the next roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto WI-16 Efor 15.5 miles. -Merge onto I-94 E for 11.3 miles.-Merge onto I-894 E/US-45 S via EXIT305A toward Chicago continue on that route for

4.3 miles.-Keep left to take I-894 E toward Chicago.-Keep left to take I-43 N/I-894 E via EXIT 319 toward College Avenue (Crossing into

Illinois)-Keep right to take I-94 E toward Chicago-Indiana (Portions toll)-Keep left to take I-94 E toward Chicago (Portions toll)-Take EXIT 52C toward 18th St.-Turn slight left onto S Union Ave.-Take the 1st left onto W 18th St.-Turn right onto S Canal St.-Turn left onto S Archer Ave.-Take the 1st right onto S Stewart Ave.

Welcome to Chinatown, Chicago Illinois!

Places to See Located at 60616 Chicago IL, the Ping Tom Memorial Park is a park in

Chicago's Chinatown named after one of its most important community members. I recommend this breathtaking site to see because Ping Tom was a businessman who invested heavily in the formation and expansion of Chicago's Chinatown. Without him there would be no Chicago Chinatown.

Places to SeeAnother place to see when visiting Chinatown is the Nine Dragon

Wall, which is located at Cermak Rd., Chinatown Chicago IL, 60616.

I recommend this place because it's one of the only three such replicas outside of China, and it's modeled after the beautiful wall in BeiHai (North Sea) Park in Beijing. A place of utter perfection, this Chinatown art piece replicates the large dragons and over 500 smaller dragons painted in red, gold and blue signifying the Chinese focus on good fortune.

Places to SeeThe Pui Tak Center Building, located 2216 S Wentworth Ave Chicago, IL

60616, is yet another stunning place to see.The Pui Tak Center won a $100,00 grant in November 2007 by gaining the most votes over 25 other historic sites throughout Chicagoland. With it's gorgeous green and red pagoda towers topped with walls of terra cotta flowers and mother lions. I recommend this building because it truly represents the majestic traditions of China.

Places to SeeAnother breathtaking place to see is the Chinese American Museum

of Chicago. Located 238 W 23rd St Chicago, IL 60616, this place is the only museum dedicated to the cultural heritage of Chinese Americans in the Midwest. I recommend this place because it's packed with so much knowledge and you can see a piece of Chinese beauty within these walls.

Places to Eat

Bon Bon Chicken $ 五元七毛五Lao Sze Chuan

RestaurantHours:Mon-Sun 11 am - 12 am

星期一 到 星期天上午 11 点到 晚上12 点

Address:2172 S Archer Ave

(between Wentworth Ave & 21st St)

Chicago, IL 60616

Phone #:(312) 326-5040

( 三一二 )- 三二六 - 五零四零

Wonton Soup $ 一元七毛五

Moo Shu Pork $ 五元七毛五

Places to EatLao Beijing RestaurantHours:Open 7 Days:9:30 AM - 11:00 PM

星期一 到 星期天上午九点半到晚上 11 点Address:2138 South Archer AvenueChicago, IL 60616

Phone:(312) 881-0168 ( 三一二 ) - 八八一 - 零一六八

Spring rolls $ 三元五

Hot & Sour Soup $ 二元五

Kung Pao Chicken $ 九元九毛五

Places to EatDouble LiHours:Mon-Sun 10:30 am - 10:30 pm

星期一 到 星期天上午 10 点半到晚上 10 点半Address:228 W Cermak RdChicago, IL 60686

Phone:312-842-7818( 三一二 ) - 八四二 - 七八一八

Black Pepper Garlic Beef Tender Loin$ 十二五

Dry Chili Chicken $ 十五

Szechwan Dumpling$$ 四元

Places to EatKen-Kee RestaurantHours:Open 7 Days:11:00 AM - 12:00 AM

星期一 到 星期天上午 11 点到晚上 12 点Address:2129 S China PlChicago, IL 60616Phone:312-326-2088( 三一二 )- 三二六 - 二零八八

Kung Po Shrimp with Peanuts $ 八元五

Fried Dough Fritters $ 一元七毛五

Sliced Pork and Watercress Soup $ 五元五

Places to EatLao ShanghaiHours: Sunday through Monday11am- 10pm 星期一 到 星期天上午 11 点到 晚上 10 点Address:2163 S China Pl Ste 1F(between Princeton Ave & Wells St) Chicago, IL 60616

Phone:312-808-0830( 三一二 ) - 八零八 - 零八三零

Xiao Long Bao $ 五元九毛五

Pot Stickers $ 五元五

Fried Rice $ 七元九毛五

Places to EatTao Ran Ju RestaurantHours:Mon-Sun 10:30 am - 1 pm

星期一 到 星期天上午 10 点半 到 下午 1 点

Address:2002 S Wentworth(between Cullerton St & Archer Ave) Chicago, IL 60616

Phone:312-808-1111( 三一二 ) - 八零八 - 一一一一

Steamed Crab Flavor Dumpling $ 一元七毛五

pan-fried bao $ 六元五

sticky rice$ 四元

Places to ShopHong Kong Grocery Store( 香港 Xiānggǎng)Hours:Mon-Sun 8 am - 8 pm

星期一 到 星期天早上八点到晚上八点Address:2425 S Wallace St.

Chicago, IL 60616

Phone #:(312)-791-9111

( 三一二 )- 七九一 - 九一一一

Pawpaw Cookie $ 十九元八毛三

Places to ShopTai Wah Grocery Store太华 (tàihuá)Hours:Mon-Sun 8 am - 8 pm

星期一 到 星期天早上八点到晚上八点Address:2226 S Wentworth Ave

Chicago, IL 60616

Phone #:(312)-326-4120

( 三一二 )- 三二六 - 四一二零Baby Bok Choy $ 二元五

Chinatown, Chicago