I was woundering who lives by there? I am going there so I want to know whats there to do ^-^
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There's no Korea Town here. The original China Town is near 22nd and Cermak. There are a bunch of restaurants there, a lot of trinket shops, some Chinese pastry shops (they sell stuff like sweet pork buns... don't let the name scare you. they're pretty good). Otherwise there are just some strange shops to check out, like the tea shop that has a couple of varieties of tea that sell for $300 an ounce or more. There is also "new" Chinatown on the north side of the city at Argyle. It's not really "new" anymore (although that's what the sign on the side of one building says) and there aren't very many Chinese there either. Mostly Thai and Korean. It has the same sort of stuff as "old" China Town: restaurants, a couple of Asian bakeries. There are also a couple of shops that sell those roast ducks and have them hanging from the wall with the heads still on. Freaky looking but good! --- Just to clarify for StellaB, I never said there were no Koreans in Chicago. The questioner asked if there was a "Korea Town", just as there is a "China Town" or "Little Italy". And there is no area that has the "official" designation Korea Town. As for the title of "New Chinatown" that is the name given to the area around Armitage. It is, in fact, painted on the side of one or more buildings on that street. It is the name the business community in that area gave to itself, although no one really uses it. But it was featured in advertising for the area. Just to clarify....
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There is indeed a Korea Town in Chicago --- or, at the very least, several neighborhoods with a strong and thriving Korean presence. Too bad you didn't visit this past weekend; Chicago's Korean festival took place then. The link I provided below labeled "Koreans" defines where Chicago's Korea Town is located. There are lots of Korean businesses located in the Albany Park neighborhood. An increasing number of Koreans and Korean-Americans, by my compeletely unscientific observation, are moving into the suburbs. Check out the monster Korean-owned grocery, H-Mart, in Niles. I could spend days in that place. My favorite Korean restaurants are Koryo and Kang Nam. San Soo Gap San is an almost-24-hour joint that is popular with the local hipster crowd, when it's late at night and they're craving Korean "barbecue." Personally, I'm no fan. (I suspect I received a very light form of food poisoning from that place once.) Visit Orange if you're looking for an evening/night-time lounge atmosphere, popular with young Chicago Asians and Asian-Americans. In regards to the "new" Chinatown Manonthestreet mentions, well, I wouldn't call that a "Chinatown." That area of Uptown is extremely diverse and is home to many Vietnamese restaurants. Yes, there are also some Chinese eateries in the area, too, but I think the Vietnamese presence is much stronger. If you're interested, you have to try a steaming bowl of pho at Tank, located at the corner of Broadway and Argyle. (Just steps from the Argyle Red Line stop.) Don't bother on Wednesdays, though; Tank is closed on Wednesdays. While you're there, try a limeade! Very refreshing, especially in the summer. ------------ Manonthestreet, I did not mean to imply that you said (and you did not), that there are no Koreans in Chicago. I am aware that various sources are calling the Argyle corridor of Uptown a new "Chinatown." To say that there is no "official" Korea Town in Chicago (or to neglect to mention the presence of an "unofficial" one or several), I think, is to dismiss the presence of a vibrant and very-much-there Korean-dominated neighborhood (one that the city DOES recognize, if you count those honorary street names as official recognition; have you never noticed the "Seoul" street signs on Lawrence Avenue?!), but I did not mean to be rude to you, if I somehow came off that way. In addition, Chicago's realtors and advertising folk often like to give certain names to a variety of neighborhoods, a practice I've often thought of as hogwash. They do it to dupe a lot of out-of-state kids (or their parents, rather) into renting and buying in neighborhoods they otherwise wouldn't.
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you should try the Guangdong style breakfast "dian xin" when u go 2 chinatown.
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