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Day trips, seasons, game nights: what Chicago does when it is not at the table. Written by the people who do the thing, and every piece ends at a restaurant from The List.

3 pieces · Updated September 18, 2026 · The List these pieces end at →

Veterans in unit ball caps standing at a Veterans Day ceremony in Chicago on a grey November morning, American flags and the city skyline behind them

Veterans Day in Chicago: there is no parade, the free meals, and where to eat after

By An Pham · September 18, 2026

Costumed visitors in coats waiting at night outside an old red barn used as a haunted house on flat farmland, fog spilling from the open door under red and green light

SEP 15, 2026Halloween

Haunted houses and Halloween nights in Chicago, and where to eat after

By Mr. Fear →

An angler on the concrete revetment at Montrose Harbor at sunrise, rod in hand, Lake Michigan and the downtown Chicago skyline in the distance

SEP 12, 2026Day trip

Fishing Montrose Harbor and the lakefront, and where to eat after

By Ray Dodson →