Apolonia South Loop
Museums and Mediterranean Fare
Head to Chicago’s 57-acre Museum Campus park after breakfast, where you can choose between the Field Museum of Natural History, Shedd Aquarium or Adler Planetarium, the country’s first planetarium. Learn about the stars, the seas and meet Máximo the Titanosaur, who surely could throw down in an eating contest. When you’re peckish again, Michelin Bib Gourmand recipient Apolonia is a quick car ride away for wood-fired Mediterranean fare and housemade pasta. You might see chef Stephen Gillanders at the pass, plating grilled branzino or yogurt marinated chicken. Start with the black truffle puff bread to share and save room for pastry chef Tatum Sinclair’s desserts, including warm bomboloni and one of the best tiramisus in the city.