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Every card has the practical part first: what, where, how long, and how to get there. Open the memory behind it if you want to know why it matters to us.

Part 1.

Pick your time

  • Food and drink

    • Draft — not yet curated
    • Details to come

    The hotel's own places first; hours and menus stay live links on Explore CAA. Sara + Tyler are still writing this: your picks beyond the building.

    1. Fairgrounds · Chicago Athletic Association Hotel · 30 min · Morning
    2. The Ives · Chicago Athletic Association Hotel · 1 h 30 min
    3. Midōsuji · Chicago Athletic Association Hotel · 1 h 30 min
    4. Cindy's · Chicago Athletic Association Hotel · 1 h · Evening

    About 4 h 30 min in total.

    From Sara + Tyler Tyler's brief 2026-09-04

Part 2.

Plan around the time you have

Part 3.

All the places

Stay inside the CAA · 8 places

Food and drink · 1 place

  • Food and drink

    Michael Jordan's Steakhouse

    • Draft — not yet curated
    • Details to come

    Sara + Tyler are still writing this: which location, and what to order.

    Where
    Michael Jordan's Steakhouse, Sara + Tyler are still writing this: which location, and its address

    From Sara + Tyler Tyler's brief 2026-09-04

Outdoors · 2 places

With kids · 1 place

  • With kids

    Museum of Ice Cream

    • Draft — not yet curated
    • Details to come

    Sara + Tyler are still writing this: which location, what to expect, and whether it suits the kids in our group.

    Where
    Museum of Ice Cream, Sara + Tyler are still writing this: which location you visited, and its address

    From Sara + Tyler Tyler's brief 2026-09-04

Day trip · 1 place

Architecture · 1 place

  • Architecture

    Walk the building

    • Draft — not yet curated

    A self-guided walk through the hotel with our "look for this" list: patterned brick, carved limestone, arched windows, custom stained glass, ornate plaster, and mosaic and marble floors.

    Where
    Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, 12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
    Plan on
    45 min
    From the CAA
    You are already there.
    Cost
    Free

    From Sara + Tyler Tyler's brief 2026-09-04

Hours, menus, and reservation links for the hotel’s own places live on Explore CAA, each with the day we last checked it.